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Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia (www.newsweek.com)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

~~The reaction to this completely neutral article says it all. Right-wing snowflakes gonna ❄️.~~

Edit: Or not... see @ChairmanMeow's response.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago

Btw.

In January 2024, David Rozado, an associate professor in computational science at New Zealand's Otago Polytechnic, published a study that found: "Wikipedia was more likely to portray right-leaning figures negatively than their left-leaning counterparts."

The real question is not whether Wikipedia is biased, but whether it's fair. In politics not everybody is equally right. And there are some real shit heads on the right. In other words Elon Musk is not entitled to a positive Wikipedia page.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I think this is just a case of unclear UI. This is the default stance of the meter, before you've entered a vote. After you vote it shows the most common answer underneath the meter.

I voted just now, and the most common vote was "fair/center".

Note how the needle is also off the meter, instead of pointing at one of the segments.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

The "Every article is written by Vladimir Lenin until proven otherwise" approach.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago

wow that is truly awful UI you’re right

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

Thanks for your reply. That's a really bad design.