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Re:A photo on Wikipedia can ruin your life by caseysoftware on Saturday November 06, 2021 @09:13AM (#29129939)
Wikipedia is steadily trending towards Gell Man Amnesia at scale for any remotely contentious topic.
Re:A photo on Wikipedia can ruin your life by notriddle on Saturday November 06, 2021 @10:06AM (#29130303)
Considering how Wikipedia considers newspapers to be reliable sources, this should be expected.
Re:A photo on Wikipedia can ruin your life by Ekaros on Saturday November 06, 2021 @11:05AM (#29130811)
Certain newspapers, but not all... Specially if they don't lean the way most prolific author on article wants.
Re:A photo on Wikipedia can ruin your life by blondin on Saturday November 06, 2021 @12:13PM (#29131432)
this is concerning.

i can't say we can predict where all this is going or what will come out of this case. but wikipedia seems to have too much power over what constitute the "truth".

i recently read a book on cognitive science that has most of their sources from wikipedia.