The power of WP:G5 baiting for banned users: Censoring information from articles

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The power of WP:G5 baiting for banned users: Censoring information from articles

Post by CMAwatch » Sun Sep 06, 2020 10:20 pm

G5 can not just be used to bait against users, but information too.

Part of a recent tweet by Kumioko:
I found vandalism in the Guildford pub bombings page. Its been there since August 2nd. Btw, if you fix it, you're editing by proxy of a banned editor since I brought it up. Cheers!
After reading that, I thought:

What if a banned user writes something on an article with the goal of getting it censored?

First, a banned user writes that content during a ban evasion.

Later, he makes himself get caught, and his edit gets reverted per WP:BE, possibly by himself from other IP addresses such as from a friend's house.

Now, adding this text is strongly discouraged, and anyone reinstating it can get attacked with the weaponized term ban evasion, so this correct information can get knocked of Wikipedia.

And now a side rant:

When will those running Wikipedia finally realize that WP:G5 is downright dipshit retarded?!
#BbbGate
Weaponizing WP:G5
Oops! Didn't think we'd see? It's right there on WikipediaSucks.co!
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