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  • TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works
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    17 hours ago

    I stopped giving a shit about and even using Wikipedia back in 2019 when they locked everybody in Southern California using a certain major service out of making edits to any article. I was trying to edit an article on carbon because they had an isotope incorrectly labeled and I was told multiple times by Wikipedia volunteers and their staff that there is some dog joke bot that made it really impossible for them to control … so they locked millions of people out of making any kind of edits because dog jokes. So the infactual science stayed in the carbon article and that’s when I realized Wikipedia is just controlled by a handful of assholes. I stopped donating then. When I asked them who gets to make edits they said they’re not really sure who the volunteers are but they trust them and when I asked Wikipedia staff how they account for the trustworthiness of who their editors are and what their intentions are, staff had no answer. But I can’t make an edit to a carbon article but anon can … even if they have some sort of agreement behind the scenes about controlling the information on Wikipedia. That’s no problem. Just, you know, infactual information about a carbon isotope that’s the problem. Fuck Wikipedia. Encyclopedia Britannica still rules and is worth the money.

    • Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlOP
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      10 hours ago

      in 2019 when they locked everybody in Southern California using a certain major service out of making edits

      I assume that block is not still in effect?

      I was trying to edit an article on carbon because they had an isotope incorrectly labeled

      Out of curiosity, was this error eventually corrected, or is it still wrong today?

      Encyclopedia Britannica still rules and is worth the money

      I just looked for the first time in years and it appears you can read it for free… What do you get by paying for it besides disabling the ads (which my ad blocker already does)?

      I see they have a list of changes to articles now, but they don’t show the old versions or diffs between them.

      Also I see there are “Quick summary” and “Ask the chatbot a question” buttons on every page 🤡