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The Portuguese Wikipedia has been completely taken over by a toxic mega group that’s bent the rules to get what they want. They constantly harass you, and they
by kranke155 3y ago
The Portuguese Wikipedia has been completely taken over by a toxic mega group that’s bent the rules to get what they want.
They constantly harass you, and they invent rules if needed to get articles down that they don’t like.
- jowea 3y agoPeople complain about that in the English Wikipedia but I guess it can be even worse in the smaller ones? Weren't a few of them basically captured by the local far-right propagandists? Is this group you're talking about political or just the "I/we own this and will do this my way" of English Wikipedia?
- kranke155 3y agoIt is far worse being a smaller Wikipedia. It’s both. There are political accounts that remove corruption scandals from local politicians and others who just harass you in general. I made a page about a major scandal in Portugal and they used the Brazilian admins by telling them the scandal was too small to be in Wikipedia. It was in a major TV show in Portugal but the Brazilian admins almost deleted the page (which then blocks you from remaking it).
- whstl 3y agoI remember it depending on the article. There are "turfs", and the rules aren't consistent between them. Some guy goes nuts on the movies and television articles and nobody can get anything through, it gets reverted with a "this is not necessary". On science and engineering pages I remember there being a lot of unsourced material that felt more like a school paper than an encyclopedia. The quality was really bad, but it was still hard to change.