Re:Did Elon Musk get played in the Twitter deal?
by conz on Saturday May 21, 2022 @03:12AM
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> t's pretty clear that the grandparent comment means wikipedia doesn't support diverse views on things
It is? Not any way that I read the grandparent comment. Regardless, I would dispute that, unless you're saying the people with 'diverse views' are somehow prevented from contributing to Wikipedia?[0]
> Outside of the hard sciences, and even there with caveats, there are not objective truths, and the point is that wikipedia is not a place where all interpretations get the same consideration.
I'd also dispute this. There are literally thousands of academic disciplines alone, which are incorporated into Wikipedia[1]. As long as there are citations to credible information sources[2], there's no reason not to consider them as much 'objective truths' as the citation sources themselves are are.
[0] Assuming they have requisite levels of credible evidence to back their contributions.
It is? Not any way that I read the grandparent comment. Regardless, I would dispute that, unless you're saying the people with 'diverse views' are somehow prevented from contributing to Wikipedia?[0]
> Outside of the hard sciences, and even there with caveats, there are not objective truths, and the point is that wikipedia is not a place where all interpretations get the same consideration.
I'd also dispute this. There are literally thousands of academic disciplines alone, which are incorporated into Wikipedia[1]. As long as there are citations to credible information sources[2], there's no reason not to consider them as much 'objective truths' as the citation sources themselves are are.
[0] Assuming they have requisite levels of credible evidence to back their contributions.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_academic_discipline...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Per...