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Re:A Wikipedia editor's long-running campaign by crdoconnor on Sunday May 20, 2018 @07:44AM (#17112326)
I glanced through it and none of the facts removed seem particularly controversial. The editor simply put the fact back in and replaced the source.

Moreover, wikipedia doesn't ban RT as a source and correctly argues that biased sources can be legitimate if they are correct in context.

It seems these days that simply being an anti-establishment politician of any stripe instantly attracts accusations of Russian conspiracy theories. It's weird.

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Re:A Wikipedia editor's long-running campaign by muddi900 on Monday May 21, 2018 @12:43AM (#17116185)
That was the intent of Russian misinformation campaign; to create an environment where all sides stop trusting each other.
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Re:A Wikipedia editor's long-running campaign by crdoconnor on Monday May 21, 2018 @06:09AM (#17117276)
If the intent was to have every idiot seeing Russian conspiracy theories around every corner then mission accomplished I guess.

Maybe they're going for a "boy who cried wolf" dynamic.

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