RIP Fravia

http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:mAp2zxYhBnoJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fravia+fravia&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

by phn1x • 17 years ago

13 11 17 years ago

74.125.95.132

mcav• 17 years ago

Redirects to "Reverse Engineering". I assume you wanted this (google cached version):

http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:mAp2zxYhBnoJ:en.wikipedi...

brl• 17 years ago

Seriously, Wikipedia? You deleted Fravia's page for a lack of notability?

tptacek2• 17 years ago

They didn't delete the page; they replaced it with (an inauspicious) redirect to "Reverse Engineering".

The discussion that led to this is here: http://bit.ly/10rqEV.

I can understand they logic behind this article being put up for AfD. It was written poorly, in POV style. It did do a poor job of establishing what was notable about Fravia (you'd have to know something about his particular reversing subculture to know why any of the claims in the article were interesting).

And finally --- and most importantly --- the article did lack independent sources establishing notability. Independent sourcing is not optional on Wikipedia.

I don't think this is a place where the system failed.

huhtenberg3• 17 years ago

Poorly sourced article tagged for POV bias is better than no article. Especially considering how much effort it takes to resurrect the article once it's deleted.

huhtenberg3• 17 years ago

> Seriously, Wikipedia?

Yeah, that's a modern Wikipedia for you. Hardly a surprise, really.

The only thing that's strictly notable according to their policies is a Pokemon. With a list of Starwars planets coming next. I used to contribute a lot for more than two years, but then left after a wave of morons overtook reasonable editors and started purging articles left and right just for the sake of complying with the Policies. I have stopped donating too. /rant

dnewcome• 17 years ago

Are you reporting that he has passed? Or merely the death of his wikipedia presence. He has been battling cancer...

chaosmachine• 17 years ago

http://www.searchlores.org/swansong.htm

http://www.2113.ch/phplab/mbs.php3/mb001?num=1241367858&...

huhtenberg3• 17 years ago

Damn.

I_got_fifty• 17 years ago

Why does this article sound eerily similar to xkcd.com/341 - xkcd.com/345 ?

RIP Fravia

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