News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Wikipedia is 20. Parent comment

Re:Wikipedia is 20 by elliotec on Sunday January 10, 2021 @01:40AM (#25711499)
> Since Wikipedia just repeats what the mainstream media says

Citation needed.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Wikipedia is 20 by Acrobatic_Road on Sunday January 10, 2021 @01:44AM (#25711537)
I mean, anyone who has ever edited wikipedia can tell you. If you restrict your sources to ABC, CBS, CNN, NYT and friends, your article is going to read like a mainstream media story. And as the media gets more and more hysterical that starts to reflect on the quality of their articles.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Wikipedia is 20 by elliotec on Sunday January 10, 2021 @02:08AM (#25711772)
> anyone who has ever edited wikipedia can tell you

Citation needed. Come on. You're retorting request for data on an anecdote with "other people also have anecdotes"

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Wikipedia is 20 by Acrobatic_Road on Sunday January 10, 2021 @02:20AM (#25711869)
Okay okay. If you want to know how wikipedia feels about different news sources, they have a very nice article about it. It's even color coded. Green is considered reliable. Red is considered unreliable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Per...

So for instance, Wikipedia is seriously lacking in its cryptocurrency articles because you can't use coindesk or coin telegraph, even though they provide better coverage than CNBC and Bloomberg.

[ Parent | on HN ]