True story. When I was showing Tom, the new programmer in my group, the Wikipedia<\/a> (which I wrote about last week<\/a>), I turned to the entry on Shania Twain<\/a> (who went to the same high school as I did -- though I'm sure she doesn't remember me!) to demonstrate how anyone can edit a page on a wiki. I had fixed a link to connect the Twain article to the one on Timmins, Ontario<\/a> (our hometown) and wanted to show Tom how random persons can improve an article. When I clicked on the Timmins, Ontario<\/a> article, I was shocked to read at the end of the piece<\/p>\n Timmins natives include well-known country singer Shania Twain, b. 1965 and Raymond Yee, Ph.D., b. 1967, technology architect of the Interactive University Project at UC Berkeley. [archived version<\/a>].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I burst out laughing with gleeful incredulity! I could not have found a better way to illustrate the power\/splendor\/weirdness of wikis. And no, I didn't write that sentence -- I'm not that<\/i> egotistical. One of my readers had obviously followed my blog, pulled together various pieces of information about me, and assembled it all to place on the wikipedia! I jumped in the fray and edited<\/a> the sentence to:<\/p>\n Timmins natives include well-known country singer Shania Twain (b. 1965) and the not-so-well-known-but-well-meaning Raymond Yee, Ph.D. (b. 1967), technology architect of the Interactive University Project at UC Berkeley.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I fully expect someone to clear the article of any references to me. No one is in Shania's league -- let alone someone like me! Actually, I'm surprised that Andreas H\u00f6rstemeier<\/a>, who continues to clean up the Timmins page and who commented<\/a> \"(Fixed links - but is that Raymond Yee really known enough to be listed?)\" didn't actually expunge my name from the annals of Timmins. (Let me go add a reference to this blog entry in the discussion page on Timmins<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Anyone care to fess up here to being the author of this awesome little stunt?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" True story. When I was showing Tom, the new programmer in my group, the Wikipedia (which I wrote about last week), I turned to the entry on Shania Twain (who went to the same high school as I did — … Continue reading