Re: Articles Wikipedia should have--but doesn't.
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 9:48 pm
Here's a good one. Wikipedia has very long and detailed articles about backpage.com, Village Voice Media, and a less-detailed article about Phoenix New Times. But there are no articles for the fine gentlemen who founded/ran those major media outlets. Mike Lacey and Jim Larkin. (They are notoriously arrogant and combative, which helps to explain why the US attorney and Kamala Harris are "out to get them" or whatever you want to call it. The Backpage article attempts to paint them as poor little victims of an evil government conspiracy. Yes, they claim Section 230 gives them immunity from any ads posted on Backpage for child prostitution. Since Wikipedia is heavily dependent on Section 230 to protect it from legal action, once can well imagine why the Wiki-Goobers would be "interested" in Backpage's woes.)
There are substantial bios of Lacey and Larkin, but buried deep in the Village Voice Media article. All three of the above-mentioned articles are badly written, especially the Phoenix New Times article.
If you type "Michael Lacey" into WP's search, you get an obscure mathematician. There's a disambiguation page for "Jim Larkin" with five people listed, none of whom is the media tycoon.
Why? Not as if there isn't ample and recent coverage:
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/lo ... 310430001/
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/lo ... 494538002/
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ba ... 3485e49e16
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/po ... 446823002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nat ... 495701002/
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/mic ... es-6455780
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization ... ntera-fund
https://frontpageconfidential.com/micha ... amendment/
And consider this:
http://weeklyopinion.com/2018/02/joe-ar ... eep-tally/
But you can't read more about them in Wikipedia.....
There are substantial bios of Lacey and Larkin, but buried deep in the Village Voice Media article. All three of the above-mentioned articles are badly written, especially the Phoenix New Times article.
If you type "Michael Lacey" into WP's search, you get an obscure mathematician. There's a disambiguation page for "Jim Larkin" with five people listed, none of whom is the media tycoon.
Why? Not as if there isn't ample and recent coverage:
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/lo ... 310430001/
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/lo ... 494538002/
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ba ... 3485e49e16
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/po ... 446823002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nat ... 495701002/
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/mic ... es-6455780
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization ... ntera-fund
https://frontpageconfidential.com/micha ... amendment/
And consider this:
http://weeklyopinion.com/2018/02/joe-ar ... eep-tally/
Jim Larkin and Michael Lacey are well-known names in America, due to both their news media influence through the Phoenix New Media and their founding of the Frontera Fund. Their popularity also stems from their ongoing battle with Joe Arpaio, former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. Arpaio had been in their crosshairs for some time due to his unlawful and inhumane practices as law enforcement official, and this earned Larkin and Lacey a spot in his sights as well.
But you can't read more about them in Wikipedia.....