Wikipedia Edit War Update

post by jefftk (jkaufman) · 2020-05-22T11:30:02.800Z · LW · GW · 0 comments

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A few months ago I stumbled into an edit war on Wikipedia. I noticed that Wikipedia's page on Jacy Reese was being, essentially, guarded from having any mention that he previously went by his full name. There was a pattern where someone would notice this information was missing, add it, and then it would be reverted soon after.

The main user guarding the page was Bodole, and someone pointed me yesterday to where they've been banned from editing Jacy's page for three months. The discussion there was another interesting window into how Wikipedia handles disputes, so after reading it I thought it would be interesting to review:

Wikipedia volunteers aren't really in a position to investigate conflicts of interest, but it does make me wonder who Bodole is and, if they're not connected with Jacy, why they would be so invested in this one article.

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