Wikipedia isn't badly biased. More like Wikipedia is boring.

Good, bad, biased, paid or what-have-you. There's an endless supply.
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Wikipedia isn't badly biased. More like Wikipedia is boring.

Post by ylevental » Thu Oct 06, 2022 11:33 am

https://larrysanger.org/2020/05/wikiped ... ly-biased/

This used to be true, but now all the controversial users are blocked or left, including the far-left users. Only content moderators and account blockers are left.

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Re: Wikipedia isn't badly biased. More like Wikipedia is boring.

Post by ericbarbour » Thu Oct 06, 2022 6:47 pm

and that's hardly the only baked-in bias:
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Re: Wikipedia isn't badly biased. More like Wikipedia is boring.

Post by ylevental » Thu Oct 06, 2022 9:05 pm

ericbarbour wrote:
Thu Oct 06, 2022 6:47 pm
and that's hardly the only baked-in bias:
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Interesting! I think part of the reason is that Christianity is based on Judaism, and Islam is based on both Christianity and Judaism. But Jews (myself included) really like to promote our religion :lol:

Point is though, the quality of discussion on Wikipedia these days is very low

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The penalty for mistakes is high, that's why Wikipedia can't innovate anymore

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