May 29, 2008
MUSIC TO CODE BY
THIS THREAD ON REDDIT HAS SOME GOOD LINKS TO BACKGROUND MUSIC FOR USE WHEN YOU NEED TO GET INTO THAT ZONE OF CODE
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May 20, 2008
ON THE ISSUE OF NOTABILITY
SO IT WAS POINTED OUT TO ME THE OTHER DAY THAT THE ZENBURN INFORMATION I HAD LINKED TO ON WIKIPEDIA WAS GONE. (THERE IS A HOMEPAGE FOR INFORMATION ON IT HERE).
THIS BRINGS ME TO MY BIGGEST PET PEEVE WITH WIKIPEDIA- THE "NOTABILITY" REQUIREMENT. WHILE I APPLAUD THE GOAL OF THE WIKI MODERATORS TO PREVENT SPAM AND ADVERTISEMENTS, I'M OF THE SCHOOL THAT MAINTAINS WIKIPEDIA SHOULD STRIVE TO REMAIN THE SUM TOTAL OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE, NO MATTER HOW "TRIVIAL" OR "NON-NOTABLE" IT MIGHT SEEM TO SOME.
WHEN I NEEDED TO FIND THE COLOR CHARTS FOR ZENBURN, I FOUND THEM ON THE WIKI. WHEN XADIUM-KUN WANTED TO TRY AND REPLICATE THE TASTE OF FRIED NOODLES HE FOUND INFORMATION ON THE FLAVOURING IN WIKIPEDIA.
THIS IS THE INTERNET AGE; WE AREN'T DEALING WITH THE RESTRICTIONS OR BARRIERS TO ENTRY OF A PUBLISHED ENCYCLOPEDIA ANY MORE. BY DELETING THE PAGE AS WAS DONE, MY ENTRY WHICH RELIED ON THAT INFORMATION BECAME ESSENTIALLY USELESS-- MOREOVER, THAT INFORMATION WAS "LOST" TO ANYONE RELYING ON WIKIPEDIA AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION.
YES, YOU COULD "GOOGLE" IT, BUT THE POINT IS THAT WIKIPEDIA AIMS TO BE THE SUM AGGREGATE OF ALL KNOWLEDGE. IT CAN'T DO THAT WITH THE NOTABILITY REQUIREMENTS AS THEY ARE.
I DON'T EXPECT THINGS TO CHANGE, HOWEVER, AND THAT MAKES ME SAD :(
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