Waiting for the article to be deleted…
After writing a Wikipedia article about something as insignificant as a country-western song written by a late night talk show host fourteen years ago, it’s only a matter of time before the article gets deleted.
Now I must endure the grueling process of waiting for some Wikipedia big-wig to notice my measly Wikipedia article and with one swipe of his mouse delete all my hard work.
The best way to get someone to notice your article is by linking it from another article. I have linked my page to the Stairway to Heaven page under the Success and Influence section. Hopefully my addition to this page won’t be deleted.
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Writing the article…
In my previous article I promised that I’d tell what my Wikipedia article was about and here you go:
“Late Night Cowboy” – a song written by Conan O’Brien in 1994… obscure enough?
As you probably know, the important thing about writing a Wikipedia article is to include references so that it is less likely to be deleted. My article has a whopping two references – not bad for an article of it’s size.
To read the full article click here.
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What to write about…
I believe that at some point in a nerd’s life, they will feel a sudden urge. An unexplainable urge… the urge to visit Wikipedia and be a major part of that.
I felt this calling a couple weeks ago so I decided to write a Wikipedia article. I searched Wikipedia for hours looking for a topic that hadn’t been covered. Finally I found that although Loudon Wainwright III and his third album had their own articles, the first song and a single from the third album did not have an article yet. I’m talking, of course, about the song “Dead Skunk (in the Middle of the Road).”
I laid out a bit of the page. I just needed to add some minor informational details. Unfortunately, I waited a week, and by the time I got back to Wikipedia the page had already been written, and not by me.
Next I considered writing an article about Late Night with Jimmy Fallon; since Jimmy Fallon is doing a daily video blog about Late Night, there would be plenty of information, but whenever you type “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” into the Wikipedia search engine it just redirects you to “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.” So I decided to write about “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien,” but that also redirects you to “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.”
After about a week, I found the perfect thing to write an article about. It’s a fairly insignificant thing, but yet significant enough (in my opinion) to have it’s own Wikipedia article… I could tell you what that is, but I haven’t published it yet and someone might read this (does anyone ever read this?) and complete the Wikipedia article before me… so you’ll have to wait a bit to find out what the article is about. I’m sure you’re on the edge of your seat…
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