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My first taste of Wikipedia’s controversial policies was on an entry for the song “Regulate” by rapper Warren G. Someone posted a synopsis of the lyrics which v
by gregsher88 4y ago
My first taste of Wikipedia’s controversial policies was on an entry for the song “Regulate” by rapper Warren G. Someone posted a synopsis of the lyrics which various Wikipedia editors found “clinical to the point of parody” (paraphrasing) and thus worthy of reversion. I have never been able to look at Wikipedia the same since.
- striking 4y agoWhat's wrong with reverting content that isn't relevant for the encyclopedic format of Wikipedia? A decent example of this might be https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempted_(Squeeze_song)#Background https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempted_(Squeeze_song)#Backg..., which goes into the background of the song without analyzing every lyric. Save that for Genius.
- theobeers 4y agoThis is a famous case. I can almost understand why they got rid of the extended synopsis. For anyone who wants to read it, here's a copy on Reddit: https://old.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/4z3u55/wikipedias_explanation_of_warren_gs_regulate/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/4z3u55/wikipedias_ex...
- edflsafoiewq 4y agoThis is hilarious, haha. There are people who wanted to keep this?