More garbage propaganda from the SLATE
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2023 7:04 am
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So why did you write an entire article predicated on this apparent surprise then? Who paid you for this advertorial?It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Wikipedia is a better place to learn about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than X, TikTok, and other social media platforms are
Are you sure about that? Here you are writing about how social media spreads misinformation, yet presumably this claim that Wikipedia is "useful" is based on the traditional model of encyclopedias. You read it and you trust it.For current events, Wikipedia has become a news aggregator of mainstream media sources, which can be very useful for readers around the world who are looking for a summary based on a breadth of sources.
Seriously, who paid you?The articles in the Israeli-Palestinian topic area differ from ordinary Wikipedia pages in that the site’s volunteer administrators have tagged them with what’s known as extended confirmed protection, which means that only editors with more than 30 days of experience and 500-plus edits can change them. This might look like “censorship” to the self-proclaimed free speech absolutists on X, but it’s really designed to prevent vandalism by anonymous new accounts. Those who have yet to hit the 500 mark can still suggest changes to experienced users—and many have.
I wish you could track the esteemed Mr. Harrison down and actually get a straight answer from him, about who actually DOES pay him to generate this guff. And while you've got him, ask how Jimbo's nutsack tastes....meaty, savory or sweet?ChaosMeRee wrote: ↑Sun Nov 26, 2023 6:38 pmSo I will ask again, who paid you to write this advertorial? An honest journalist would know this stuff.
And it actually used to be WORSE, before 2011-2012 when the pro-Israel maniacs lost control of the narrative. Few areas on WP have been editwarred and arbitrated more heavily. No one "curates" any of it. There damn well BETTER be "good unbiased content" on WP about Israel-Palestine, but if there is today, it's purely accidental.It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Wikipedia is a better place to learn about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than X, TikTok, and other social media platforms are.
No shit, asshole. Hebrew and Arabic WP are biased in exactly the way anyone would expect--anyone other than an ass-kissing journalist.But there are a few important caveats: Given its audience, Slate has focused its reporting on the English-language version of Wikipedia, yet Hebrew Wikipedia and Arabic Wikipedia each has its own version of these articles, and there can be striking dissonances between them. Moreover, there are numerous English Wikipedia articles about the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict that vary in quality, partly because they have not received as much attention as the current violence has.
Why did Israel's power on Wikipedia diminish? Basically everywhere else (and especially on the internet), Israeli propaganda has become even more pervasive.ericbarbour wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:00 amAnd it actually used to be WORSE, before 2011-2012 when the pro-Israel maniacs lost control of the narrative.
The whole story is so LONG and brutal, it deserves its own 200,000-word book. A book no one would buy or read because it will consist entirely of samples of asswipes and lunatics rage-typing at each other. All I'm going to do right now is post links to the relevant mediations and arbitrations and let you try to figure out what the hell happened there.Bbb23sucks wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:04 amWhy did Israel's power on Wikipedia diminish? Basically everywhere else (and especially on the internet), Israeli propaganda has become even more pervasive.
It was written by Annie Rauwerda, the operator of Depths of Wikipedia. OF COURSE she had to pump WP--it's basically her only job by now. Certainly no "journalist". She turned this "gig" into a career as a "stand up comedy" thing who pumps the Magical Wiki every chance she gets.Bbb23sucks wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 1:48 amHere's another awful article from them: https://slate.com/technology/2023/11/na ... -page.html
The subject has nothing to do with Wikipedia. They had to try HARD to make it be about Wikipedia.