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Not “Noteable” Enough for Wikipedia? Biographicon Wants You

I’m so doing this. I’ve often thought it would be cool to have a wiki entry to list all the stuff that Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn don’t cover. Ars lists a few other sites, I’ll have to check a few of them out first before picking one.

“Go on, admit it: you have at least toyed with the thought of creating your own Wikipedia entry. Because of Wikipedia’s “notability” requirement, though, most users will find their pages deleted. Enter Biographicon, a wiki site set up with the express purpose of hosting biographies for every person on the planet who wants one.”

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  1. Haha! That’s awesome. I’ll admit I’ve totally thought about how I need a wikipedia entry on my overwhelming “bad-assedness”. I mean really, who doesn’t?

    Posted by Dave | 03. Apr, 2008, 6:52 pm
  2. Yeah but Wikipedia doesn’t like us “nobodies” crowding all the cool people. But yeah, we’ve all thought of it :)

    Posted by Tac | 03. Apr, 2008, 7:14 pm

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