13 Jun
2009
13 Jun
'09
9:42 a.m.
Has anyone else noticed that many - in fact almost all - well known
dance callers and musicians are almost never mentioned on Wikipedia?
I was recently asked about Allan Block. A brief search showed me that
although his daughter, Rory Block, an accomplished blues singer, has an
entry in Wikipedia, Allan does not. Searches of Wikipedia for names like
Bob McQuillen, Dudley Laufman, Ralph Page, and others also came up with
nothing. Ted Sannella is the only contra caller or musician who I found
with a Wikipedia entry. Maybe there are a few others. Should more be there?
Rich.
13 Jun
13 Jun
10:08 a.m.
A developing requirement for wikipedia in recent years, as
biographical standards have become clearer is that verifiability has
become an enforced requirement for biographical articles to survive
(in the long run), hence reliable sources and documents must be
referenced to support any assertions made.
The challenge of any writer of a wikipedia article at this time is to
do the research of published materials that supports what might be
stated in any such biographical article, and to reference those
materials. That, and to put into context the assertion that the
individual is significant and influential.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons
Mark Jones
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Richard Hart<rich(a)harts.mv.com> wrote:
Has anyone else noticed that many - in fact almost all
- well known dance
callers and musicians are almost never mentioned on Wikipedia?
I was recently asked about Allan Block. A brief search showed me that
although his daughter, Rory Block, an accomplished blues singer, has an
entry in Wikipedia, Allan does not. Searches of Wikipedia for names like Bob
McQuillen, Dudley Laufman, Ralph Page, and others also came up with nothing.
Ted Sannella is the only contra caller or musician who I found with a
Wikipedia entry. Maybe there are a few others. Should more be there?
Rich.
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11:39 a.m.
In some families and organizations, he who says "someone should have done
this" is the person who gets the job to do it.
Since anyone can write a Wikipedia article, supplying information where it
seems to be missing, how about you?
M
E
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Richard Hart <rich(a)harts.mv.com> wrote:
Has anyone else noticed that many - in fact almost all
- well known dance
callers and musicians are almost never mentioned on Wikipedia?
I was recently asked about Allan Block. A brief search showed me that
although his daughter, Rory Block, an accomplished blues singer, has an
entry in Wikipedia, Allan does not. Searches of Wikipedia for names like Bob
McQuillen, Dudley Laufman, Ralph Page, and others also came up with nothing.
Ted Sannella is the only contra caller or musician who I found with a
Wikipedia entry. Maybe there are a few others. Should more be there?
Rich.
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For the good are always the merry,
Save by an evil chance,
And the merry love the fiddle
And the merry love to dance. ~ William Butler Yeats
3:02 p.m.
The other part of the job on Wikipedia, after putting up the article, is to
persuade people that the person being covered is "significant".
I'd say the first step is to go an article on contradancing and add a list of
"Significant contra dance callers include" *(partial list of WP-worthy
callers'') with each called out as a link, which creates a stub entry.
Then try filling in one or more.
-- ALan
In some families and organizations, he who says
"someone should have done
this" is the person who gets the job to do it.
Since anyone can write a Wikipedia article, supplying
information where it
seems to be missing, how about you?
M
E
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Richard Hart
<rich(a)harts.mv.com> wrote:
> Has anyone else noticed that many - in fact
almost all - well known dance
> callers and musicians are almost never mentioned on Wikipedia?
>
> I was recently asked about Allan Block. A brief search showed me that
> although his daughter, Rory Block, an accomplished blues singer, has an
> entry in Wikipedia, Allan does not. Searches of Wikipedia for names like Bob
> McQuillen, Dudley Laufman, Ralph Page, and others also came up with nothing.
> Ted Sannella is the only contra caller or musician who I found with a
> Wikipedia entry. Maybe there are a few others. Should more be there?
>
> Rich.
>
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For the good are always the merry,
Save by an evil chance,
And the merry love the fiddle
And the merry love to dance. ~ William Butler Yeats
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