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by sashi
Wed May 31, 2023 8:49 pm
Forum: Political
Topic: Research Article: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust
Replies: 220
Views: 24877

Re: Research Article: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust

Looks like this is making the rounds of Southern California & Bay area papers: https://www.siliconvalley.com/2023/05/30/whos-fact-checking-wikipedia-editors-who-distort-misinform/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/05/30/whos-fact-checking-wikipedia-editors-who-distort-misinform/ ... etc. (h/t Taranti...
by sashi
Sun May 28, 2023 10:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wikipedia is dying, slowly
Replies: 21
Views: 2171

Re: Wikipedia is dying, slowly

Worth highlighting this part.... brand health is weak among young audiences in our key revenue countries, presenting long term fundraising challenges. 18−24-year-olds are generally less likely to consider the brand, use it, or recommend it to their friends. This is the case across all markets, with...
by sashi
Sat May 27, 2023 5:47 pm
Forum: Political
Topic: Research Article: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust
Replies: 220
Views: 24877

Re: Research Article: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust

I think it was boredbird who was convinced that ArbCom was making a mistake in how they treated Piotrus. Here is a removal of content that popped up on my watchlist. Piotrus's edit summary: " I don't think this is correct - not seeing this particular law mentioned in the cited source?" In 2019, his ...
by sashi
Tue Apr 18, 2023 9:17 pm
Forum: Political
Topic: Research Article: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust
Replies: 220
Views: 24877

Re: Research Article: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust

I was struck by something Grabowski says in that interview (that he went to the police immediately after receiving online threats concerning the paper about Wikipedia). This is the thing that I've never understood about Volunteer Marek... whom I've repeatedly read claiming that both he and his famil...
by sashi
Sun Apr 09, 2023 12:33 am
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Re: Paid Editing on WP is permissible
Replies: 341
Views: 182867

Re: Paid Editing on WP is permissible

I have what seems to me a credible report that you have been recommending to people that they use WikiExperts. Is this true? The report I have is that you contacted someone through Whatsapp to recommend WikiExperts, who then charged someone $15,000 for an article in Wikipedia. I am asking you becau...
by sashi
Wed Apr 05, 2023 8:59 pm
Forum: Political
Topic: Research Article: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust
Replies: 220
Views: 24877

Re: Research Article: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust

-For Wikipedia (WMF), Damage has been avoided simply by biding time and circling the wagons long enough for the press to move onto more ripe click-bait. That said, one of the Arbs hinted that ArbCom may have been pressured into doing something if they wished to avoid a new Vol de MareGate. (These t...
by sashi
Wed Apr 05, 2023 8:20 am
Forum: Political
Topic: Research Article: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust
Replies: 220
Views: 24877

Re: Research Article: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust

-For Wikipedia (WMF), Damage has been avoided simply by biding time and circling the wagons long enough for the press to move onto more ripe click-bait. That said, one of the Arbs hinted that ArbCom may have been pressured into doing something if they wished to avoid a new Vol de MareGate. (These t...
by sashi
Mon Jan 02, 2023 11:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's the point in contributing to commons?
Replies: 5
Views: 750

Re: What's the point in contributing to commons?

Interesting points, I hope you get unblocked. Though it's interesting to see a vocal Bernie supporter here, as Wikipedia is obsessed with him. Insofar as I have no intention of contributing anything related to Colonel Sanders, I don't suppose that really matters much, but, yeah. :lol: Back in the d...
by sashi
Mon Dec 26, 2022 1:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's the point in contributing to commons?
Replies: 5
Views: 750

Re: What's the point in contributing to commons?

I do it in part to learn more about the places of I've taken pictures of. The process of having to label everything (which may well help big tech) requires finding everything out. It's pretty cool to be able to add structured data to images; it's not quite the old keyword folksonomy (à la flickr), a...
by sashi
Tue May 24, 2022 12:50 am
Forum: Wikipediocracy talk
Topic: Anyone heard any "recent" WPO news?
Replies: 27
Views: 5150

Re: Anyone heard any "recent" WPO news?

I'm not sure Genderdesk's chief scribe takes herself so seriously as to claim to be a "a TRUE leftist revolutionary". The posts on artists, musicians, dusty saints, arcane books, interior deco, food, coloring and stray yachts suggest such lofty ideological purity as all that is not really the point....