Dude,Where's My Donations? Wikimedia gives another $1M to non-Wikimedia projects

Re:Dude,Where's My Donations? Wikimedia gives another $1M to... by LewisVerstappen on Friday August 18, 2023 @05:51PM (#37182639)

Frankly, wikipedia’s gotten significantly worse as a source of knowledge over the last few years as well.

Tons and tons of astroturfing & bias with articles.

There’s obviously tons of politicial bias but there’s also lots of individuals writing their own bias as a “uninterested third party” when in reality they’re emphasizing the narrative most favorable to them.

You see it a ton with wikipedia pages of entrepreneurs, journalists & obviously politicians.

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Re:Dude,Where's My Donations? Wikimedia gives another $1M to... by newaccount74 on Friday August 18, 2023 @07:33PM (#37183556)

That has always been the case on Wikipedia. Some articles have editors watching over them who revert any edit that doesn't fit their narrative.

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Re:Dude,Where's My Donations? Wikimedia gives another $1M to... by joker_minmax on Monday August 21, 2023 @12:09PM (#37211518)

I see this happening a lot more than it used to, though. Even if the edits are "I changed this quote because it's a fringe theory that misleads readers about what [article topic theory] represents", the edit will be reverted so that the misleading text remains, to serve a point.

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Re:Dude,Where's My Donations? Wikimedia gives another $1M to... by FreshStart on Saturday August 19, 2023 @01:53AM (#37185937)

It turns out states and companies can donate full-time personal to subvert a open source foundation.

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Re:Dude,Where's My Donations? Wikimedia gives another $1M to... by hulitu on Saturday August 19, 2023 @02:51AM (#37186225)

> also lots of individuals writing their own bias

and 3 letter agencies. Whenever a subject is a bit sensitive, you can feel their influence.

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