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[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There was some Wikipedia article that was subject to a really long and intense conflict over whether it should have an infobox. I don't remember the details, though.

[–] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most of the Wikipedia dramas are fantastic, pedantic and/or ideologically driven people fighting with other pedantic and/or ideologically driven people for pages after pages until some admin just unilaterally picks one side and locks the discussion

[–] Vode_An@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

Reminder that the multiple governments have been caught mass editing Wikipedia.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I seem to remember the "feces" Wikipedia article made it onto a list of dumbest Wikipedia controversies, because it has endless debate about the authenticity of the poop photo used and whether a different, more realistic poop should take it's place.

[–] Vode_An@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

Now this is shitposting