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Many of his essays have been deleted, and many others are Pending Deletion. Those deleted can be viewed only by admins. There is a large movement to censor this

Many of his essays have been deleted, and many others are Pending Deletion. Those deleted can be viewed only by admins. There is a large movement to censor this guy's opinions and undo his contributions. What happened? There is no explicit mention on the page.

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croes 4mo ago
>There is a large movement to censor this guy's opinions Wikipedia is the wrong place for opinions
- Enginerrrd 4mo ago
  Having opinions on Wikipedia policies is perfectly appropriate.
  - blanched 4mo ago
    Sure, and he's probably not being censored on those.
    - dotancohen 4mo ago
      He is. His essays have been deleted.
      - JdeBP 4mo ago
        Nope. * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Larry_Sanger/Why_I_am_no_longer_participating_in_the_Wikipedia_project https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Larry_Sanger/Why_I_am_n... Still there after 23 years.
        dotancohen 4mo ago
        Well this one was deleted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Larry_Sanger/Ordinary_Legal_Rights_You_Lack_on_Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Larry_Sanger/Ordinary_Leg... And this one is now pending deletion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Larry_Sanger/Editorial_parties_should_be_permitted_on_Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Larry_Sanger/Editorial_pa...
        robertsky_ 4mo ago
        The first wasn't even created? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=create&user=&page=User%3ALarry+Sanger%2FOrdinary+Legal+Rights+You+Lack+on+Wikipedia&wpdate=&tagfilter=&wpFormIdentifier=logeventslist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=create&user=&...
        JdeBP 4mo ago
        That first one was not only never deleted, it was never even created in the first place. You've been misled by a redlink. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/1359185792 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/1359185792 And the second is being discussed, with at minimum 3 more days of discussion to go. It isn't pending anything yet. It only becomes pending deletion when the outcome of the discussion is a consensus to delete. Indeed, the discussion so far has a fair number of people arguing that it should not be deleted. So still nope.
  - moralestapia 4mo ago
    In theory. In practice, just read TFA and this whole thread of comments about it.
- fortran77 4mo ago
  Don’t make me spit out my coffee!
- Aurornis 4mo ago
  The main wiki pages are not for opinions. The meta-pages where people discuss the pages and the sites are full of opinions and debate.
- palmotea 4mo ago
  > Wikipedia is the wrong place for opinions Wikipedia is literally all about opinions. A huge amount of its activity is different ideological camps battling to control the narrative presented in the reference work millions use by default and treat as authoritative. And it's not an even close to an even playing field for every camp. Some camps get to push their opinions as authoritative and squash dissenters, others have to fight for the barest representation. The key is selective enforcement: depending on your camp, you either have to walk on eggshells (and probably will get banned anyway) or can behave atrociously towards others and be given a pass every time time.
Meneth 4mo ago
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- thiht 4mo ago
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croes 4mo ago

>There is a large movement to censor this guy's opinions Wikipedia is the wrong place for opinions

Enginerrrd 4mo ago
Having opinions on Wikipedia policies is perfectly appropriate.
- blanched 4mo ago
  Sure, and he's probably not being censored on those.
  - dotancohen 4mo ago
    He is. His essays have been deleted.
    - JdeBP 4mo ago
      Nope. * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Larry_Sanger/Why_I_am_no_longer_participating_in_the_Wikipedia_project https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Larry_Sanger/Why_I_am_n... Still there after 23 years.
      - dotancohen 4mo ago
        Well this one was deleted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Larry_Sanger/Ordinary_Legal_Rights_You_Lack_on_Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Larry_Sanger/Ordinary_Leg... And this one is now pending deletion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Larry_Sanger/Editorial_parties_should_be_permitted_on_Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Larry_Sanger/Editorial_pa...
        robertsky_ 4mo ago
        The first wasn't even created? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=create&user=&page=User%3ALarry+Sanger%2FOrdinary+Legal+Rights+You+Lack+on+Wikipedia&wpdate=&tagfilter=&wpFormIdentifier=logeventslist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=create&user=&...
        JdeBP 4mo ago
        That first one was not only never deleted, it was never even created in the first place. You've been misled by a redlink. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/1359185792 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/1359185792 And the second is being discussed, with at minimum 3 more days of discussion to go. It isn't pending anything yet. It only becomes pending deletion when the outcome of the discussion is a consensus to delete. Indeed, the discussion so far has a fair number of people arguing that it should not be deleted. So still nope.
- moralestapia 4mo ago
  In theory. In practice, just read TFA and this whole thread of comments about it.
fortran77 4mo ago
Don’t make me spit out my coffee!
Aurornis 4mo ago
The main wiki pages are not for opinions. The meta-pages where people discuss the pages and the sites are full of opinions and debate.
palmotea 4mo ago
> Wikipedia is the wrong place for opinions Wikipedia is literally all about opinions. A huge amount of its activity is different ideological camps battling to control the narrative presented in the reference work millions use by default and treat as authoritative. And it's not an even close to an even playing field for every camp. Some camps get to push their opinions as authoritative and squash dissenters, others have to fight for the barest representation. The key is selective enforcement: depending on your camp, you either have to walk on eggshells (and probably will get banned anyway) or can behave atrociously towards others and be given a pass every time time.

Meneth 4mo ago

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thiht 4mo ago
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