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Ask HN: Could Wikipedia hide all articles mentioning Russia until the war ends?

2 points by amichail 5y ago

Or maybe just hide sentences in articles that mention Russia (e.g., references to Russian athletes, Russian scientists, etc.). The idea is to hide all Russian achievements as a penalty for the war and to provide yet another incentive for Russia to end the war sooner.

allocateMemmory 5y ago
Stupidest thing I heard this week.
pmoriarty 5y ago
Worst idea ever. Accurate information about Russia helps everyone, not just Russia, and removing it hurts everyone.
ada1981 5y ago
Why, exactly?
- amichail 5y ago
  To hide all Russian achievements as a penalty for the war and to provide yet another incentive for Russia to end the war sooner..
  - PaulHoule 5y ago
    What if I need the GPS coordinates to shoot a cruise missile at some target in Russia?
  - ada1981 5y ago
    Why are you using the noun Russia in your post or communication at all? Why not erase the name from your HN posts entirely?
Trasmatta 5y ago
smoldesu 5y ago
I think Russia would consider this a favor. Imagine how happy North Korea would be if we did the same for them.
dave4420 5y ago
1. This is Orwellian. 2. This seems unlikely to have any effect on the Russian government’s behaviour.
- akhmatova 5y ago
  As to 2 - If anything, it would give Putin a chuckle and material for yet another famous speech. And convince him even further that the West is as myopic and navel-oriented as he always knew it to be.
fargle 5y ago
> to hide Odd way to protest something is to bury and hide it. You'd do far better if they just put Ukrainian flag banner up. > all Russian achievements Because all of Russia, every Russian individual, and all of it's history is to blame? Or perhaps it is a particular leader and his cabal? And to hide their achievements would cause them to say: "AH! now we must stop this, economic collapse is one thing, but no Wikipedia achievements?" > provide yet another incentive for Russia to end the war sooner. This would provide yet another incentive to turn this conflict even more into "all Russians against the world". What you want instead is all Russians against Putin. This would do the opposite if it did anything at all. Way to think like the Taliban, North Korea, etc. Do something symbolic, but meaningless at the expense of freedom that backfires. Sorry, this is just dumb and broken on so many levels.
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ls15 5y ago
"Can we just eliminate truth until the war ends?"