The Tragedy of Losing Your Wikipedia Page
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- Points31
- Comments46
–Rank now
#19Peak rank
2Days on list
–Score · 7d
Oct 28, 2026First seen
On Hacker News
- Points
- 31
- Comments
- 46
- Submitted by
- tptacek
- Posted
- Oct 26, 2026
- Site
- wired.com
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Trending history
The Tragedy of Losing Your Wikipedia Page was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 28, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 17 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #19 of 29, reached on Oct 29, 20:07 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 29, 21:07 UTC.
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> A Wikipedia editor can tag an article for deletion, and unless satisfactory edits are made within a certain timeframe, the page will disappear. Simeonovski didn’t do this—he referred the article for debate among his fellow editors. Only in uncontroversial cases. In most cases, there is a debate where consensus is…
> Every day, Wikipedia biographies of living people are flagged for deletion because the subjects are not “notable” enough. How do these poor souls take the news? How entitled must one be to assume they are owed a page in Wikipedia?
It’s a not very well kept secret that many of these pages for less-than-notable people were created by the person themselves or their “publicist.”
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Is The Tragedy of Losing Your Wikipedia Page trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Oct 29, 21:07 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank The Tragedy of Losing Your Wikipedia Page reached?
#19 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 29, 20:07 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has The Tragedy of Losing Your Wikipedia Page been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 28, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (17 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
31 points and 46 comments; submitted by tptacek on Oct 26, 2026.