User:Oblivy
An ordinary user, editing what I feel like editing, writing about things that are missing, and trying to do good.
Why I'm Here
[edit]I've been editing Wikipedia since 2006 because I am committed to the project of creating an encyclopedic base of knowledge that reflects the full spectrum of what users want or need to know.
I believe in a broad definition of notability so long as it would not interfere with the project of building and maintaining an encyclopedia. I believe any person or entity having a sufficient relationship with the public that, say, a few people a week might ask Wikipedia "who are these guys?" should be presumptively treated as notable. That should be true even if they are not described at length in prose, so long as the source of knowledge about them is independent (i.e., underweightWP:SIGCOV and overweight WP:RS).
And as irritating as it is when the article subject, their minions, and their sockpuppets have created an article, it's often possible for the community to reject the pithy prose, and build on their research to create something encyclopedic. Sometimes suspected COI editors aren't, and some that are might have done a good job.
Since Wikipedia relies on all of us to keep things authoritative, I do occasionally play vandalism cop. WP:AGF for sure, but some people just aren't here to build an encyclopedia. I've recently focused on citations to blogs, which are sometimes appropriate (for example, for an otherwise notable author or school's blog), but more often appear to be attempts to farm clicks.
What really doesn't belong on Wikipedia?