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   cmdln (cmdln@thecommandline.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Jan-2025 22:49:43 JST cmdln

   • Molly White

   I just finished an excellent article by @molly0xfff on Musk's attacks on Wikipedia. #longread

   https://www.citationneeded.news/elon-musk-and-the-rights-war-on-wikipedia/

   I highly recommend it even if you are only mildly curious. She does an excellent job placing the recent attacks into context and thoroughly debunking the claims. Also fascinating if you aren't very familiar with how Wikipedia generally works.

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     Taylan (Now 18% More Deranged) (taylan@fedi.feministwiki.org)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 03:10:45 JST Taylan (Now 18% More Deranged)

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     @cmdln
     
     I dislike Musk but Wikipedia has a very obvious political slant on some topics.
     
     How it works is, it's a "mobocracy." If enough Wikipedia editors are convinced that 2+2=5, then that's an objective fact, end of. Rail against it, and you'll be banned for disturbing the peace.
     
     Citation: My own experience trying to remove falsehoods from Wikipedia, and trying to inject objective facts into it that some people didn't like.