NPR: Russia threatens to fine Wikipedia if it doesn't remove some details about the war

[erronis]

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/01/1090279187/russia-wikipedia-fine

Amazing that they think this will work. The Streisand Effect.

Guessing it is this page based on the Talk contents:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_War

Although this one is very good also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine

Many of these pages are also being archived in various external stores such as archive.ph which will capture the inanity of these attempts to stifle knowledge.

[SoonerPride]

1. Don't they know they can edit the pages themselves?

That's how Wikipedia works.

They can edit pages.

It is crowd sourced.

The information on Wikipedia is sourced and shared by volunteers, with the foundation saying last month that Ukrainian volunteers were continuing to make additions and edits to the encyclopedia even as the war on their country unfolded.

The spokesperson reiterated on Friday that the information within the article continues to be verified, fact-checked and "improved by an ever growing number of Wikipedia volunteer editors," who determine the site's content and editorial standards.

[erronis]

4. It looks like wikipedia is already taking steps to lock the page.

They are very good at this - lots of defacement attempts over the years.

[luv2fly]

2. And the GQP says...

"Hey, great idea!"

Since they already are working to rewrite history...

[Hekate]

3. China got Google to blink, didn't they?

We’ll have to see how this goes.

[erronis]

5. Google still wants to do "business" with China. Not sure Wikipedia needs this type of russian

business. Nor mafia business.

[Tommy Carcetti]

6. Wikipedia: "Hold on, let me get some rubbles out of my pocket..."

"Sorry, fresh out. Will you accept pocket lint as an equal substitute?"

"Of course!"

[LuvLoogie]

8. You know, with enough pocket lint...

You can make felt.
With enough felt, you can make a hat
or cover the slate and bumpers of a pool table.

You could make a good business from what remains in the pockets of the poor.

[Eugene]

7. Russia is trying to censor Wikipedia's English-language content hosted on US-located servers.

I'm not sure how much of a business presence the Wikimedia Foundation has in Russia.

There is a report that a Russian court just seized $12 million from Google over its content. Of course, they are a commercial enterprise trying to do business there.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. The correct response is ...

Иди Hаxуй

https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2022/february/idi-haxuj