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I'm not sure what that's supposed to mean, but I assume it has something to do with arguing about choosing the alternate source of fact on top of the discussion

I'm not sure what that's supposed to mean, but I assume it has something to do with arguing about choosing the alternate source of fact on top of the discussion about criticism of wikipedia, which is used as a source of fact. This is not a winnable debate, but differing views exist. This is an incomplete list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedia_controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedia_controversie... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict-of-interest_editing_on_Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict-of-interest_editing_o... https://www.quora.com/Am-I-the-only-frustrated-former-Wikipedia-editor-The-English-Wikipedia-is-not-as-bad-as-the-German-one-though https://www.quora.com/Am-I-the-only-frustrated-former-Wikipe... etc. The dubious nature of wikipedia's editing is recorded within books and articles from over the last decade that are casually discoverable from google. AFAIK, anyone who implies they aren't aware of the biases of editors, are either willfully ignorant (since this is covered under multiple topics within wikipedia itself) or trolling.

jobigoud 7y ago
But is it documented only because it is documentable? Other encyclopedias don't have an openly visible history of edits. Their bias isn't non existent it's just hidden.
nsajko 7y ago
Regarding your parent comment, see [0]. All the criticism of Wikipedia that you raise is valid, but there are some things implied in your posts that are dubious: * That there exists an encyclopedia better than Wikipedia (or some other Wikimedia project). * That Wikipedia can just be ignored. Considering the placement Wikipedias currently have, it is hard to imagine a better or more influential project being created, so we might as well try improving what already exists. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_tunnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_tunnel

jobigoud 7y ago

But is it documented only because it is documentable? Other encyclopedias don't have an openly visible history of edits. Their bias isn't non existent it's just hidden.

nsajko 7y ago

Regarding your parent comment, see [0]. All the criticism of Wikipedia that you raise is valid, but there are some things implied in your posts that are dubious: * That there exists an encyclopedia better than Wikipedia (or some other Wikimedia project). * That Wikipedia can just be ignored. Considering the placement Wikipedias currently have, it is hard to imagine a better or more influential project being created, so we might as well try improving what already exists. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_tunnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_tunnel