Why We Hate Wikipedia / Ten things you probably didn't know about Wikipedia

[Bbb23sucks]

You can thank Essjay for starting the "Countervandalism Unit", thus ushering in the era of the "patroller", who today has great

THIN WHITE LINE

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[NadirAli]

He was alleged to have offered edits for donations.

Not "alleged", "PROVABLE". Google/Alphabet employees enjoy "special non-defamatory treatment" on WP to this day. Similar things have happened for BLPs of prominent Wikipedia fans, including the founders of Creative Commons, Sunlight Foundation, Berkman Center, Knight Foundation, Craig Newmark and Craigslist, etc.

Right on. How do I give your post alike? I can't seem to find the button anywhere.

[Bbb23sucks]

He was alleged to have offered edits for donations.

Not "alleged", "PROVABLE". Google/Alphabet employees enjoy "special non-defamatory treatment" on WP to this day. Similar things have happened for BLPs of prominent Wikipedia fans, including the founders of Creative Commons, Sunlight Foundation, Berkman Center, Knight Foundation, Craig Newmark and Craigslist, etc.

Right on. How do I give your post alike? I can't seem to find the button anywhere.

I don't think you can in stickied threads for some reason.

[ericbarbour]

I don't think you can in stickied threads for some reason.

Thanks for reminding me--it was disabled for unknown reasons...just enabled it.

[Ognistysztorm]

This page would be a better choice for a shortform explainer material against Wikipedia.

[badmachine]

This page would be a better choice for a shortform explainer material against Wikipedia.

idk i think both are good.

that page you linked lists an NPR article on the 2022 recession as an example, but it omits the deletion discussion on the full fledged article on the topic

[ericbarbour]

that page you linked lists an NPR article on the 2022 recession as an example, but it omits the deletion discussion on the full fledged article on the topic

That's a ripe one. Reposting to Reddit.