Help keep the Y Combinator Wikipedia page updated
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Help keep the Y Combinator Wikipedia page updated
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Re: Help keep the Y Combinator Wikipedia page updated
#2"The lists in this article may contain items that are not notable, encyclopedic, or helpful. Please help out by removing such elements and incorporating appropriate items into the main body of the article"
I have to agree, listing all funded organizations is not useful. Just list those which are notable, and mention the total count somewhere
Re: Help keep the Y Combinator Wikipedia page updated
#3"The lists in this article may contain items that are not notable, encyclopedic, or helpful. Please help out by removing such elements and incorporating appropriate items into the main body of the article" I have to agree, listing all funded organizations is not useful. Just list those which are notable, and mention the total count somewhere
Is there a good place somewhere to find a list of all the YC alumni? The YC homepage sure ain't it.
Re: Help keep the Y Combinator Wikipedia page updated
#4"The lists in this article may contain items that are not notable, encyclopedic, or helpful. Please help out by removing such elements and incorporating appropriate items into the main body of the article" I have to agree, listing all funded organizations is not useful. Just list those which are notable, and mention the total count somewhere
I completely agree with your sentiment. Listing all Y Combinator participants may approach what Wikipedians label "fancruft" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fancruft)
"Fancruft is a term sometimes used in Wikipedia to imply that a selection of content is of importance only to a small population of enthusiastic fans of the subject in question. The term is a neologism derived from the older hacker term cruft, describing obsolete code that accumulates in a program."
Re: Help keep the Y Combinator Wikipedia page updated
#5"The lists in this article may contain items that are not notable, encyclopedic, or helpful. Please help out by removing such elements and incorporating appropriate items into the main body of the article" I have to agree, listing all funded organizations is not useful. Just list those which are notable, and mention the total count somewhere
I respectfully disagree. Having all YC funded startups at one place is incredibly useful. I especially dig for stories of funded startups which eventually shutdown so as to learn what went wrong for them inspite of having funding. Maybe one can categorize on basis of _notability_ but the list should have all YC startups.
Re: Help keep the Y Combinator Wikipedia page updated
#6I keep a list of every YC startup I've found here:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkkhSN3vaY4jdF90b1l...
I compiled the info as part of my master's thesis this summer. Likely not 100% correct, but very close.
Re: Help keep the Y Combinator Wikipedia page updated
#7"The lists in this article may contain items that are not notable, encyclopedic, or helpful. Please help out by removing such elements and incorporating appropriate items into the main body of the article" I have to agree, listing all funded organizations is not useful. Just list those which are notable, and mention the total count somewhere
I respectfully disagree. Having all YC funded startups at one place is incredibly useful. I especially dig for stories of funded startups which eventually shutdown so as to learn what went wrong for them inspite of having funding. Maybe one can categorize on basis of _notability_ but the list should have all YC startups.
Having all YC funded startups at one place is incredibly useful
There are lots of things which are useful but not notable and do not belong in an encyclopaedia.
Re: Help keep the Y Combinator Wikipedia page updated
#8It would be interesting to get an estimate of the aggregate exit values of YC start-ups so far (i.e wealth created)
Re: Help keep the Y Combinator Wikipedia page updated
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I respectfully disagree. Having all YC funded startups at one place is incredibly useful. I especially dig for stories of funded startups which eventually shutdown so as to learn what went wrong for them inspite of having funding. Maybe one can categorize on basis of _notability_ but the list should have all YC startups.
Having all YC funded startups at one place is incredibly useful There are lots of things which are useful but not notable and do not belong in an encyclopaedia.
Especially one as tight on space as Wikipedia.
Kidding aside, I think having a 'scorecard' somewhere is pretty interesting, and quite relevant to YC. Maybe Wikipedia isn't the right place though?
Re: Help keep the Y Combinator Wikipedia page updated
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I respectfully disagree. Having all YC funded startups at one place is incredibly useful. I especially dig for stories of funded startups which eventually shutdown so as to learn what went wrong for them inspite of having funding. Maybe one can categorize on basis of _notability_ but the list should have all YC startups.
Having all YC funded startups at one place is incredibly useful There are lots of things which are useful but not notable and do not belong in an encyclopaedia.
sigh As a die-hard inclusionist, I'll never understand deletionism...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deletionism_and_inclusionism_in...