I just noticed that my Wikipedia page has been deleted (the old version is still on the Internet Archive).

I’m not sure how I feel about this. When I was first made aware of its existence oh so many years ago I was both flattered and a little embarrassed, mainly because I didn’t think I rated a page on Wikipedia. But then I got to thinking that, hey, pretty much anyone should be able to have a page on Wikipedia as long as it adheres to their format guidelines. It’s not like it takes up much space, and as long as the person is verifiable as being a real person, why not?

I am certain I would have been okay with my page being deleted soon after it was created, but once you get used to having something, earned or not, there is a strong psychological reaction to having it taken away. From what I can tell the page was created in 2010, so it had been around for nearly 12 years with no one complaining.

The most hurtful thing was a comment about the deletion from EdwardX from London:

Nothing cited in the article counts towards WP:GNG, and I can find nothing better online. Run-of-the-mill person.

Really? Was the “Run-of-the-mill person” comment really necessary? (grin)

I’m still happy about what I was able to accomplish with OpenNMS and building the community around it, even if it was run-of-the-mill, and I plan to promote open source and open source companies for the remainder of my career, even if that isn’t Wikipedia-worthy.