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Re:Ask HN: How can we fix Wikipedia? by calumetregion on Sunday March 06, 2022 @01:03PM (#30579509)
I made no mention of notability, it's such an obvious point that it doesn't need to be made.

The Shen Yun Performing Arts people are pre-Communism traditionalist Chinese. Which is on the outs culturally, I get it. They're just people though, ultimately.

Do you not see the "weirdos vs normal people" problem that permeates media in essentially all cultures? This technique is on its face illegitimate, as it is designed to get you to not dig deeper into contentious issues. I don't care what side or "wing" is doing it.

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Re:Ask HN: How can we fix Wikipedia? by iudqnolq on Sunday March 06, 2022 @01:06PM (#30579539)
Everyone is just people. Not everyone deserves the same level of depth on Wikipedia.
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Re:Ask HN: How can we fix Wikipedia? by calumetregion on Sunday March 06, 2022 @01:52PM (#30579996)
It is not an issue of depth. Wikipedia is a hive of mimetic scapegoating, and it doesn't hold the patent on that problem. And this usually, ultimately, leads to real world violence.
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