Wikipedia of higher intelligence

[kuromiii]

Howdy!

I don't know about you, but I'm very tired of quarreling on the Internet this year. When adults and sometimes respected people tear each other apart because of some insignificant devilry
And to relax, I'm writing a thread about a resource where these horrors simply can't happen (cap)
I'm here to talk bout.. Wikipedia!


It's time to talk about edit wars and other types of Wiki vandalism
The fact is that Wiki is not only free, but also an open encyclopedia
Wikis are not compiled and edited by scientists, but by simple volunteers, yas
(I'm aware that there are structured processes and community-driven measures in place to ensure information accuracy and reliability, but there've been some funny misconceptions)
Any of you can contribute, it's all in your hands

I think here, even without me, it is clear that community members will defend their one and only, excellent, historically correct opinion in the world

The first war took place on a battlefield called "an article about Caesar salad"
The dish was invented by Caesar Cardini in the twenties. When he ran out of half the ingredients on the occasion of Independence Day in the USA
Here is a photo from that same Cardini restaurant and this is what the salad looked like in the original:

If not for this, the issue would be closed..
As you can tell from the last name, Cardini was Italian, but he opened his restaurant in Mexico, near the border of States
It so happened that both Italians and Mexicans began to consider this dish theirs
First, the country of origin of the salad was changed to Mexico, although in the original it was Mexican-Italian
Then the Italians changed the country to Italy again
This loop continued for a year with minor edits

Then paragraphs began to be rewritten
>The schizo theory became popular, according to which Caesar read the recipe in an ancient Italian manuscript, and the dish was invented by Emperor Julius Caesar
>Another author began to prove that he is an expert in antiquity
>Other schizo theory appeared, claiming that the salad was created by a Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez. At the same time, there was a battle for the correct spelling of the word
>Knights monitor the article day and night and all the edits could only last one or two minutes, the article has more than 2000 edits

Fortunately, the article was returned to an increased level of protection

The other funny thing is when the admins start making edits
They are much harder to stop and they can basically edit whatever they want
Creepy and funny at the same time, isn't it.

If you have something to add or want to discuss it, please feel free to do it!

See you around

 

[wavve-creator]

Wikipedia is heavily manipulated unfortunately. The little source buttons are very useful and great to go down rabbit holes.

There is also the hidden wiki on the onion router.

 

[Some_porcupine]

critical theory edit wars - 4chan vs wiki takes

 

[Antice]

Just last month, a documentary film released, covering the god complex and high bar of wiki-mods (in my home country).
A Youtuber with around one hundred thousand subscribers had to create an article on the Spanish (small w) wikipedia first, to reference it for his home country. Otherwise, the mods would have deleted it for "irrelevancy". It works like a precedent article. Do you really give that reason for deletion if another country allows it to stand?
Even when some local stars break through on the nation level, their articles get deleted. Usually for political reasons, or whatever you call "drama" these days. If there is one guy that has a problem with you and most mods are probably envious little douches, they will abuse their power with bureaucratic nepotism.
(They simply watched too much Mr. Robot.)

Because of readability, I often just switch to the English or even Spanish site. These fuckers edit out everything that sounds simple or reads like an explanation for a five year old. (I get a lot of shit for my grammar, but hell, why do they make it so hard to read for me?) In one case, I copied the introduction of a topic directly from a book, because I was impressed how dense and understandable the publisher wrote. This was against the rules, my account was suspended, then they copied the summary of the American article with its units.

My biggest personal issue are the sources. Far too often an article only referenced other articles or the link was broken, changed or even a redirection. Wikipedia never earned the trust of me or my teachers. Most are familiar with the sentence "Wikipedia isn't a source, please reference the original". Even WikiLeaks has a better record of reliable source material.
I get the feeling; they like to fight dirty. They can barely quote any source, if they are able to even name one publisher outside some cheap newspaper. Experts on their field of wikipedia, editing and grammar, but that's all.

Another big problem are the donations:


Long life Forum Culture.

 

[Shit-Lord]

wikipedia was founded by a libertarian, but not just any kind of libertarian. no, it was founded by an objectivist... he read AYN FUCKING RAND. i cannot allow such a site to prosper... DEATH TO WIKIPEDIA AND IT'S BACKWARDS LIBERTARIAN MINDSET

also like many have said before, wikipedia isn't that reliable since many articles change every time, some sections of an article are even removed! Encyclopædia Britannica is better in my opinion. also, Croatian wikipedia was controlled by actual nazis and fascist at some point, here's a video explaining the whole thing

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiHDo5bqNXw