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@alxlg I said that I now understand you as saying editors are being paid by non-WMF actors to run influence campaigns. Is that not what you're saying?
October 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
@alxlg I said that I now understand you as saying editors are being paid by non-WMF actors to run influence campaigns. Is that not what you're saying?
@alxlg Where did I claim nobody was being paid to influence Wikipedia? I'm arguing that off-wiki coordinated editing has been ineffective, and you have provided no evidence to the contrary. For evidence of their banwaves just see for example […]
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October 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
@alxlg Where did I claim nobody was being paid to influence Wikipedia? I'm arguing that off-wiki coordinated editing has been ineffective, and you have provided no evidence to the contrary. For evidence of their banwaves just see for example […]
@alxlg
> denialism is the rejection of basic facts and concepts that are undisputed, **well-supported** parts of the scientific consensus or historical record on a subject, in favor of ideas that are radical, controversial, or fabricated
are you a russell's teapot denialist?
> denialism is the rejection of basic facts and concepts that are undisputed, **well-supported** parts of the scientific consensus or historical record on a subject, in favor of ideas that are radical, controversial, or fabricated
are you a russell's teapot denialist?
October 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM
@alxlg
> denialism is the rejection of basic facts and concepts that are undisputed, **well-supported** parts of the scientific consensus or historical record on a subject, in favor of ideas that are radical, controversial, or fabricated
are you a russell's teapot denialist?
> denialism is the rejection of basic facts and concepts that are undisputed, **well-supported** parts of the scientific consensus or historical record on a subject, in favor of ideas that are radical, controversial, or fabricated
are you a russell's teapot denialist?
@alxlg without evidence this just sounds like a conspiracy theory. keep in mind the WMF has $300 million and counting in assets.
just show an example of scott-free "gatekeeping" beyond the normal procedures already specified in policies and guidelines.
just show an example of scott-free "gatekeeping" beyond the normal procedures already specified in policies and guidelines.
October 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
@alxlg without evidence this just sounds like a conspiracy theory. keep in mind the WMF has $300 million and counting in assets.
just show an example of scott-free "gatekeeping" beyond the normal procedures already specified in policies and guidelines.
just show an example of scott-free "gatekeeping" beyond the normal procedures already specified in policies and guidelines.
@alxlg
ah sorry i thought you meant Wikipedia itself contracted these people lol. but still, I have edited the contentious areas and would not characterize editor activity that hasn't been blocked yet as gatekeeping. WMF has far more economic power than the salaries of every paid editor […]
ah sorry i thought you meant Wikipedia itself contracted these people lol. but still, I have edited the contentious areas and would not characterize editor activity that hasn't been blocked yet as gatekeeping. WMF has far more economic power than the salaries of every paid editor […]
Original post on kbin.melroy.org
kbin.melroy.org
October 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
@alxlg
ah sorry i thought you meant Wikipedia itself contracted these people lol. but still, I have edited the contentious areas and would not characterize editor activity that hasn't been blocked yet as gatekeeping. WMF has far more economic power than the salaries of every paid editor […]
ah sorry i thought you meant Wikipedia itself contracted these people lol. but still, I have edited the contentious areas and would not characterize editor activity that hasn't been blocked yet as gatekeeping. WMF has far more economic power than the salaries of every paid editor […]