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The crying "History" button at the top right sends its regards. Yes, the World Jewish Congress has published a report that demands Wikipedia add a feature to view the history of articles, see what actions were performed by whom, and "host forums and discussions within the Wikipedia community to address concerns about neutrality and gather feedback for policy improvements". It also wants to force all admins and above to reveal their real names.

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[–] force@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

this is hilarious

[–] massacre@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It also wants to force all editors to reveal their real names.

Not even veiling the threat...

[–] Aatube@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I've just realized a mistake by the signpost headline: It only wants admins and above to do that (which is better I suppose?). I've amended the post body.

[–] JeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 months ago

I mean Mossad will show up and do what they are very good at doing, so they only need one name.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Wikipedia is israeli ran from the top down it's not just army of IDF soldiers editing it.

For example Wikipedia lists israeli lobby organisation ADL as a "reliable source"

In 2020, the ADL trained staff to edit Wikipedia pages, but after the project caused Wikipedia editors to criticize this as a conflict of interest, the ADL said it suspended the project in April 2021. The ADL is considered a reliable source on Wikipedia, and the ADL said its staff complied with Wikipedia policies by disclosing their affiliations, but some Wikipedia editors objected that the project cited ADL sources disproportionately and did not reflect the volunteer spirit of the website, especially in heavily editing its own Wikipedia article.

Anyone that knows anything about ADL knows they are not reliable whatsoever. Wikipedia is a compromised Zionist dumpsterfire.

[–] roastedDeflator@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Anyone that knows anything about ADL knows they are not reliable whatsoever

Of course. Still, even if someone knows nothing about ADL, by making a simple search with the keywords "ADL zionism" they will have the relevant page that confirms they are zionists. I won't add this link, but I will add the link of:

Jewish Voice for Peace - Our approach to zionism

While it had many strains historically, the Zionism that took hold and stands today is a settler-colonial movement, establishing an apartheid state where Jews have more rights than others. Our own history teaches us how dangerous this can be.

Palestinian dispossession and occupation are by design. (...)

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[–] Aatube@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (11 children)

Please elaborate why they are not reliable for things other than Israel/Palestine topics, for which WP:RSP already has a small warning about that area. Just having bias and doing advocacy doesn't necessarily mean that their reporting is unreliable, though as with other biased sources more objective sources are preferred.

Even if ADL were unreliable, that's just one source, and I don't see how that exemplifies that "Wikipedia is a compromised Zionist dumpsterfire". Organizations and individuals are allowed to submit requests to edit pages for which they have a conflict of interest, and I don't see why Wikipedia being open to review them means it's now Israeli-ran from the top-down.

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[–] fiend_unpleasant@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I am Spartacus

[–] drmeanfeel@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Soon to appear:

"...by the TOTALLY NOT GENOCIDAL NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT BRO I PROMIIIIISE government of Israel has...."

[Edited By: Gigi Getngahu]

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