The power of WP:G5 baiting for banned users: Censoring information from articles
Posted: 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:
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?!
Part of a recent tweet by Kumioko:
After reading that, I thought: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!
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?!