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May 14th, 2007 by Joshua Dorkin | Filed under Blogging, Commentary, Politics, Traffic Building.I am!
I actually expected to be in the online encyclopedia for something else, but I guess I’ll take what I can get. It seems that someone felt that my post, the Real 2008 Political Internet Sensation: Ron Paul, about how Ron Paul is making strides in the 2008 Presidential Election by grassroots online support, was worth more then just a Digg. The post is referenced in the Ron Paul Wikipedia Entry, under the heading “2008 Presidential Campaign,” and the entry quotes me:
According to Joshua Dorkin at TimeForBlogging.com[26], “As you can see, this candidate (Ron Paul) is fast becoming a real internet sensation, not a manufactured one. He generated passion and curiousity and the people took over from there. I don’t really foresee this guy ripping off his supporters by stealing their MySpace support page (really stupid move for Obama).”
26 ^ “The Real 2008 Political Internet Sensation: Ron Paul” TimeForBlogging.com
I have seen a fair amount of traffic from this new link, but more than anything else, it is a bit flattering (seems like I’m using that word a lot lately . . . see my other post today). I’ve even been contacted by volunteers working on the campaign to get involved more. Seems that my neutral post about the emergence of a candidate has been taken as an endorsement, despite my disclaimer that I am not a supporter.
Back to Wikipedia . . .
Of course, Wikipedia is one of the most trafficked websites in the world, and getting a link on the site is good for anyone’s website. People try gaming the site to put up irrelevant information, but the editors are quite good at catching SPAM. I wonder what it takes for the site to feel that a person, company, brand, or website is worthy of addition. Anyone know?
I do hope to someday soon have an entry in Wikipedia for the website I founded, BiggerPockets® Real Estate Investing Community. The site, I believe, is deserving of being listed. If there are any Wikipedia editors hanging around here . . . please think about it!
Are You in Wikipedia? What for?
I am in Wikipedia. I write books and have 60+ under my belt. The entry is short and set up as a “stub.” It says:
“This article about a United States writer of non-fiction is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.”
I’d like to expand it, but I don’t think I’m allowed to. Or am I? I’d hate to see someone else do it and get the facts wrong.
It’s nice that it links to my site, though.
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It seems to me that Bigger pockets is deserving of an entry as well. It is one of the top Real Estate Investors sites!
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I had an english teaching website that had its own wikipedia page. It was up for close a year before they decided to close it down. I actually won the vote, but still one of the over zealous editors bumped it off.
I still maintain links from a few articles and they bring in several visitors a day from the entries.
Haha - well done for getting into wikipedia. I had to make do with a spot on the million blog list instead. Love your site by the way!