Wikipedia is Judgemental...

While during a little downtime at work today, I ventured onto Wikipedia to see what had been written about our little town of Simpsonville, SC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsonville,_South_Carolina#Notable_residents


It has stuff like crime stats, latitude and longitude, population numbers, city councilman etc...


There is also a "notable residents" section that has listings of NASCAR drivers, pro-bowlers, authors and other famous people. This got me thinking... what must you do to be considered a "notable resident?"


I feel that Christie and I are fairly notable residents. We keep the yard clean (adding to the appeal of the community), we support the community (Church), we frequent local businesses (the Cake Lady).... all very notable things...


I then remembered that Wikipedia is user edited.... so I added my mark. I simply wrote, "Lucas and Christie Waschkowski, 2 awesome people." I saved and it stuck.

Proud of my accomplishment, I constructed an email to my wife, to inform her of our newly documented "awesome" status. However, before I could finish typing it, we got dethroned. The Wikipedia gods removed us from the notable residents section.


Oh well. Maybe someday we will make that elite list.... but wait... this list is really lame. I mean, a guy who is good at chess, a few good drivers, a big guy, a bowler... why are these people notable? Shouldn't this list be made up of people who actually make a difference? An eternally impacting, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, soul saving kind of difference?

Will I update?

I am a new blogger. I would like to think that I will be updating and posting often. I would also like to promise you that if you constantly check my blog, you will be filled with both wisdom and laughter. However, only time will tell...