tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15347688.post4340678404348238622..comments2023-12-19T03:38:23.085-05:00Comments on Note to self:: WikiwanderingTeaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09459066358653082806noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15347688.post-22084757570952274092008-04-12T18:58:00.000-04:002008-04-12T18:58:00.000-04:00Thanks, Andy -- I'd not seen it, and it was pretty...Thanks, Andy -- I'd not seen it, and it was pretty great. Baker has an OCD-ish attachment to cast-aside details that I find very endearing because it's an impulse that I share.<BR/><BR/>(I also immediately went to look at <I>his</I> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholson_Baker" REL="nofollow">Wikipedia entry</A> and its <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicholson_Baker&action=history" REL="nofollow">edit history</A>. A <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicholson_Baker&oldid=195364490" REL="nofollow"> revision </A> on March 2 at 6:19 pm: "<I>I changed his place of birth because I, as his mother, was there. We didn't move to Rochester until 1959.</I>)Teaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459066358653082806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15347688.post-30896823583863387412008-04-12T16:38:00.000-04:002008-04-12T16:38:00.000-04:00Touching on a few recent posts, have you read this...Touching on a few recent posts, have you read <A HREF="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21131" REL="nofollow">this essay</A> by Nicholson Baker on Wikipedia in the NYRB? Specifically it's about contributing to Wikipedia, and how Baker found doing so to be pretty addictive.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05198366906839759731noreply@blogger.com