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Good and bad together here. On the one hand Jessica Wade's commitment elevates the under appreciated achievements of these women scientists, in so doing exposi
by hunglee2 4y ago
Good and bad together here.
On the one hand Jessica Wade's commitment elevates the under appreciated achievements of these women scientists, in so doing exposing the bias in how we record history and attribute credit.
On the other, it also reveals the vulnerability of open edit repositories where the 'truth' can be determined by those with the most time and motivation. What is to stop politicisation of the content? Nothing at all.
Indeed, seeing as Wikipedia has become the de facto source of truth for many, it would be surprising if government does not already have a program to ensure edits and articles support designed narratives and justify domestic and foreign policy behaviours
- jmull 4y ago> Nothing at all. I think you could look up how wikipedia is moderated. I wouldn't say it's perfect or anything close, but you'll quickly find that "nothing at all" is very wrong.