Was Wikipedia manipulated as part of the Blake Lively smear campaign?

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Was Wikipedia manipulated as part of the Blake Lively smear campaign?

Post by Ognistysztorm » Thu Feb 20, 2025 1:16 am

Was Wikipedia manipulated as part of the Blake Lively smear campaign?
https://edithistory.substack.com/p/was- ... ed-as-part

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Re: Was Wikipedia manipulated as part of the Blake Lively smear campaign?

Post by ericbarbour » Wed Feb 26, 2025 8:26 pm

All the classic signs of undeclared paid/COI editing for a client.

Kjersti Flaa reeks of it. I seriously question whether this BLP will survive an AFD.

And predictably, Baldoni's article is a constant target of edit warring. Just gets longer and not better. The legal battle will eventually be the BULK of the article if this continues--and it probably will.

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Re: Was Wikipedia manipulated as part of the Blake Lively smear campaign?

Post by Ognistysztorm » Sat Mar 01, 2025 1:42 am

ericbarbour wrote:
Wed Feb 26, 2025 8:26 pm
All the classic signs of undeclared paid/COI editing for a client.

Kjersti Flaa reeks of it. I seriously question whether this BLP will survive an AFD.

And predictably, Baldoni's article is a constant target of edit warring. Just gets longer and not better. The legal battle will eventually be the BULK of the article if this continues--and it probably will.
It really will come to a head. The author of the Substack article said on Reddit that he's friends with a NYT journalist who're currently looking into the story.

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Re: Was Wikipedia manipulated as part of the Blake Lively smear campaign?

Post by Ognistysztorm » Mon Mar 03, 2025 2:11 am

The creator of Kjersti Flaa's article is now blocked from editing Wikipedia
https://edithistory.substack.com/p/the- ... as-article

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Re: Was Wikipedia manipulated as part of the Blake Lively smear campaign?

Post by ericbarbour » Fri Mar 07, 2025 6:56 pm

Ognistysztorm wrote:
Mon Mar 03, 2025 2:11 am
The creator of Kjersti Flaa's article is now blocked from editing Wikipedia
https://edithistory.substack.com/p/the- ... as-article
The Substack was made private....plus there was a Reddit thread, which the r/justinbaldoni mods removed (as usual, Reddit is censored for their protection and the hell with you)
https://www.reddit.com/r/JustinBaldoni/ ... ?rdt=49987

That subreddit is one of the more toxic I've seen recently. Reminds me a bit of r/thedonald or various Musk related subreddits. Excellent candidate for future nukery by Reddit staff, especially if Lively's lawyers start poking Reddit.
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Re: Was Wikipedia manipulated as part of the Blake Lively smear campaign?

Post by Ognistysztorm » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:19 pm

Another Wikipedia Admin Caught Making PR Edits
https://wikipediocracy.com/another-indi ... s-wiki-pr/

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