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liberalnarb

(4,532 posts)
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 04:01 PM Aug 2016

Wikipedia uses the term "Feminazi"??

I heard Samantha Bee reference the group "Code Pink" on her show today, and I'll admit that I have never heard of them. If you bing search code pink, the short Wikipedia paragraph that appears reads:



Code Pink: Women for Peace is a feminazi NGO that describes itself as a "grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S.-funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, and to redirect our resour...


Though when you click the Wikipedia page, the word is no longer there.
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Wikipedia uses the term "Feminazi"?? (Original Post) liberalnarb Aug 2016 OP
Anyone can edit Wiki, but often the changes are near-instantly reverted. Shandris Aug 2016 #1
That's one problem with Wiki, some of its editors are assholes Warpy Aug 2016 #2
Looking at the history page getting old in mke Aug 2016 #3
never heard of Code Pink? mwrguy Aug 2016 #4
 

Shandris

(3,447 posts)
1. Anyone can edit Wiki, but often the changes are near-instantly reverted.
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 04:05 PM
Aug 2016

You probably just caught it right after a vandalism; most vandalisms (but not all by any stretch, as Wiki is corrupt with politics) occur right after a prominent name mentions something people might want to look up, by people who want to sway those who 'trust' wiki (as most people will assume wiki is right and stop their search).

EDIT: Rather, Bing likely caught it right after a vandalism; I think you knew what I meant.

Warpy

(111,380 posts)
2. That's one problem with Wiki, some of its editors are assholes
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 04:20 PM
Aug 2016

The objectionable stuff is alerted pretty quickly and deleted just as quickly, but assholes love to see their vandalism up for the few minutes it lasts.

getting old in mke

(813 posts)
3. Looking at the history page
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 04:21 PM
Aug 2016

it looks like they've had some major content battles on that summary paragraph, primarily. They did shut down anonymous editing on it in February, but there are still plenty of verified editors to wreak havoc.

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