Re: Wikipedia article cleanup

["Jake D. Parsons" <jakedp@posteo.net>]

On 19/07/2021 06:15, Zachary Lee Andrews wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jul 2021, netpassport89@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 01:56:20AM -0400, Zachary Lee Andrews wrote:
> > > Hello gopher project!
> > >
> > > If anyone here also participates in Wikipedia, I would appreciate 
> > > help in
> > > tidying up the Gopher_(protocol) page there, it has some issues.
> > > In particular the web clients section needs to be reconciled with
> > > Template:Gopher_clients.
> > > Also folks keep adding self promotions to their gemini and/or 
> > > gopher-only
> > > clients to the web client section; maybe a table of native gopher 
> > > clients
> > > could be added to the article to cut down on this.
> > >
> > > Relevant URLs:
> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol)
> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Gopher_(protocol)
> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Gopher_clients
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > > --
> > >  Zachary Lee Andrews
> > > <zcrayfish@gmail.com>
> > >
> > > p.s.
> > > Does K-meleon actually support gopher? I think it's broken.
> >
> > Why bother writing something that will be removed, edited, and twisted 
> > on a whim to fit various random persons' agendas?
> >
> > The fact that you need help just to publish good information on there 
> > speaks volumes about Wikipedia.
>
> TL;DR: You don't want to contribute anything of value to wikipedia, or 
> this mailing list. Got it. Well played sir.

That is not what he said. He said, in my own words, it is a waste of 
time and energy to add things too Wikipedia that are subject to editing 
from propagandists for their own political agendas instead of adding 
value too Wikipedia. Nothing was mentioned about the mailing list.

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