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The Arden Wohl Wiki Wars
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The Tinsley Mortimer-Olivia Palermo feud isn't the only hotly contested, overwhelmingly inane scandal rocking the socialite circuit these days. Over at Wikipedia, commenters have sparked an epic debate as to whether headband-wearing, weed-smoking "alternasocial" Arden Wohl deserves her own page.

Discussion on her Wiki worthiness centers primarily on the relative merits of her charity work, print magazine ubiquity, and budding film career (according to her existing Wikipedia page, she's co-producing a documentary with George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh about sexually abused kids). Those on Team Wohl contend, among other things: "[A story about her] in Vogue is relatively substantial, and combined with the Observer and Paper articles, has convinced me that she meets the bare minimum for a Wikipedia bio." And: "At the very least with the substatal [sic] charity work involved in and contributions to the New York charity/art scene, at least worth as (I hate to use the word but ...) a socialite."

Her detractors claim otherwise.

"Three trivial mentions in Google News Archive ... something fannish [sic] about the Strokes, one of whom she later dated. I suppose the film work prevents her from being a Paris Hilton, exactly, because she can't be famous for (being famous for nothing in particular) [sic], but there's no apparent [inclusion] tripwire here." Another puts the designer squarely in her domain: "Best of luck to her, but she belongs on myspace.com, not Wikipedia (for now)." Zing!

There may even be some foul play! Contends one Wohl-nut: "Wohl was featured in the July edition of Vogue. It should be noted that "someone" deleted this item (about Vogue) from the article ... nice try ... and by the way comparing her to Paris Hilton is sort of slanderous and libelous."

But maybe the people who want her off are just, oh, we don't know, poor? Alleges another commenter: "Clear bias against Wohl, because of socio-economic status."

Are her humanitarian contributions and sporadic appearances in fashion magazines enough to keep her afloat? Or will her page soon go the way of the dodo? Only time—and the votes of literally dozens—will tell!

By Neel Shah   09/07/07 2:05 PM
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