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> wikilawyerism here you just made up a word and I dont know what it means, what does it mean to you?
by vmception 6y ago
> wikilawyerism
here you just made up a word and I dont know what it means, what does it mean to you?
- tinus_hn 6y agoIf you do anything on Wikipedia you are bound to quickly run into people who want to use their superior knowledge of the Wikipedia rules to remove your contributions. It’s a highly effective way to promote your own point of view because most contributors will just say ‘whatever’ and give up. That behavior is Wikilawyering. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikilawyering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikilawyering This tactic of course starts with the demand for sources; a very large amount of the statements in Wikipedia articles do not come with sources (which doesn’t mean the do or don’t exist) so it’s easy to sway the tone of the articles by selectively demanding sources for, and subsequently removing the parts that don’t fit your point of view.