I edit W. and there are so many adventures (good and bad) about the process. When I try to explain to friends IRL and have conversations like: FRIEND: "you looked tired today." ME: "I was up most of the night in an edit war with XmanRedux" about the basis for a scene in Hearing Secret Harmonies at the novel's Wikipedia entry." FRIEND: Eyeroll.
The discussions on Wikipedia can certainly be exhausting! And I admire the fact that you’re editing the pages for novels because I’ve found that those can vary drastically in length and quality. Even well-loved novels can have very slim Wikipedia pages if nobody has stepped up to develop them.
Hoping that I’ve brought the feel of info disputes to life in the book!
One of my biggest fails was the Ian Fleming page. In addition to writing Bond, etc. Fleming founded the journal--The Book Collector-- and he was a book collector (Printing and the Mind of Man exhibit is based on his collection)--but the editors/watchers at Fleming's page would not let me include this information in the lede or the main article.
I guess the fact Fleming was a book collector didn';t seem exciting enough.
Bond's nephew is the current of editor of The Book Collector.
I edit W. and there are so many adventures (good and bad) about the process. When I try to explain to friends IRL and have conversations like: FRIEND: "you looked tired today." ME: "I was up most of the night in an edit war with XmanRedux" about the basis for a scene in Hearing Secret Harmonies at the novel's Wikipedia entry." FRIEND: Eyeroll.
Looking forward to your book as a way to explain.
The discussions on Wikipedia can certainly be exhausting! And I admire the fact that you’re editing the pages for novels because I’ve found that those can vary drastically in length and quality. Even well-loved novels can have very slim Wikipedia pages if nobody has stepped up to develop them.
Hoping that I’ve brought the feel of info disputes to life in the book!
One of my biggest fails was the Ian Fleming page. In addition to writing Bond, etc. Fleming founded the journal--The Book Collector-- and he was a book collector (Printing and the Mind of Man exhibit is based on his collection)--but the editors/watchers at Fleming's page would not let me include this information in the lede or the main article.
I guess the fact Fleming was a book collector didn';t seem exciting enough.
Bond's nephew is the current of editor of The Book Collector.
However, the info is on the journal's page... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_Collector
And Flemings connection to exhibit is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_and_the_Mind_of_Man
And then of course the stuggles at the "Talk" pages...
I'm sorry...I drive my family into boredom with these exciting tales of Wikipedia woes.