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The Right-Wing Attack on Wikipedia (www.theatlantic.com)

submitted 3 days ago by JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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Interesting article from a serious source. The paywall-free quota is 1 article so you should be able to read it. If not, others can post an archive link. Or else consider subscribing if you can afford it. Democracy needs independent journalism as well as independent encyclopedias.

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[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 64 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Not everything on Wikipedia is factual, but enough of it is factual to be inconvenient to those on the right who use misinformation as a tool.

[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 19 points 3 days ago

To this day Wikipedia is the only source of information that keeps an equal distance to every major power in the world. Everyone else usually has a soft spot because they have some major donor that is affiliated to someone that is affiliated to an organisation that commits atrocities. That in itself is unique and hence why I am annual donor and anyone who has the economic means should be too. Unfortunately that is the only way we can have a shackle free source of information in this fucked up world.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Of all organizations out there, I dare say hat wikipedia has one the best tools in place to try and be as factual as possible while at the same time being open.

Because of that, there are very few sources left that i trust as much as wikipedia

[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 3 points 2 days ago

I agree. The community of editors take factual information very seriously and it creates an environment where misinformation is shunned and won't last very long before being taken down or replaced. It's a very good system and makes it very trustworthy.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

not everything

...but nearly everything. It's pretty rare not to be, and you should fix it if you see it.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This. Facts are inconvenient to some people.

[–] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

They have a left wing bias