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wikipediasuckscoop@lemmy.worldBanned from community to General Discussion@lemmy.world ·
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Does Wikipedia protect your privacy?

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wikipediasuckscoop@lemmy.worldBanned from community to General Discussion@lemmy.world ·
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Only hours after doxing Wikipedia volunteers to a court in India, Wikipedia tweeted out this 5-month old feel-good piece about protecting volunteers. “Because people can not contribute what t…

Warning: This thread has been brigaded.

  • https://old.lemmy.world/post/23537807

For anyone who’s been brought on to here, especially mods, I’ll leave these links to some mainstream-ish news sources which explain why Wikipedia is not infalliable after all.

  • https://slate.com/technology/2023/02/wikipedia-native-american-history-settler-colonialism.html

  • https://forward.com/opinion/550600/wikipedia-holocaust-disinformation/

  • https://slate.com/technology/2023/12/wikipedia-road-highway-editors-wiki-railfans-roadgeeks.html

  • https://www.iranintl.com/en/202401124365

  • https://theconversation.com/wikipedias-volunteer-editors-are-fleeing-online-abuse-heres-what-that-could-mean-for-the-internet-and-you-218517

In 2014, there was an incident in the Netherlands where two Wikipedia administrators went to a woman’s home to harass her.

  • https://wikipediocracy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5417
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    Gee, I wonder what the answer to this question from “wikipediasuckscoop” will be…

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