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Elon Musk, Wokepedia, and all that jazz
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Elon Musk’s ongoing critique of Wikipedia continues to spark a media frenzy, with coverage from Newsweek, Newsmax, New York Post, and Times of India, among others. Musk has accused the platform of being "woke" and discouraged donations, citing its DEI initiatives. His remarks also reignited his $1 billion joke offer to rename Wikipedia, prompting responses across X (see previous Signpost issue add link to previous mention of this offer in the Signpost). Snopes verified these events, while Daily Kos and The Philadelphia Inquirer examined how Musk’s criticisms align with broader right-wing media narratives targeting Wikipedia's perceived political leanings.
Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera also reported on the subject, noting that many users on X, as well as Threads and Bluesky, responded to Musk's taunt by inviting others to actually donate to Wikipedia. The Corriere also acknowledged the existence of the article about Ideological bias on Wikipedia, while reminding that Wikipedia is a collaborative platform where "transparency is a fundamental place to start from, but does not resolve every controversy", and that the presence of cognitive bias stems from the behavior of users, rather than the encyclopedia itself. – B, O
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[edit]https://www.citationneeded.news/elon-musk-and-the-rights-war-on-wikipedia/ maybe here or in the story above. Or
with Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to 'identify and target' Wikipedia editors
and Gizmodo [1]
In brief
[edit]- Memories of the way we were: Rachel Bloom's Hugo Award-nominated video and other Wiki rabbit holes were remembered by a special year-end AV Club "Wiki Wormhole" article.
- Wiki Wars – Did Hamas 'Win' the Edit Battle?: An article from the Washington Free Beacon highlights controversy over edits to Wikipedia’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict following October 7. Allegedly, Wikipedia entries initially listed Hamas as victorious in several engagements, including battles in southern Israel. These sections were later removed, reportedly in response to criticism. The article takes several quotes from Wikipedians' discussion at Talk:List of military engagements during the Israel–Hamas war.
- Requested move produces "a weird 'Frankenstein' result": A Wikipedian speaking to Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles said the Requested move of the article formerly titled "2024 Nuseirat rescue operation" to Nuseirat rescue and massacre "only highlights the schism and unhealthy detente between sides with profoundly differing perspectives and agendas." [2]
- "Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to 'identify and target' Wikipedia editors" (The Forward) – using information from database breaches, applying natural language processing to find "style, repeated phrases, and content patterns", and other means to detect coordinated editing...
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