Friday, December 15, 2006

Helium for Writers: Article Deleted

I recently had an article deleted from Helium.com for "meaningless content." Keep in mind that I didn't create the topic, I merely contributed an article under the given heading of "The Names of the Magi." Other people were all serious, answering things like "Balthazar, Melchior and Casper."

Here's my deleted article:

The Names of the Magi

"Frank, Joe and Tom.

"Funny story, actually. For a while, Joe wanted to be called Armatron, because he was fantastic at doing the Robot, but Frank and Tom wouldn't go along with it so Joe eventually gave up.

"They were like, "Joe, we're Magi, you have to stop doing the Robot. It was funny the first time, but now it's just getting kind of awkward." So Joe reluctantly agreed. He WAS damn good at the robot, though. No one could ever take that from him.

"Later, it turned out that Joe had been severely dehydrated, so then the whole Armatron thing wasn't so funny after all."

Deleted for "meaningless content"?! Was it off topic? Yes. Ridiculous? Yes. Meaningless? Yes.