A Wikipedia editor's campaign to discredit anti-war campaigners (2018)

Re:A Wikipedia editor's campaign to discredit anti-war campa... by rurban on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @02:37AM (#26788822)

Well, being paid by the CIA or MI5 is the most likely theory. But point is the agenda, not the affiliation.

Not all the goons are influental, but he is (like most media figures), and their policies and practices align.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:A Wikipedia editor's campaign to discredit anti-war campa... by luckylion on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @03:14AM (#26789047)

> Well, being paid by the CIA or MI5 is the most likely theory.

"Most likely theory"? What? The most likely theory is that he's convinced of his worldview. There are incredible amounts of people who are true believers of whatever they subscribe to. They're certainly not all paid, or we'd see much larger intelligence budgets everywhere.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:A Wikipedia editor's campaign to discredit anti-war campa... by notahacker on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @04:34AM (#26789625)

One hypothesis involves intelligence agencies being unaware that it is possible to edit from other Wikipedia accounts and having opinions almost as strong on jazz as geopolitics.

The other relies on there being a person with a lot of time on his hands who generally believes what he reads in the Times and responds to provocation on Twitter, and George Galloway not jumping to the correct conclusion.

[ Parent | on HN ]