kurtreed2

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by kurtreed2 1y ago
It is indeed a survivorship bias since we have no good other sample in the form of competitor to compare to, like how Pepsi is to Coca-Cola. Which part of my statement you find difficult to understand?
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by kurtreed2 1y ago
You should make an account on Wikipediocracy (which is frequented by many Wikipedia editors and insiders) and express all your paeans about Wikipedia's supposed infallibility, and see how fast you'd get dressed-down.
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by kurtreed2 1y ago
You can download backups of Wikipedia articles at dumps.wikimedia.org. For the IA they had a plan to move to Canada back in 2017.
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by kurtreed2 1y ago
> I don't think there's any website that has successfully navigated that minefield as well as Wikipedia. There's a survivorship bias in play here as we don't have a good other sample or more to compare to. After Wiki
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by kurtreed2 1y ago
As a start you can look at the following page. https://www.reddit.com/r/WatchWikipediaDie/wiki/scandals
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by kurtreed2 1y ago
> Damn Wikipedia character assassinating critics now FTFY. If you go dig deeper at foundation.wikimedia.org you'll inevitably come across an Israeli court document describing systemic smear defamation and libel campaign mounted by t
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by kurtreed2 1y ago
One can look into Shira Klein and Jan Grabowski's report about how the Polish ultranationalists have distorted the Holocaust topic area on Wikipedia ( https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/25785648.
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Wiki Wars: Editors are fighting for influence over the encyclopedia's entries(theins.ru)
10 points by kurtreed2 2y ago|0 comments
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Do not frequent some certain default subs if you criticize Wikipedia on Reddit(wikipediasucks.co)
5 points by kurtreed2 2y ago|0 comments
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'Edit Wars' on Middle East Page Raise Tensions on Wikipedia(bloomberg.com)
7 points by kurtreed2 2y ago|1 comments
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Was Wikipedia manipulated as part of the Blake Lively smear campaign?(edithistory.substack.com)
3 points by kurtreed2 2y ago|0 comments
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Anonymous defaces Russian website to avenge hack on Taiwan(taiwannews.com.tw)
7 points by kurtreed2 2y ago|3 comments
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French Journalist Exposes Anti-Israel Club Training French Wikipedia Editors(jewishjournal.com)
4 points by kurtreed2 2y ago|0 comments
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Wikipedia's Supreme Court on the Verge of Topic Banning 8 Editors(jewishjournal.com)
3 points by kurtreed2 2y ago|0 comments
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Short theory on how deepfakes can lead to Fermi's Great Filter(old.reddit.com)
2 points by kurtreed2 2y ago|0 comments
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Wikipedia's Doxxing Penchants(old.reddit.com)
1 points by kurtreed2 2y ago|0 comments
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Trailer for Zero Day, an upcoming TV series depicting Chinese invasion of Taiwan [video](youtube.com)
6 points by kurtreed2 2y ago|2 comments
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Anonymous hacked Minin University's website to avenge MH17(nafo.uk)
1 points by kurtreed2 2y ago|0 comments
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by kurtreed2 3y ago
The 4000 character limit has severely inhibited the ability to communicate it effectively.
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by kurtreed2 3y ago
You'd be utterly shocked if you googled what the "Anvil email" is.
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by kurtreed2 3y ago
Wow. Sorry to hear that. If your good friend is a she then she should get in touch with "Jennsaurus" at Wikipediasucks.co ASAP because Jennsaurus is a journalist who has discovered and compiled two dozen cases of sexual harassment
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by kurtreed2 3y ago
Wikimedia did this to aspiring candidates who want to be the "stewards".
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by kurtreed2 3y ago
Good for you. They're going to get proverbially burned down eventually because of two dozen sexual harassment scandals.
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by kurtreed2 3y ago
Botipedia is already a thing although in beta.
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by kurtreed2 3y ago
They back it up by doxxing alleged repeat offenders on "Long term Abuse" pages.
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by kurtreed2 3y ago
There are two dozen sexual harassment scandals committed by admins and editors which was uncovered by a journalist starting from a year ago. She has finished written the feature story which might get published on the Daily Beast next year.
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by kurtreed2 3y ago
Wikipedia's structures must be viewed in the same light as Theranos at this point. Moral injuries are so strong in both.
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by kurtreed2 3y ago
Sometimes "sockpuppet abusers" aren't just banned. They get doxxed on LTA (Long Term Abuse) pages and so on with their IP addresses, locations, habits, names, and even off-wiki activities. Talk about a GDPR violation.
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by kurtreed2 3y ago
At least one had did it. It's called Justapedia.
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by kurtreed2 3y ago
There are even juicier, serious, and damning scoops waiting to be put into the limelight by mainstream media. There are two dozen sexual harassment scandals against women on Wikipedia, involving editors, admins and even high-up stewards and

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