Wikipedia shows its colors with the death of Steve Gilliard and they are white and pink and and ivory and peach.
There is an astoundingly racist discussion going on in Wikipedia on the subject of whether Steve Gilliard should be included in Wikipedia [1]. I have added my two cents to the discussion after I read this:
He was definitely widely cited by his peers, in the liberal blogsphere and therefore meets the notability requirement. If Atrios, Markos, Josh Marshall are all citing him, I think he should remain.
So as long as white, male bloggers like Markos Mooulitzas, Josh Marshall and Duncan Black quote you, you are opened the gates of notability. Anybody else, no matter how important they are to the blogosphere, is kept out.
Unless, of course, you publish a book --and that's only if the book is by a major publisher with wide distribution.
So somebody like me, Chris Rabb [2] or BrownFemiPower [3], Jill Filipovich [4] or Lauren Bruce [5] are out. Barbara O'Brien [6], Jessica Valenti [7] are in.
Lynne D. Johnson [8] and George Kelly [9] maybe are in if their companies push for the page. If they won't, then they're out as well. Lindsay Beyerstein [10] could be included and so Amanda Marcotte [11] given they are quote by 2 of the 3 BWM gatekeepers.
Ezra Klein [12] is in there.
Amazing.
Talk about digital exclusions. And people wonder why I have been talking about a need to create a metrics based on influence not just reach --which are interconnected by not necessarily the same thing.
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