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Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 4 days ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/enoughmuskspam@lemmy.world

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[–] the_wise_wolf@feddit.org 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

~~The reaction to this completely neutral article says it all. Right-wing snowflakes gonna ❄️.~~

Edit: Or not... see @ChairmanMeow's response.

[–] the_wise_wolf@feddit.org 29 points 4 days ago

Btw.

In January 2024, David Rozado, an associate professor in computational science at New Zealand's Otago Polytechnic, published a study that found: "Wikipedia was more likely to portray right-leaning figures negatively than their left-leaning counterparts."

The real question is not whether Wikipedia is biased, but whether it's fair. In politics not everybody is equally right. And there are some real shit heads on the right. In other words Elon Musk is not entitled to a positive Wikipedia page.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 23 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

I think this is just a case of unclear UI. This is the default stance of the meter, before you've entered a vote. After you vote it shows the most common answer underneath the meter.

I voted just now, and the most common vote was "fair/center".

Note how the needle is also off the meter, instead of pointing at one of the segments.

[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The "Every article is written by Vladimir Lenin until proven otherwise" approach.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago

wow that is truly awful UI you’re right

[–] the_wise_wolf@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago

Thanks for your reply. That's a really bad design.