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It doesn't surprise me that this is a problem in less well established Wikipedia languages. I'm also very glad that the broader entity is aware and dealing wit
by vertis 4y ago
It doesn't surprise me that this is a problem in less well established Wikipedia languages.
I'm also very glad that the broader entity is aware and dealing with these matters.
- akolbe 4y agoThe Wikimedia Foundation has been hiring "Disinformation" staffers over the past year or two. Related discussion (see first section titled "Meetings about misinformation with FBI, CISA, etc.."): https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF)&oldid=1129081538#Meetings_about_misinformation_with_FBI,_CISA,_etc https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village..... Job ads asked for Russian, Persian and Arabic language skills. The work of these Disinformation specialists apparently also includes tackling "disinformation regarding Indian and Iranian elections" (see linked discussion). And a couple of years ago the Foundation finally tackled the Croatian Wikipedia, which had been in the hands of far-right extremists for almost a decade. A report was published in mid-2021: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Croatian_Wikipedia_Disinformation_Assessment-2021 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Croatian_Wikipedia_Disinform...