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>The encyclopedia anyone can edit That's not even true in general, since Wikipedia blocks Tor and anonymizers. >so if you see something wrong, be bold and bri
by Kristine1975 11y ago
>The encyclopedia anyone can edit
That's not even true in general, since Wikipedia blocks Tor and anonymizers.
>so if you see something wrong, be bold and bring it up and I promise most users will take it in good faith.
Not true in my experience. Just reading the discussion pages reveals that there are quite a few editors that consider any correction to the article as a personal insult or an attempt at introducing lies (even when not).
Which incidentally makes the discussion pages great entertainment :-)
Edit: If you know German and have your popcorn ready, here's what happened when "vulva" was made the German Wikipedia's Featured Article: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Diskussion:Hauptseite/Vulva https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Diskussion:Hauptseit... Includes a rare visit by Jimbo Wales himself!
- cooper12 11y agoIt blocks Tor users because of vandalism. You can however request exemption if your account if in good standing or have an account created for you. [0] Also this "personal attack" business you see is because Wikipedia really cares about neutrality [1], doubly so for biographies of living people. [2] You can make an edit in good faith but it doesn't mean the edit won't be challenged; it's merely a comment on the intention of the edit. Of course getting reverted ignites passions which leads to those "entertaining pages". [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Advice_to_users_using_Tor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Advice_to_users_usin... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_vie... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_livin...