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Donald Ian Rankin

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8. Now there's a wonderfully biased and non-loaded article...

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 04:01 PM

Jan 2015

And so full of evidence...

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Wikipedia Declares War On Women, Gives Anti-Feminist Males Control Over Gender And Sexuality Entries [View all] KamaAina Jan 2015 OP

i stopped using wiki a couple years ago, seeing definitions change to mra voice, with feminist seabeyond Jan 2015 #1

Here's the current Wikipedia summary of Gamergate. Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #18

Answering that question would require an admission that this OP is BS. Bonobo Jan 2015 #22

I'm genuinely curious. NaturalHigh Feb 2015 #36

Just like the GOP Congress. nt geek tragedy Jan 2015 #2

That blows straight past "bad optics" and directly into the realm of ... 11 Bravo Jan 2015 #3

Fuck GamerGate. NuclearDem Jan 2015 #4

Seriously. KamaAina Jan 2015 #5

^^^ Hong Kong Cavalier Jan 2015 #19

Indeed, fuck Gamer Gate. But Wikipedia is blameless here as far as I can see. Bonobo Jan 2015 #23

I am vehemently opposed to the GamerGate anti-feminists. Maedhros Jan 2015 #6

Unless Wikipedias ToS prohibits women from editing articles... Lancero Jan 2015 #12

I'm sure that Wikipedia has guidelines for banning bad actors. Maedhros Jan 2015 #13

With how broadly they ruled, it's pretty much what happened. Lancero Jan 2015 #15

It looks like this is the Wikipedia rule relevant to this situation: Maedhros Jan 2015 #20

Wikipedia has long used Pseudo-Neutrality and Obscure-rule Mongering daredtowork Jan 2015 #26

I have no feelings for Wikipedia one way or another. Maedhros Jan 2015 #33

It is hard to tell from the Guardian article daredtowork Jan 2015 #34

Agreed - Wikipedia is fundamentally flawed. [n/t] Maedhros Feb 2015 #35

They were censored because of the excessive number of edits they had made to the site. Maedhros Jan 2015 #32

It's the first step of a multi-step byzantine process; nobody is as of yet banned Recursion Jan 2015 #25

On the surface, that sounds like bull shit joeglow3 Jan 2015 #7

Now there's a wonderfully biased and non-loaded article... Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #8

Here's another Lancero Jan 2015 #14

One thing this article skates over daredtowork Jan 2015 #28

I know next to nothing about this controversy Waiting For Everyman Jan 2015 #9

I never use Wiki for anything but the most surface definitions. Starry Messenger Jan 2015 #10

Dealing with the credit card company is a pain... Lancero Jan 2015 #11

Seems to be a misunderstanding of how wikipedia works. Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 #16

It's not a misunderstanding mythology Jan 2015 #27

Well you can cloak it in your media theory daredtowork Jan 2015 #31

anyone who thinks Wikipedia is gender unbiased blackcrow Jan 2015 #17

Do you have examples? joeglow3 Jan 2015 #21

I haven't regularly edited wikipedia since around 2007 daredtowork Jan 2015 #29

I've been following a Wikipedia editors site after hearing about this... Lancero Jan 2015 #24

Sue these people shenmue Jan 2015 #30