Comment on The Wikipedia page for the fediverse describes a den of iniquity
Auster@thebrainbin.org 2 days agoThe problem of reporting specific cases is that it could become cancel culture all over again. First option, I think, would be to try to correct issues in the article. Then, if they denied, then start suspecting of tue site itself. And if already suspecting, it adds up to its untrustworthiness.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
What do you mean by cancel culture?
I feel like you are mistaking all acts of boycotting or mass comment submittal for “cancel culture”.
I am not arguing for DDOSing Wikipedia, of hostilely editing articles, of smearing Wikipedia people in public places…
…I am arguing for organizing a campaign to submit feedback on the articles about the Fediverse FROM people on the Fediverse that explain in their own words why they think the way Wikipedia describes the Fediverse is incomplete, problematic and misleading.
Auster@thebrainbin.org 2 days ago
I see. Sorry for jumping the gun.
singingflame42@piefed.social 2 days ago
Yeah, this needs to be brought to someone’s attention. It’s not just someone adding their personal opinion to the Fediverse article, but also messing up a bunch of other articles, too. I’d almost call it vandalism.
moubliezpas@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh god, I didn’t even look to see what changes they’d made to other articles.
Actually that should make things easier, there are processes for reporting repeated vandalism, and they’re much more efficient than ‘this person wrote one article badly’. I’ll have a look.
singingflame42@piefed.social 1 day ago
That sounds like a good idea! I thought this was just someone with a grudge until you started talking about the other articles they’d edited. I can’t say for sure if they’re all bad faith edits, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there were others besides what they added to the Fediverse article.