Wikipedia Nazis
Do you remember the soup nazi from Seinfeld? Well…. Wikipedia is run by Nazis too like the soup nazi. The wikipedia moderators get to decide when or what is deemed to be a contribution. Anybody who has showed up on TV seems to guarantee them a stub, yet film production companies who have won awards or been a selection at film festivals do not count. I am upset at wikipedia because there have been multiple attempts to build a wiki for Wong Fu Productions. Wong Fu Productions is a company formed by three boys in their early twenties, and although I deem them to be boys, it doesn’t make their work less relevant.
Is it the quality of the entry that makes the wikipedia moderators delete it, or is it their lack of knowledge of the world? I know that Marc Levin from Dogballs blog, tried to add a stub for dogballs and it was deleted. It’s a bit harder to argue a term that’s colloquial. BUT if you have a movie screenings tour throughout the United States, were selected for an Asian American film festival, and had a showing at the VC in LA, doesn’t that make you exist? Is all that work not enough to equal some reality tv star from MTV?
I don’t personally serve to profit from the Wong Fu Productions, but I do feel for the Asian American arts and film community. These boys produced a well filmed, edited, and marketed film. The storyline and screenplay was definitely juvenile because it was written by twenty-year-old boys. However even with the plot issues, you cannot fault them for their viewpoint on the world. They were able to tell their story in a cohesive manner, with proper timing and lighting. That is not easily done for a budget under $2000.
The wiki nazis have determined that this film production company is not worthy of a wiki entry, and that is quite unfortunate for the film community.
Add comment June 15th, 2007
