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Russia will follow soon. They already heavily editing Russian Wiki for "inconvenient" information.

• thriftwy 9y ago
  Russian language definitely doesn't belong to Russian Federation the state but to a wide range of Russian-speaking people worldwide. If you see that somebody spins the Russian Wiki, you should definitely try to make it right to the extent suggested by Wikipedia norms.
  • Yizahi 9y ago
    Won't work, they are really closed in moderation. A few years ago they even renamed this article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rus%27 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rus%27) because they have identity crisis - they try to pose as the oldest part of slavic nations, the core nation and therefore must be obeyed (literally). So to shift the history they renamed the article to "Ancient Rus" to make people forget the Kiev part. (not the only thing they do of course) As another exhibit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Donbass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Donbass This article in RU denies any involvement of Russia in Russian-Ukrainian war, however weird that may sound. They are either complicit or so deep in denial that it is impossible to talk to them about the war. Currently Russian Wiki segment can't be trusted except for bare facts and non-political entries.
    • dbdr 9y ago
      > A few years ago they even renamed this article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rus%27 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rus%27) [...] to "Ancient Rus" to make people forget the Kiev part. The russian version of that article is currently Киевская Русь [1] (Kievan Rus), though Дре́вняя Русь (Ancient Rus) is listed as a synonym. So it seems that specific change has been reverted, right? [1] https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%8C https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81...
• Crontab 9y ago
  And probably England too - who has recently displayed some really disturbing desires to censor and control the Internet.