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The de facto reality of how wikipedia operates is that certain people own certain topics, usually with an agenda in mind. If you try to push back they call in t
by bobcostas55 4y ago
The de facto reality of how wikipedia operates is that certain people own certain topics, usually with an agenda in mind. If you try to push back they call in their friends and shout you down. The actual merits of the edits are irrelevant. The anarchy stuff is just marketing nonsense.
- mortenlwk 4y agoIs that not anarchy though?
- nsajko 4y agoI basically agree with you, except for your last sentence: > The anarchy stuff is just marketing nonsense. With this sentence you're implying that Wikipedians want the public to believe that Wikipedia is anarchic, but this is incorrect, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_an_anarchy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_no... The link is a Wikipedia policy, so pretty much as official as it gets. The sad truth is that Wikipedia policies, guidelines, etc are mostly irrelevant to the functioning of Wikipedia. The real de facto reality of how Wikipedia operates is that it's a complicated system with most decisions being made being local to only a single or a few articles. Furthermore, nothing is set in stone at Wikipedia, be it content or policy, they all change with the whims of the editors currently active at the relevant place and time. Which is also why policy is mostly powerless.