wikipediasuckscoop

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[–] wikipediasuckscoop@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago

I interpret this as a systemic issue (procedure, they) which happens regularly or always (procedure, anyone). It makes me imagine a wiki page "Vandalism cases on wikipedia" containing a table of cases with date, article, edit, and IP/account, existing for months or years frequented by wikipedia mods and admins.

That's right! That's exactly the format they used in these procedures, which sometimes branch over onto "sockpuppet investigations" casepages. The other day I approached an Europe-based digital rights lawyers group and they agreed with the assessment that these pages do indeed constitute violations of General Data Protection Regulation. The only problem is that they have to find a victim who's willing to be a complainant in order to initiate a formal complaint.

A few months ago the Italian data protection authority ruled that Wikipedia isn't exempt from the privacy regulation in some way.

[–] wikipediasuckscoop@lemmy.world -1 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

There are, but because of the brigading, to avoid stuffing the beans, I'd put this link to their "sockpuppet investigations" page instead so you can look into it further by yourself.

Ultimately, Eric Barbour of Metasonix has collected a trove of Wikipedia's affairs and scandals over the years which is only accessible through hard drive formats to journalists if asked. There's even a book which has yet to be published and which could be the Hollywood Babylon of Wikipedia.

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Does Wikipedia protect your privacy? (genderdesk.wordpress.com)
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NYC-based singer-songwriter Dana Parish made explosive allegations on X that a fired government scientist is stalking and harassing her and had bribed some Wikipedia editors to remove an article about her.

One day I’ll share the story of how a fired Gov scientist was stalking me & had my / my husband’s longstanding wiki pages vandalized & then removed by paying @Wikipedia editors off (have receipts). Police, FBI tried to help but corrupt Wiki is an extension of Gov & stonewalled.

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