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I've never found editing Wikipedia to be a pleasant experience. Unless it's a totally obscure topic, there are just too many people who feel entitled ownership
by stolenmerch 4y ago
I've never found editing Wikipedia to be a pleasant experience. Unless it's a totally obscure topic, there are just too many people who feel entitled ownership to the page and will fight you on every edit. This isn't exactly the abuse described here, but it feels bad when you just want to help. I tried adding the marriage of a celebrity couple once on the day it happened and someone was there to make sure THEY got to add it by reverting my changes until I just gave up.
- whoknows2 4y agoI think this is a problem with wikis in general. The idea is great, but the execution is 50/50.
- abandonliberty 4y agoHow is this behavior suboptimal? In the end, the article gets the right information. One issue could be that it prevents broad participation. Russia has also applied aggressive information warfare to Ukrainian pages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Azov_Regiment#No,_the_Azov_Battalion_has_not_depoliticized https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Azov_Regiment#No,_the_Azo... Claims that "The Azov Battalion itself declares that the "Azov Movement" indoctrinates its soldiers: "The Ideology bloc explored the struggle of Ukrainian nationalists. " Actual translation from the cited article: "explored the way Ukrainian nationalists fought. "
- Gunax 4y agoIn general, the system supports perseverance over any sort of ostensible values like veracity or brevity. I think this is what OP finds frustrating. There may be a way to get truth in the end, but it's often more work than many people are willing to provide. Especially since most edit wars are so much smaller in attention than something like the Azov Battalion.