Brian's Wiki page deleted! Edit: Need someone to re-write it, with sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cook_%28football_blogger_and_author%…
Ahem: 23:31, 6 October 2010 NawlinWiki (talk | contribs) deleted "Brian Cook (football blogger and author)" (A7: No explanation of the subject's significance (real person, animal, organization, or web content): none of these sources are independent of the subject)
WTF does that mean, and how do we fix it? Way, way less important people than Brian have their own wiki pages.
Edit: OK, it looks like it was a sourcing problem. Who wants to earn MGoBrownie points and write a new one up, this time sourcing the Daily, Rittenberg, etc...?
October 13th, 2010 at 3:06 PM ^
He's probably just going stealth mode. Much easier to take over the world without a wikipedia page.
October 13th, 2010 at 4:01 PM ^
Me likey.
October 13th, 2010 at 3:08 PM ^
It means the links should be to third party articles about Brian such as the feature in the Daily, not articles or webpages he's responsible for writing or maintaining.
October 13th, 2010 at 3:11 PM ^
off the grid....
October 13th, 2010 at 3:12 PM ^
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Imdeng&oldid=389178844
The article Brian Cook (football blogger and author) has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article, which appeared to be about a real person, individual animal, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, did not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the notability of the subject may be deleted at any time. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources.
Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and for specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for musicians, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. NawlinWiki (talk) 21:38, 6 October 2010 (UTC)n
October 13th, 2010 at 3:25 PM ^
I would think if you link to the daily article about him and say he has the largest sports blog and has been sited by Dr. Saturday, Smart Football, and Adam Rittenberg on ESPN's BigTen Blog, that ought to justify an article.
October 13th, 2010 at 3:30 PM ^
What the F does that mean?
October 13th, 2010 at 3:53 PM ^
Geez . . . how do I being to explain something so basic, so simple?
October 13th, 2010 at 4:59 PM ^
Yes, your PC's keyboard is short a few keys, but you're way off--it's not one of the F keys. You need to load some of the keys for letters. It's like you never even read the error message.
October 13th, 2010 at 3:44 PM ^
because otherwise what you find on Wikipedia might not be reliable . . . .
October 13th, 2010 at 3:27 PM ^
October 13th, 2010 at 4:08 PM ^
In wikipedia land, that would imply that MGoBlog is significant, but not necessarily imply anything regarding the significance of its proprietor.
October 13th, 2010 at 3:50 PM ^
October 13th, 2010 at 4:14 PM ^
How are my children going to be able to find information about Brian when they do a research paper? Wiki makes a great primary source.
October 13th, 2010 at 4:15 PM ^
Honestly, people, this isn't worth getting worked up about. Pretty much the only people who would ever even think to visit that wikipedia page would already know who Brian is.
October 13th, 2010 at 4:28 PM ^
If God has a Wikipedia entry, our Deity should have one too!
October 13th, 2010 at 4:49 PM ^
Brian Cook enjoys watching Michigan football [CITATION NEEDED}
October 13th, 2010 at 5:05 PM ^
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October 13th, 2010 at 5:15 PM ^
At least we won one battle already: I just checked and RichRod was born in Chicago according to the current version. Might get changed back in 5 seconds, of course, but since I just looked randomly there's a decent change it's staying that way.
October 13th, 2010 at 5:21 PM ^
Just read the discussion with the RichRod wikipedia page--apparently it was settled on September 4 this year with a link to an MGoBlog page: http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/richrod-his-own-words
Sorry if people saw that video already but I completely missed it in the build-up to the season, and nobody in the discussion of that video actually mentions the additional context of Chicago winning the wiki wars.
October 13th, 2010 at 11:12 PM ^