Simon Pulsifer, You're Our Man!
Nice to know that a young man of 25 has the determination, the vision, the intellectual wherewithal to pursue a course of action that reflects so well on himself in particular and the rest of the world at large. Simon Pulsifer has devoted three years of his young life to the distillation of information, the clarification of data, the publication of ideas and concepts for the purpose of enlightening us all.
Wikipedia earned itself a champion.
This young man is my neighbour. In the sense that we live in the same city. This is, after all, a large world, and Wikipedia through the Internet reaches millions upon millions of people. His happy distractions reflect glory on me. He's doing what he does because he feels compelled to. Doing so provides him with great satisfaction for his meticulous, enquiring mind.
Public notice was given to his activities in the last year, but it is only on this day that much has been published about his own publishing exploits, and he has been interviewed on radio and television, has had his name echoed time and again in the news. Time magazine has given him recognition in its year-end review of notables. A recognition well earned.
He has amply demonstrated an eagerness to distribute for public consumption and awareness facts, current and historical gleanings distilled and presented from a wide array of alternative sources for our edification. This man has left his ego in his back pocket. He doesn't give us his opinion, his take on anything. He doesn't discourse on topics for the purpose of illustrating his personal mental acumen.
The people who indulge in this kind of display are bloggers. The ego is up front and centre in the product of bloggers' publications. Not so Simon Pulsifer.
It's no mean feat, authoring thousands of Wikipedia entries, let alone taking the precision-laden and time-consuming care to edit tens of thousands of others' entries.
Good on ya, Simon Pulsifer.
Wikipedia earned itself a champion.
This young man is my neighbour. In the sense that we live in the same city. This is, after all, a large world, and Wikipedia through the Internet reaches millions upon millions of people. His happy distractions reflect glory on me. He's doing what he does because he feels compelled to. Doing so provides him with great satisfaction for his meticulous, enquiring mind.
Public notice was given to his activities in the last year, but it is only on this day that much has been published about his own publishing exploits, and he has been interviewed on radio and television, has had his name echoed time and again in the news. Time magazine has given him recognition in its year-end review of notables. A recognition well earned.
He has amply demonstrated an eagerness to distribute for public consumption and awareness facts, current and historical gleanings distilled and presented from a wide array of alternative sources for our edification. This man has left his ego in his back pocket. He doesn't give us his opinion, his take on anything. He doesn't discourse on topics for the purpose of illustrating his personal mental acumen.
The people who indulge in this kind of display are bloggers. The ego is up front and centre in the product of bloggers' publications. Not so Simon Pulsifer.
It's no mean feat, authoring thousands of Wikipedia entries, let alone taking the precision-laden and time-consuming care to edit tens of thousands of others' entries.
Good on ya, Simon Pulsifer.
posted by Pieface @ 5:58 PM
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