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 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

>There is a large movement to censor this guy's opinions

Wikipedia is the wrong place for opinions

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Enginerrrd 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Having opinions on Wikipedia policies is perfectly appropriate.

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blanched 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Sure, and he's probably not being censored on those.

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dotancohen 2 days ago | parent [-]

He is. His essays have been deleted.

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JdeBP 2 days ago | parent [-]

Nope.

* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Larry_Sanger/Why_I_am_n...

Still there after 23 years.

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dotancohen a day ago | parent [-]

Well this one was deleted:

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_pa...

	▲	robertsky_ a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The first wasn't even created? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=create&user=&...
	▲	JdeBP a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		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 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.

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moralestapia a day ago | parent | prev [-]

In theory.

In practice, just read TFA and this whole thread of comments about it.

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Aurornis 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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.

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fortran77 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Don’t make me spit out my coffee!

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palmotea 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> 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.

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Meneth 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

The left-wing cabal in control of Wikipedia considers him a threat to their power.

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