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Wikipedia has started to become _dare I say_ hostile to outside editors. The current glacial pace that it is updated at maintains pace with science, and journal
by valarauca1 8y ago
Wikipedia has started to become _dare I say_ hostile to outside editors. The current glacial pace that it is updated at maintains pace with science, and journalism. But rarely the larger internet.
While this is frustrating, when your trying to correct a citation or trivial spelling error in a long forgotten page. While on frequently trafficked pages this pace prevents a lot of malicious behavior.
- yorwba 8y agoMy Wikipedia account was created two months ago and has exactly two edits, one of which removed a spam link and another which fixed a transliteration error. There has been no hostile reaction. If you're just trying to correct a citation or trivial spelling error on a long forgotten page, editing doesn't seem to be particularly difficult.
- soperj 8y agoYou don't even need an account to do those changes.
- not_kurt_godel 8y agoI think this goes to show Wikipedia generally has its priorities in order. Although I'm sure the process could be improved, friction against trivial corrections is a small price to pay for effectively defending the integrity of content against psychological warfare and vandalism, IMHO :)