Has anyone see the DU wikipedia page?

[nini]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Underground

The largest section is 'Criticsim'. which of course is typical wiki BS. It obviously was edited by rightwingers.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

1. Those sections under criticism have been there a LONG

time. They’re also all true.

[nini]

3. I just had never wandered over there

I'm sure they're true but obviously if everything said is negative it's not hard to determine who would do it.

[Wwcd]

2. RWers, and the flood of Bots that drove positive Trump &

negative Clinton google search topics to the top of the page & kept them there.
2016

They drove up the "likes" also.

This is nowhere more evident than seeing the scant crowd at Trump's inaguration.

The online 'likes' weren't real people.

[nini]

4. yep.. just like about everything else on the internet

the Talk tab is interesting LOL

[Oneironaut]

5. As far as Wikipedia goes, that section is mediocre.

The paragraph about “a poster hoping for more bloodshed in Iraq” either needs to be expanded upon or removed, imo. I see nothing wrong with talking about (relatively impartial) criticism against DU in the news, though, as that’s just reporting what happened at the time. There’s nothing wrong with those statements if they’re true.

It’s a problem when people try to turn Wikipedia into their own political instrument, though, which the site needs to defend itself against every day. For example, the part about “a poster wishing for more bloodshed in Iraq” as every site has trolls. If this poster’s post was widely reported in the news, then it becomes acceptable.

Wikipedia has the same impartiality issues that every other written media has. How much bias is ok? Who says what is biased, and what is not? If something is being deleted, is it being deleted for a legitimate reason, or does the deleter have an agenda?

I would say ty criticism section is ok, but needs work. Who wanted more bloodshed in Iraq, and why is this fact relevant? A one-off troll post is not a controversy. Something the admins needed to publicly address is noteworthy.

Remember - Wikipedia is not there to make DU look good. It’s supposed to be a neutral, scholarly article about DU. Wikipedia succeeds at this sometimes, and sometimes it misses the mark.

[backtoblue]

20. Agree

would say ty criticism section is ok, but needs work. Who wanted more bloodshed in Iraq, and why is this fact relevant? A one-off troll post is not a controversy. Something the admins needed to publicly address is noteworthy.

[Brother Buzz]

6. One can learn a lot by making a study of the Revision history

Pack a lunch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Democratic_Underground&action=history

[nini]

16. November 2016 was a busy time

wow

[lapucelle]

26. Check out what was edited out in December.

Russian involvement
Their virulently bigoted membership routinely engage in a form of unchecked populism that is highly discriminatory to various ethnic groups (including Slavs). In fact, they will likely erroneously label this a "hack" and subsequently blame "the Russians" or as their foaming at the mouth fringe will say: "the Kremlin" or "the Soviets" in typical hubris laced hysterics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Democratic_Underground&oldid=816429675

[nini]

29. Oh my

I'm glad i dont go there much. That is vomit inducing.

[left-of-center2012]

7. Who created the Wikipedia page?

friend or foe?

[pangaia]

15. Are you kidding me?

[left-of-center2012]

23. Any one can create a page

[pangaia]

24. right, I just meant that it looks to be 92.957% anti DU..

[treestar]

8. Not terrible comprehensive

there could be more history and description.

And if they missed the Mixed Animal thread, cornflakes and chicken and the Olive Garden, they know nothing of DU!

[nini]

14. no kidding

There's been some legendary flame wars here

[canetoad]

18. No mention of

The monkeys being in control of the cabana????

On edit: Had to add a link to this legendary thread for anyone who hasn't read it.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1018577487

[irisblue]

19. That thread is highly recommended.

[kcr]

21. I remember that.

Loved reading it again. It's a classic, for sure.

[lapucelle]

28. That was the best thing I've read all day.

[nini]

30. Kudzu

That one went on forever too if i remember correctly lol

[Tipperary]

32. The door buzzard thread was even funnier.

I think I was only lurking back then, but I remember rolling out of my chair laughing.

[treestar]

33. Hadn't seen that one

Another classic.

[jpak]

9. Are we able to edit it?

[mnhtnbb]

25. Anyone can edit a page

Just go up to the top bar of the page and click on edit.

Maybe we should make it a weekend DU project.

[Quixote1818]

10. I don't remember the conspiracy posts about the Tsunami?

Was that really that big a deal? Probably just a handful of posters out of tens of thousands at DU. The thing is ANY online discussion forum is going to have plenty of nutty stuff from .00001 % of the posters. Not sure why that was even covered on Wikipedia?

[nini]

13. I don't either

I've seen some crazy stuff here over the years and it gets shot down accordingly.. But you'd' think that's all that goes on DU. It's such a sign of the insanity we are living through.

[pbmus]

11. A Yugoslavian Russian hack creates a hit piece on weeky.....

And we actually lend credence to byteflush.....

[pangaia]

12. WOW! Is THAT ever a hit job.

[hunter]

17. Wikipedia is worthless for anything political.

But they do well covering subjects beyond the grasp of a typical Trump voter.

If you want to know about subjects like Diesel engines, Clocks, or Calculus, then Wikipedia is fairly no-nonsense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendulum_clock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus

Otherwise it's too often a playground for a protected class of white libertarian men of limited life experience, inhabitants of the proverbial "Mom's Basement," be it actual biological Mom, or whatever tech corp they currently toil for.

[Odoreida]

22. It's Wikipedia. The encyclopedia that YOU edit.

Get cracking.

[NotASurfer]

27. This means

We can replace "Donald Trump" with "Fuckface von Clownstick" with abandon

On Wickipedia at least

[Odoreida]

31. Until someone reverts it.

[Quixote1818]

34. LOL! nt

[Upthevibe]

35. I just now googled it and it's

ridiculous. I wanted to get the date of when DU started and there was nothing but negativity on the wiki page.