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Re:Academics have a duty to defend open knowledge systems li... by Levitz on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @11:21PM (#50175673)
Rather, it's a recognition that it's not worth it to engage when the odds of the question being honest are slim. If you are curious about bias on Wikipedia, the information is readily available. There's even a Wikipedia article.
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Re:Academics have a duty to defend open knowledge systems li... by datsci_est_2015 on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @12:09PM (#50183354)
It's a nice Wikipedia article, and highlights that the people most critical of Wikipedia are cranks (e.g. Larry Sanger, Elon Musk), and that most studies trying to objectively discover bias find very mild and isolated examples of bias.
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