Can I ask for some examples? I'm not this active on Wikipedia, so I'm curious where a narrative is being spread

kristjank 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Franklin Community Credit Union scandal is a good example, well outlined in this youtuber's (admittedly dramatized) video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0yIGG-taFI

	▲	n4r9 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Is their argument documented anywhere in text, rather than an 8 minutes video?

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notarobot123 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Here are some examples from which you can extrapolate the more serious cases: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lamest_edit_wars

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fauigerzigerk 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I thought about giving examples because I understand why people would ask for them, but I decided very deliberately not to give any. It would inevitably turn into a flame war about the politics/ethics of the specific examples and distract from the reasons why I no longer trust Wikipedia.

I understand that this is unsatisfactory, but the only way to "prove" that the motivations of the people contributing to Wikipedia have shifted would be to run a systematic study for which I have neither the time nor the skills nor indeed the motivation.

Perhaps I should say that am a politically centrist person whose main interests are outside of politics.

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junek 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Let me guess: you hold some crank views that aren't shared by the people who maintain Wikipedia, and you find that upsetting? That's not a conspiracy, it's just people not agreeing with you.

	▲	fauigerzigerk 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Your guess is incorrect. I'm keeping well away from polarised politics as well as anti-scientific and anti-intellectual fringe views.