Jack Hardcastle

I find it very interesting that I’ve been quoted in a Wikipedia article. Sourced, if you will.

I find this moderately inappropriate. Sources should be people of repute, knowledge, and substance. A college student writing in a college paper is none of those things. In the three decades of Dr. Bill’s service to Rice and Wiess, could they find no one suiting those criteria to speak on his behalf? It seems to be, given that it’s only Wikipedia, a rush job. Dr. Bill deserves better. I wish only that I had the time and energy (not heavy eyelids and a clock reading near-morning) to undo this injustice.

Edit: I checked the history of the article. The original author is George Webb. It appears that the text of the article is merely a draft of a retirement speech I had not heard.

Edit 2: (March 25, 2007) It appears that the Wikipedia article I referenced has been merged/renamed, and the quote is missing. Yay! I still think it’s funny that Wikipedia says the article is derived from something I wrote.

Hope you’re doing well up there, Dr. Bill!