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Re:40% of Wikipedia is under threat from deletionists by acqq on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @01:44PM (#13978765)
> Look up a random female porn star and a random female scientist from those categories, and you'll see what deletionists prioritize. The Pokemon Bulbasaur gets 1800 words, hemovanadin gets speedily deleted.

It seems the editors who win at the moment in Wikipedia keep porn stars, delete the female scientists, keep Pokemon characters, delete scientific terms.

Another effect I've observed is misrepresenting the religiosity of the scientists and the famous people, especially those who specifically weren't religious.

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