sometimes @wikipedia feels like a mafia, some #DeltaChat users tried to create a Delta Chat entry in Wikipedia (EN) several times over the years and they always rejected it, claiming it is not relevant enough and needing more sources,
when sources were provided someone would comment that "likely that are paid articles" and shit like that
even when Delta Chat page exist for other languages already
then there are things like Beeper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeper_(software) with a SINGLE citation to a paid-walled article
what gives???
please if some of you have experience contributing to Wikipedia (and I guess some secret connections or being known contributor is needed as well) consider creating a Delta Chat entry
it is really unfair that at this time and age any random messenger is in Wikipedia but Delta Chat
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@adbenitez Wikipedia is pretty great. If a topic holds encyclopaedic significance, a page on it won’t be removed. This can be easily backed up by a few references such as news articles.
Beeper was all over the news, so the issue there is not lack of significance, but lack of citations.
You most certainly do not need to have special connections in order to contribute.
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Debian and the Linux kernel (social.kernel.org) run Pleroma (actually it's Akkoma now?), you'd think that would be notable enough
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@feld it is noticeable enough, which is why Pleroma has a Wikipedia page.
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Robert Maxwell (Ghislane's father) was evil for tampering with American history textbooks, but Wikipedia is in many ways worse
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@feld oh come on. @wikipedia has great editorial standards and hierarchies. It is one of the best of the internet’s accomplishments.
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georgia
georgia
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@feld you can have equally as much influence if you choose to. If the person did something wrong, they will be banned from editing. Apparently they’ve done a good job.
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> If the person did something wrong, they will be banned from editing.
then why aren't they banning all the Feds tampering with articles?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0P4Cf0UCwU
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@feld pee pee poo poo. Do you ever exhaust yourself? Lie in bed after a long day of doing nothing, wondering why you are tired anyway?
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https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/government-actually-threatens-wikipedias-editorial-freedom-self-proclaimed-free-speech-warriors-suddenly-have-other-plans/
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have you forgotten about the Twitter account CongressEdits ??
https://www.engadget.com/2014-07-11-congress-wikipedia-edits.html
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