On Wikipedia deletionists
Tim Bray: “What harm would ensue were Wikipedia to contain an accurate if slightly boring entry on someone who was just an ordinary person and entirely fame-free? Well, Wikipedia’s “encyclopedia-ness” might be impaired… but I thought the purpose of Wikipedia was to serve the Net’s users, not worry about how closely it adheres to the traditional frameworks of the reference publishing industry?”
Harivanshrai has beautiful lines for those sentiments “It is not a crime to die unknown, not-famous” - will get the poem words some day. It was about a certain cactus who represents a sombre/longer version of lifeform compared to the flowers who live short and supposedly exciting fast lane life. No woman will every carry a cactus or wear it
Jun 17, 08 at 07:39