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Re: Wikipedia has a black people problem

Post by ericbarbour » Fri Sep 10, 2021 1:23 am

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Which reminds me, this WHOLE THING
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is a classic case of cult members propagandizing to cult victims. They might as well put a banner at the top screaming "YOU'RE EITHER WITH US, OR YOU'RE WITH THE TERRORISTS".

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Re: Wikipedia has a black people problem

Post by dianatorn280 » Fri Oct 15, 2021 2:10 pm

A group of editors are banding together to bring some lesser-known Black history figures to the forefront of our favorite online encyclopedia: Wikipedia.

Throughout the month of February, the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is sponsoring a Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon, which will train a group of volunteers to edit existing Black history entries on the site as well as add info on other prominent figures who might have been overlooked.

“If [millennials] are looking up Ida B. Wells, and Ida B. Wells isn’t there, then Ida B. Wells doesn’t count,” said Schomburg Center Director Khalil Muhammad to HuffPost Live.
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Re: Wikipedia has a black people problem

Post by Jake Is A Sellout » Wed Oct 20, 2021 1:15 am

dianatorn280 wrote:
Fri Oct 15, 2021 2:10 pm
A group of editors are banding together to bring some lesser-known Black history figures to the forefront of our favorite online encyclopedia: Wikipedia.

Throughout the month of February, the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is sponsoring a Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon, which will train a group of volunteers to edit existing Black history entries on the site as well as add info on other prominent figures who might have been overlooked.

“If [millennials] are looking up Ida B. Wells, and Ida B. Wells isn’t there, then Ida B. Wells doesn’t count,” said Schomburg Center Director Khalil Muhammad to HuffPost Live.
The dirty little secret of Wikipedia being that these edit-a-thons are extremely unsuccessful in their original aim (recruiting and retaining new editors). But they have proved to be a boon in giving Wikipedia endless free publicity.

Also, it wasn't that long ago that the official Wikipedia line was that no, being in Wikipedia isn't a measure of importance or impact, and to think otherwise is utterly ludicrous. They pivoted to this whole "if you're not in Wikipedia you don't matter" bullshit right around the time they realised that riding that hidden voices train could be their second act.

The only point of Wikipedia is Wikipedia editors and their PR monkeys trying to convince the world Wikipedia isn't pointless.

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Re: Wikipedia has a black people problem

Post by ericbarbour » Wed Oct 20, 2021 10:52 pm

But srsly---the Eostrix RFA is one of the funniest shitshows they have ever posted. One mild OPPOSE vote attracted the usual automatic attacks, and even the one NEUTRAL vote was attacked. Routine rubber-stamping of a nobody. By a mob of other nobodies.

Then it's all "oops sorry the candidate was blocked by Arbcom, NEVER MIND". I've seen hundreds of RFAs and very damn few of them are this massively pointless and idiotic. It's a bad Monty Python sketch written on a website. Also typical classic Wikipedia.

You are right, they are VERY desperate for fresh meat. After years of struggling to install new admins, they are starting to slip again.

RFAs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RFA_by_month

Desysops (and they won't talk about the reasons why, apart from the stupid Fram mess)--TEN YEARS of consistent losses. In the "real world", any organization that declined, like this, for TEN BLOODY YEARS, would have collapsed by now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia ... s_by_month

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Re: Wikipedia has a black people problem

Post by ericbarbour » Wed Oct 20, 2021 10:59 pm

I've thought about updating this chart. But why bother? Nothing has "improved". The Mighty Pediathing continues to bleed.

Remember: the decline started with the Essjay mess in early 2007. And more and more scandals kept piling up thereafter. THAT is why admins are quitting or being shoved out, and not being replaced. Lamest editwars is one of Wikipedia's longest articles, and not being substantially updated anymore. There's so much stupidity to point at.
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