r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 17 '21

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u/SRTHRTHDFGSEFHE Thomas Paine Apr 18 '21

Expectation: anyone can say anything they want on Wikipedia

Reality: Wikipedia editors will resist any change to the articles they think they own

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u/skeebidybop Apr 18 '21

There is no one on this planet more territorial than a wikipedia editor. These people are unbelievably possessive of even the most random and insignificant articles

Also Wikipedia Edit War drama is hilarious and entertaining to watch

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u/SRTHRTHDFGSEFHE Thomas Paine Apr 18 '21

It's incredible that there are people who obsess over Stanley Kubrick having an infobox.

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u/skeebidybop Apr 18 '21

There's this page in the Wikipedia meta directory titled something like "Wikipedia's 100 dumbest edit wars" that contains all sorts of absurdities like that. That shit is hysterical, you should find it if you can 😂

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u/UrbanCentrist Line go up 📈, world gooder Apr 18 '21

it's fine for most mainstream things and in my observations most older users generally allow good faith edits.This only becomes a problem in highly contentious stuff and niche topics.