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othersquadsystem

2 years ago

i think it’s really funny to say “oh anyone can edit wikipedia” trying to discredit the info on there. and well that’s definitely true and like. check sources, obviously. but y’all know that people are straight up vicious over wikipedia pages, right? people claim pages and stick to them and monitor them constantly. there’s a watchlist feature on wikipedia that notifies users when a change is made to a page they’re watching. all of notable wiki pages for celebrities and historical events probably have watchers. people get REALLY into watching wiki pages and making sure people don’t add dumb shit to them. and like. obviously that doesn’t stop misinfo. but the whole “anyone can edit a wikipedia page” thing is like. a little bit of a half truth. because you’re right! anyone can. but popular pages and political pages are often thoroughly vetted and watched.

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THIS we said something like this not that long ago actually don’t remember the context but it was along the lines of ’people will make a incorrect change and within MINUTES someone will be on that’ it’s really amazing the dedication and people hyperfixate on these? good for them they’re doing a great service to anyone who needs that info and hope they have fun on it too

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