My Wikipedia entry

Someone made an entry for me in Swedish Wikipedia.  (I suspect it’s my cousin, he is very web-savvy).  Of course I’ve toyed with the idea of creating my own entry. Who hasn’t?  If nothing else it would have been interesting to see if “Erik Ringmar” survives the sometimes surprisingly repressive Wikipedia editors.  Still, it’s pathetic to have to create your own entry.  How vainglorious can you be?  It’s much better if a cousin does it for you.  (And it will still be interesting to see if they’ll delete me).

In the olden days it was a real honor to be included in Who’s Who? My two uncles — Richard and Torgil — were included in the Swedish version (Richard was a singer and a banker; Torgil, a high-level civil servant), but my father, Lennart — an architect working for a small, northern, town — never was.  I remember him making some wry remarks regarding the selection procedures of the editors …

Of course Who’s Who? was a stupid, elitist, institution.  Wikipedia is, despite the in-house censors, much better.  Anyone can create their own entry.  But if you — like me — are too embarrassed to, leave a comment here and I’ll create one for you.

Sept 13, 2009, update: There is now an entry in English too!  I wonder how long that will stay up there?