A Wikipedia editor's long-running campaign

Re:A Wikipedia editor's long-running campaign by bhouston on Saturday May 19, 2018 @04:29PM (#17109596)

Many wikipedians are obsessive types. Also why would multiple people pretend to be one. Groups are more effective than individuals on Wikipedia.

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Re:A Wikipedia editor's long-running campaign by throwaway_98554 on Saturday May 19, 2018 @04:41PM (#17109627)

Because many people would get upset if "my-political-party" was hiring team of editors to change the wiki articles.

And if they are indeed getting paid, the organisation might have an important turnover. By using a single account (or multiple shared accounts; I doubt there's only one), you keep the 'prestige' you have built.

Your 1 week old new recruit can edit texts left and right while most people think it's a legit old wikipedians tidying stuff up.

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Re:A Wikipedia editor's long-running campaign by hexane360 on Sunday May 20, 2018 @01:05AM (#17111335)

Of course, 1 top 1000 user might be more effective than 2 top 10000 users (with half the edits each).

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