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In a lot of things historical, Wikipedia is overrun by, let's not mince words, neonazis. If you want to be more polite, people with a very strong yearning of th
by chx 4y ago
In a lot of things historical, Wikipedia is overrun by, let's not mince words, neonazis. If you want to be more polite, people with a very strong yearning of their nations past to be really great, science be damned. The thing is, everything needs to be sourced but the veracity of the source, especially if it is not in English is not verified. That's because of the "no credentials are recognized" policy of Wikipedia which makes every historian stay far away from this cesspool of trolls. And since it's a clique, it's impossible to fix anything, edits will be reverted and there's nowhere to turn. I gave up, too, long ago.
I was adding the proper spelling of an ancient Persian vizier and scholar and my edit was reverted with "The other names in the lead are not supposed to have custom alphabets or whatever they're called". It's a Persian article and you refuse "custom alphabets or whatever they're called"?? I am out of here.
- chris_wot 4y agoI don't know why this is being downvoted. This is happening in lots of ways, small and large. To be successful on Wikipedia, you need to know how to game the system.