Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThey use to tell us we couldnt trust Wikipedia. Now we know. Wikipedia is the only website you can trust.message-square218fedilinkarrow-up1761arrow-down187
arrow-up1674arrow-down1message-squareThey use to tell us we couldnt trust Wikipedia. Now we know. Wikipedia is the only website you can trust.Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square218fedilink
minus-squarecricket97@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoGo look at some of the most active wikipedia contributors, they are mostly hyper political nerds. Wikipedia is heavily reliant on the social consensus of it’s contributors. It’s not a far out idea that there could be a slant among them.
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoJust so you know, you can check any claim by going to the cited source. If there is no source, you’re free to ask for one or ignore. That’s far better then other systems. It’s also an encyclopedia, not a news paper. You shouldn’t be using it for current events anyway.
Go look at some of the most active wikipedia contributors, they are mostly hyper political nerds. Wikipedia is heavily reliant on the social consensus of it’s contributors. It’s not a far out idea that there could be a slant among them.
Just so you know, you can check any claim by going to the cited source. If there is no source, you’re free to ask for one or ignore.
That’s far better then other systems. It’s also an encyclopedia, not a news paper. You shouldn’t be using it for current events anyway.