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Re:Facebook, Axios and NBC Paid to Whitewash Wikipedia Pages by umvi on Friday March 15, 2019 @09:06AM (#19399294)
Reminds me of when Bradley Manning's wiki page turned to Chelsea Manning within seconds of the announcement. It was unreal. It was like there were an army of activists ready to pounce as soon as the announcement was made and the article was quickly locked.

I've seen other, more important, news take much longer to update (hours) on their main pages.

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Re:Facebook, Axios and NBC Paid to Whitewash Wikipedia Pages by tim333 on Friday March 15, 2019 @09:09AM (#19399321)
The way Wikipedia works you don't need an army of activists - just one enthusiast to edit it. The important news probably took longer because no one was very interested. That's how it works with volunteers.
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Re:Facebook, Axios and NBC Paid to Whitewash Wikipedia Pages by andrepd on Friday March 15, 2019 @10:36AM (#19400062)
Running s/Bradley/Chelsea and s/he/she probably takes significantly less effort than writing on the latest news.
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