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I co-founded Wikipedia, but an anonymous mob runs the show – and now I'm banned

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Re: I co-founded Wikipedia, but an anonymous mob runs the show – and now I'm banned

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 4:14 PM UTC

SilverElfin wrote: post #19

Cider9986 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any example articles to look at that demonstrate your point?

Anything controversial will have this issue. But COVID, BLM, and things relating to the current administration often have those biases. To see how rules get weaponized, see the talk pages. You find that a lot of reasonable editors are basically blocked using one technicality or the other, and it is used to keep balanced views out of Wikipedia. The rules sound benign until you see how they favor one side.

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Re: I co-founded Wikipedia, but an anonymous mob runs the show – and now I'm banned

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Post by mmh0000 » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 8:06 PM UTC

SilverElfin wrote: post #19

Cider9986 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any example articles to look at that demonstrate your point?

Anything controversial will have this issue. But COVID, BLM, and things relating to the current administration often have those biases. To see how rules get weaponized, see the talk pages. You find that a lot of reasonable editors are basically blocked using one technicality or the other, and it is used to keep balanced views out of Wikipedia. The rules sound benign until you see how they favor one side.

Such as?

For example?

For instance?

You know we're using, right now, this very cool thing called the Internet. And there's a somewhat new capability in it that lets you link directly to other documents!

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