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If the issue here is that Wikipedia’s editor set is being dominated by motivated nationalists, then the issue should absolutely be addressed in a non-Wikipedia
by matthewdgreen 4y ago
If the issue here is that Wikipedia’s editor set is being dominated by motivated nationalists, then the issue should absolutely be addressed in a non-Wikipedia forum. Both to gain access to an audience that isn’t captured, and to make sure there is public awareness that Wikipedia’s internal editorial controls might be compromised.
If the folks arguing the other side feel differently, then can certainly respond in a similar forum.
ETA: Or failing that they can hunt down any open Internet forum that is discussing the article and brigade it with opinionated takes. Which may explain what’s happening in this HN thread.
- simplotek 4y ago> If the issue here is that Wikipedia’s editor set is being dominated by motivated nationalists, then the issue should absolutely be addressed in a non-Wikipedia forum. This sort of whataboutisn is a blatant attempt at reframing the issue as an irrational ideological battle where one side just so happens to be winning instead of what it really is: a random guy trying to push unfounded conspiracy theories into a medium designed to express consensus supported by primary sources.