floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoBerkeley Students Make 300,000 Wikipedia Edits to Preserve Queer History Against Trumpwww.them.usexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1137arrow-down1external-linkBerkeley Students Make 300,000 Wikipedia Edits to Preserve Queer History Against Trumpwww.them.usfloofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHazor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYes, but given that anyone can contribute anonymously, verifying every edit is a practical impossibility. Wikipedia relies on good faith in a world where bad faith isn’t exactly rare.
minus-squareMwa@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI mean some articles have write protection(only signed in users with latest some edits) no?
Yes, but given that anyone can contribute anonymously, verifying every edit is a practical impossibility. Wikipedia relies on good faith in a world where bad faith isn’t exactly rare.
I mean some articles have write protection(only signed in users with latest some edits) no?