The debate was over before I injected the lines about Samohi into the entry.
And, yes: I do like adding local color to these things. Another editor is
perfectly likely to take that stuff out, but they won't delete the entry
because of it.
--J
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 4:03 PM, David Coons <yahoo_at_artscans.com> wrote:
> That was certainly an interesting Wikipedia eligibility debate. He'll
> undoubtedly win. I'm proud to have both worked with Greg during his
> early research and gone with him to his first SIGGRAPH conference. And
> now he's Technical Papers Chair for SIGGRAPH 2008.
>
> It's even more impressive to see him listed with the most prominent
> computer graphics icons who defined this industry:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Computer_graphics_professionals
>
> I do feel a slight concern the slightly higher than appropriate level
> of detail devoted to his high school achievements might aversely
> impact the aforementioned eligibility debate:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Turk
>
> dc
>
> Alex Melnick wrote:
> >
> >
> > >>This associate prof is best "known" for being the junior developer of
> > the Stanford Bunny and would no doubt be embarassed to learn that he
> > has a Wikipedia page.<<
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Greg_Turk
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Greg_Turk>
> >
> > Well? Is he?
>
>
>
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