7 Mar
2008
7 Mar
'08
8:29 a.m.
Hi,
I wrote a Wikipedia page for the WaveMate Bullet. I think it is a
noteworthy historical computer but apparently the people at Wikipedia
disagree.
They have placed the "This article may not meet the general notability
guideline <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability> " tag on the
page. Apparently, this is a prelude to deletion as a non-relevant article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WaveMate_Bullet
I will agree the WaveMate Bullet certainly isn't the most common vintage
computer and even my Wikipedia page stub isn't all that great.
However, there are ought to be *some* notation in the historical record of
this machine existing. Practically nothing on it exists on the internet.
If anyone has any pictures or reference material on the WaveMate Bullet and
would like to include it in the Wikipedia page, please either edit the page
or send it to me and I will include it.
It sure would be a shame to see this classic vintage CP/M disappear without
so much as minor footnote of it ever existing.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Andrew Lynch
PS, Don Maslin thought it was a note worthy machine and he even thought it
belonged in the top 150 most collectible vintage computers. Too bad he is
not here to defend it any longer.
7 Mar
7 Mar
8:46 a.m.
I wrote a Wikipedia page for the WaveMate Bullet. I
think it is a
noteworthy historical computer but apparently the people at Wikipedia
disagree.
And that's why I don't write Wikipedia articles. Less headaches if you
just put a page yourself and tell people about it.
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11:27 a.m.
I added the page to the computer history category. I think if you put in
what makes the machine notable, beyond Don Maslin thought it was, it may
help with the not notable citation.
On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 8:46 AM, Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com> wrote:
I wrote a
Wikipedia page for the WaveMate Bullet. I think it is a
noteworthy historical computer but apparently the people at Wikipedia
disagree.
And that's why I don't write Wikipedia articles. Less headaches if you
just put a page yourself and tell people about it.
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2:16 p.m.
Andrew Lynch wrote:
I wrote a Wikipedia page for the WaveMate Bullet. I
think it is a
noteworthy historical computer but apparently the people at Wikipedia
disagree.
Put in the classiccmp wiki:
http://classiccmp.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Antonio
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5:28 p.m.
I was going to suggest that.
I gotta find time to finish tidying up, and add more, to the games consoles section.
(assuming noone else has already done it)
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
Antonio Carlini <arcarlini at iee.org> wrote: Andrew Lynch wrote:
I wrote a Wikipedia page for the WaveMate Bullet. I
think it is a
noteworthy historical computer but apparently the people at Wikipedia
disagree.
Put in the classiccmp wiki:
http://classiccmp.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Antonio
5:59 p.m.
Antonio Carlini wrote:
Andrew Lynch wrote:
I don't get it. I went to that page and there are nothing but dead
links. What is the point of putting in a line item for a machine when
there is no content behind it?
http://classiccmp.org/wiki/index.php/Microcomputers
There isn't a single link there that has *anything* on it. (And it is
silly to have separate sections for Radio Shack and Tandy.)
What is the intent of the page at all? Is the idea that there is
someone waiting to write a document containing information that isn't
already copiously available via google or wikipedia, but the thing
holding them back is access to a blank page? Like I said, I don't get it.
I wrote a Wikipedia page for the WaveMate Bullet.
I think it is a
noteworthy historical computer but apparently the people at Wikipedia
disagree.
Put in the classiccmp wiki:
http://classiccmp.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
7:02 p.m.
Well, I'll own up to adding the links for Radio Shack and Tandy, as I was planning on
adding some stuff about TRS-80's at a later date.
To my knowledge Tandy and Radio Shack were separate until around the time of the
TRS-80's. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
The whole Wiki site was set up about a year (or more) ago and like the knowledge-base
pages has unfortunately been left pretty desolate :(
I started adding stuff after Mark de Jong asked me to help out with www.amigacoding.com
which is also wiki-based.
However, time constraints and various projects have left me with little time for it lately
:(
As for adding a line with no content behind it, you have to add dead links to be able to
create the page. Or atleast, thats how I believe Wiki sites work. I am fairly new to Wiki
stuff, so could be wrong on that too.
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
Jim Battle <frustum at pacbell.net> wrote: Antonio Carlini wrote:
Andrew Lynch wrote:
I don't get it. I went to that page and there are nothing but dead
links. What is the point of putting in a line item for a machine when
there is no content behind it?
http://classiccmp.org/wiki/index.php/Microcomputers
There isn't a single link there that has *anything* on it. (And it is
silly to have separate sections for Radio Shack and Tandy.)
What is the intent of the page at all? Is the idea that there is
someone waiting to write a document containing information that isn't
already copiously available via google or wikipedia, but the thing
holding them back is access to a blank page? Like I said, I don't get it.
I wrote a Wikipedia page for the WaveMate Bullet.
I think it is a
noteworthy historical computer but apparently the people at Wikipedia
disagree.
Put in the classiccmp wiki:
http://classiccmp.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
7:07 p.m.
Jim Battle wrote:
I don't get it. I went to that page and there are
nothing but dead
links. What is the point of putting in a line item for a machine when
there is no content behind it?
No idea. I don't "do" wikis so I don't know what the "right"
way to
run one might be. You might think of the links as placeholders perhaps.
There isn't a single link there that has
*anything* on it. (And it is
silly to have separate sections for Radio Shack and Tandy.)
The "Video Games" link has some stuff on it. If I find where I've
stuffed my collected VAX info, I'll go and add some pages for those.
What is the intent of the page at all? Is the idea
that there is
someone waiting to write a document containing information that isn't
already copiously available via google or wikipedia, but the thing
holding them back is access to a blank page? Like I said, I don't
get it.
Well apparently "copious" is an inappropriate adjective for the
amount of extant information in regard to the WaveMate Bullet.
Let's see if the blank pages help :-)
The wiki has not been around that long: it's a little early to
say that it's use will never take off. It just needs a bit of
a kick start. The knowledge base is a little like that too.
There are plenty of blank pages on the net: a few more won't hurt.
Antonio
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6:32 p.m.
Andrew,
Add a link from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_machines_running_CP/M to your
Wavemate entry. This will add "relavance".
Jim
Andrew Lynch wrote:
Hi,
I wrote a Wikipedia page for the WaveMate Bullet. I think it is a
noteworthy historical computer but apparently the people at Wikipedia
disagree.
They have placed the "This article may not meet the general notability
guideline <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability> " tag on the
page. Apparently, this is a prelude to deletion as a non-relevant article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WaveMate_Bullet
I will agree the WaveMate Bullet certainly isn't the most common vintage
computer and even my Wikipedia page stub isn't all that great.
However, there are ought to be *some* notation in the historical record of
this machine existing. Practically nothing on it exists on the internet.
If anyone has any pictures or reference material on the WaveMate Bullet and
would like to include it in the Wikipedia page, please either edit the page
or send it to me and I will include it.
It sure would be a shame to see this classic vintage CP/M disappear without
so much as minor footnote of it ever existing.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Andrew Lynch
PS, Don Maslin thought it was a note worthy machine and he even thought it
belonged in the top 150 most collectible vintage computers. Too bad he is
not here to defend it any longer.
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