Re:English Wikipedia drove out fringe editors over two decades
by brucethemoose2 on Monday November 06, 2023 @05:10PM
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This is discussed in the "Fringe and politics" section, and not from the Wikipedia writers:
> As readers might have noticed above, the author includes political coordinates in his conception of "fringe" ("more supportive of conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, and conservatism") and "anti-fringe" ("anti-conspiracy theories, anti-pseudoscience, and liberal"). This is introduced rather casually in the paper without much justification...
I don't want to quote the whole thing, but its worth a read.
> As readers might have noticed above, the author includes political coordinates in his conception of "fringe" ("more supportive of conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, and conservatism") and "anti-fringe" ("anti-conspiracy theories, anti-pseudoscience, and liberal"). This is introduced rather casually in the paper without much justification...
I don't want to quote the whole thing, but its worth a read.