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So, a handful of persons "believe that OpenStreetMap is a creation of Chinese communists" and are removing specific data from OpenStreetMap, and the OP explains

by idoubtit 10mo ago

So, a handful of persons "believe that OpenStreetMap is a creation of Chinese communists" and are removing specific data from OpenStreetMap, and the OP explains why this is stupid but innocuous. But that's not the first time that a community is tagged "Chinese communists" and attacked as such. Now imagine if some maga/alt-right/whatever leaders asked their followers to attack the "communist" OpenStreetMap by injecting a bit of false data everyday. Could OSM defend itself as easily?

lolc 10mo ago
Ask Wikipedia how they are dealing with this shit. Openstreetmap is a rather unlikely target, so it's news.
- otabdeveloper4 10mo ago
  > Ask Wikipedia how they are dealing with this shit. They aren't. Wikipedia has been taken over by special interest groups and political agencies for a long, long time now.
  - port11 10mo ago
    Exceptional claims require exceptional evidence?
    - otabdeveloper4 10mo ago
      Where is the exceptional claim? If anything, the preposterous idea that Wikipedia is somehow the only resource immune to shilling and political influence is the exceptional claim.
      - shortrounddev2 10mo ago
        No; the burden of proof lies with the affirmative. To require someone to prove that they are NOT guilty of corruption is unfair (and also irrational)
  - scraptor 10mo ago
    So how are the special interest groups keeping their enemies out?
    - otabdeveloper4 10mo ago
      Same as it is everywhere else, collusion and nepotism. Wikipedia editors are a special clique.
- akimbostrawman 10mo ago
  they aren't because they are long fully captured
  - deleted 10mo ago
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  - lolc 10mo ago
    Wikipedia is fully captured by vandalism?