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"Finally, I must point out that the Chinese Wikipedia don't have the culture of deletion, unlike the English version. Some experienced Chinese editors went to e

by loceng 7y ago

"Finally, I must point out that the Chinese Wikipedia don't have the culture of deletion, unlike the English version. Some experienced Chinese editors went to edit the English version, only to find many edits have been reverted and canceled." You must realize on the Chinese Wikipedia you don't need to delete anything if only content the Chinese government wants on there is only what gets posted? E.g. How quickly before posting about Tiananmen Square Massacre before it gets deleted, and perhaps how quickly before you get an in-person visit from the authorities?

segfaultbuserr 7y ago
> You must realize on the Chinese Wikipedia you don't need to delete anything if only content the Chinese government wants on there is only what gets posted? It appears that you don't understand what I'm talking about. First, Wikipedia is an independent website run by the Wikimedia Foundation in the jurisdiction of United States (in the State of California I believe), no matter what the language is. Second, the Chinese Wikipedia includes participants from all over the world, including U.S. and Singapore. And so far it's unlikely that the single ideological group can obtain great control of Wikipedia without being opposed. In fact, due to the Great Firewall, there are concerns that the Mainland China is underrepresented in some articles. Third, also, so far the governments haven't arrested users for writing Wikipedia articles. Your comment is uninformed and unfounded. > E.g. How quickly before posting about Tiananmen Square Massacre before it gets deleted Please reread the last paragraphs of my comment. I specifically used the "Tiananmen Square Massacre" (I called it "1989 Tiananmen Square Protest", in compliance of the Wikipedia's policy of neural point of view), as the success story of how the most controversial history can finally be written in a way that editors across of geographical and political spectrum can agree that it is a good article written according to the standard of Wikipedia.
- loceng 7y ago
  You're correct, I misunderstood what you wrote. Thank you for taking the time to respond.

by loceng 7y ago

segfaultbuserr 7y ago

> You must realize on the Chinese Wikipedia you don't need to delete anything if only content the Chinese government wants on there is only what gets posted? It appears that you don't understand what I'm talking about. First, Wikipedia is an independent website run by the Wikimedia Foundation in the jurisdiction of United States (in the State of California I believe), no matter what the language is. Second, the Chinese Wikipedia includes participants from all over the world, including U.S. and Singapore. And so far it's unlikely that the single ideological group can obtain great control of Wikipedia without being opposed. In fact, due to the Great Firewall, there are concerns that the Mainland China is underrepresented in some articles. Third, also, so far the governments haven't arrested users for writing Wikipedia articles. Your comment is uninformed and unfounded. > E.g. How quickly before posting about Tiananmen Square Massacre before it gets deleted Please reread the last paragraphs of my comment. I specifically used the "Tiananmen Square Massacre" (I called it "1989 Tiananmen Square Protest", in compliance of the Wikipedia's policy of neural point of view), as the success story of how the most controversial history can finally be written in a way that editors across of geographical and political spectrum can agree that it is a good article written according to the standard of Wikipedia.

loceng 7y ago
You're correct, I misunderstood what you wrote. Thank you for taking the time to respond.