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The world’s largest encyclopedia became the factual foundation of the web, but now it’s under attack.

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[–] balder1991@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (7 children)

“One of the things I really love about Wikipedia is it forces you to have measured, emotionless conversations with people you disagree with in the name of trying to construct the accurate narrative,”

Yeah, I think what makes Wikipedia resilient is that you can’t just go there and say something subjective. You need to find the correct way to state the actual fact, even when it can have different interpretations. Cause that way, no group can contest it.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Or they'll just declare it non-notable and speedily delete it. They've lost so many newcomers to internal bullshit like that.

[–] JustAnotherPodunk@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

That's the resiliency part of it all. Resistance to change is the security.

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