So Wikipedia hates me....

I have an 'account' with Wikipedia, and Mr Wiki and I have been discussing my contribution to the movie listing of His Girl Friday. Apparently I lost.

MR WIKI -
It appears you're new here. I must point out your contribution appears to violate WP:Original Research and arguably WP:Notability. Please read these policies (and maybe WP:What Wikipedia is not) before reinserting again. If you still disagree, please respond here; I'll watch for it. Thanks. Clarityfiend 20:22, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

ME -
I'm not sure I understand. I think the movie has pedagogical signficance. The idea seems to be original, there is no ethical dimensions noted about the movie. And, being a media studies student, and journalism student at a University feel it is important for others studying journalism and media studies. This is a class study and similar sections have been added by classmates to Capote and All the Presidents Men. I wonder how mine is different.

MR WIKI -
Let me quote from the Wikipedia official position on what it is not:
"Wikipedia is not a place to publish your own thoughts and analyses or to publish new information not heretofore published. Please do not use Wikipedia for any of the following:
1. Primary (original) research such as proposing theories and solutions, original ideas, defining terms, coining new words, etc. If you have done primary research on a topic, publish your results in other venues such as peer-reviewed journals, other printed forms, or respected online sites, and Wikipedia will report about your work once it becomes part of accepted knowledge. Not all information added to Wikipedia has to be from peer-reviewed journals, but please strive to make sure that information is reliable and verifiable. For example, citing book, print, or reliable web resources demonstrates that the material is verifiable and is not merely the editor's opinion."

Another way to look at it is to ask yourself if you would expect to see something like this in a film article in the Encyclopedia Britannica or Encarta.

Ethical dimensions are normally not noted in a movie page because the article is about the movie itself. Something of this sort might (possibly) be better suited to a different article: Journalism ethics and standards. The only way it would be appropriate in a movie article is if that film had a significant effect on ethics - off the top of my head, I can't think of any.

As for why your classmates haven't been similarly afflicted by someone like me, Wikipedia's a big place, and this film is a bit more popular than the others you mentioned. I'm sure somebody will get around to it eventually. Or if you prefer, I could go harass them myself (lol). Clarityfiend 03:32, 29 April 2007 (UTC)



I didn't want to harass my classmates no, I was just confused as to what I did wrong or different! Very interesting....