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wikipedia issues

  1. W

    How to catch a skeptic. activism on Wikipedia

    Hi everyone, I thought it would be fair to get commentary from the skeptic community regarding Wikipedia, We Have a Problem. Specifically, the reporting of 'editor suppression' tactics used often on Wikipedia by skeptic activist editors. Even more specifically, on a piece of real estate that...
  2. Brainster

    Philip Roth Versus Wikipedia

    A rather amusing incident has arisen regarding Wikipedia's entry on Philip Roth's novel, The Human Stain. Wikipedia writers have claimed that the inspiration for Roth's book was the actual life of Anatole Broyard. Roth claims otherwise, but apparently that's not good enough for Wikipedia...
  3. Crocoshark

    Why is "Serfdom in Tibet pre-1950" a controversy?

    I was just looking at the wiki page about serfdom in Tibet before the invasion of China after reading the Skeptoid podcast about Tibet (and its comments section). The title of the page is "Serfdom in Tibet controversy" while it basically lists different people and their different claims and I...
  4. luchog

    Wikipedia used for libel.

    Yet another example of the inherent flaw in the Wikipedia model. The "self-regulating" model simply doesn't work, and this case is another prime illustration of that fact. Along with the fact that the powers that be either aren't capable or aren't interested in admitting to and dealing with...

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