This week was very interesting.
A friend of mine noticed a Wikipedia page with my name attached to it and a somewhat detailed biography of me written there. Since I didn't write the biography and it was relatively accurate, I was a bit flattered that someone bothered to spend there time to research me and write the thing, it was long and quite detailed. Today, Wikipedia removed my biography saying that I was not notable enough to warrant one on their site.
While most people would be insulted, I agree. Some people let fame and notability get to their heads. Some thrive on the fact that everyone knows every intimate detail of their lives and they build their lives around this false and disturbing concept of self importance.
I do not consider myself a notable person, I'm a regular guy who works hard to try to make the world a better place. I host a radio show, I'm "known" by lots of people, but at the same time, I'm humbled by the fact that anyone listens. I'm known to ask people who tell me that they listen to my show "why?".
I was embarrassed by the Wikipedia article and I'm glad Wikipedia had the good sense to remove it, but I thank the person who posted it for caring.
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I disagree. When an article is written in good taste (not blatant advertising) it should be left up. Where else is there for the grade-schooler to go when they need to do a project on you? Where are they to get the information?
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