# Ed Zotti is not notable, generally speaking. Can--or \*should\*--we do anything about it? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 11, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531 "2014-01-11T19:22:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531/1 "2014-01-11T19:22:59Z")
See [Ed Zotti](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Zotti), specifically, the intimidating, threatening, and, depending how you look at it, humiliating judgement of the powers that be on the worthiness of the article. Is this something that I should be worried about? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531/2 "2014-01-11T19:41:47Z")
Since when do gofers rate a Wack-o-pedia entry? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531/3 "2014-01-11T20:08:22Z")
Okay, let’s all of us Dopers make **Ed Zotti** notable by taking note of him. Hi, Ed! ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531/4 "2014-01-11T20:11:44Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Okay, let’s all of us Dopers make **Ed Zotti** notable by taking note of him. > > Hi, Ed! It’s hard to see that dude. Cecil is always blocking him. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531/5 "2014-01-11T21:20:07Z")
The bit about the Barn House is some prime snark. Subtle. Wish I could lay claim to that edit. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531/6 "2014-01-11T21:29:15Z")
He should have received a genius grant long ago. One problem is that the usual nonprofit conduits are stymied by the ostensibly (and modestly) for-profit framework of this column/forum/publishing backwater. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531/7 "2014-01-11T21:54:53Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > See [Ed Zotti](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Zotti), specifically, the intimidating, threatening, and, depending how you look at it, humiliating judgement of the powers that be on the worthiness of the article. > > Is this something that I should be worried about? It’s anonymous comment made by who knows who, who knows why. This and a couple bux will get you a (small) cup of coffee at Starbucks. I don’t see the value or the humiliation. If you measure worth or meaning by what anonymous strangers think of you, you won’t get anything done. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531/8 "2014-01-11T22:19:02Z")
Maybe Ed can form a club with Don Novello, Cassandra Peterson, and Paul Reubens. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531/9 "2014-01-11T22:30:52Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Maybe Ed can form a club with Don Novello, Cassandra Peterson, and Paul Reubens. You mean _Elvira’s Vatican Playhouse?_ ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531/10 "2014-01-11T23:30:40Z")
I like the subheading on the [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ed_Zotti) page. > [@](#): > > There appears to be nothing to say Come on now, Ed can’t be _that_ uninteresting! It reminds me of some wit’s epitaph on Frederick, Prince of Wales, eldest son of George II. _Here lies Fred Who was alive and is dead. There’s no more to be said._ Just joshin’, Ed! (Glances nervously at membership status.) ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531/11 "2014-01-12T00:17:03Z")
I’ve met **Ed Zotti** personally on three occasions. He’s a genial host, and quite a good writer. I base my last opinion on reading articles he’s written as a freelance writer, not connected to the SD. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531/12 "2014-01-12T00:35:41Z")
He has never fully banned me. I can’t think of higher praise. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531/13 "2014-01-12T01:41:22Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > It’s hard to see that dude. Cecil is always blocking him. I thought it was the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531/14 "2014-01-12T02:54:34Z")
Whatever became of his now-and-then column, _Paulina Street Journal_ ? I haven’t seen one for quite some time (or am I just not looking in all the right places)? ---
**Author:** ![Goth\_Hobbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbce88/32.png) [@Goth\_Hobbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goth_Hobbit)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531/15 "2014-01-13T00:57:48Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > You mean _Elvira’s Vatican Playhouse?_ Ooh ooh ooh! I call dibs on the sandbox!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531/16 "2014-01-13T01:15:28Z")
> [@Goth\_Hobbit](#): > > Ooh ooh ooh! I call dibs on the sandbox!😃 What? You’re a cat who has to take a shit? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531/17 "2014-01-13T08:44:15Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Okay, let’s all of us Dopers make **Ed Zotti** notable by taking note of him. > > Hi, Ed! Noted ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531/18 "2014-01-17T13:54:29Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Okay, let’s all of us Dopers make **Ed Zotti** notable by taking note of him. > > Hi, Ed! I seel you’ve already made him _bold_!