So I posted a rant a while back about the bullshit I've encountered dealing with anti communist chud articles. Funny enough I've managed to pare three back pretty significantly. The dude that was a thorn in my side has left Wikipedia. I might be able to get one communism evil article deleted. Also this fucking hero came in to actually back me up in the talk pages, which is pretty rad. But tbh compared to her, I'm fucking tiny.

So I started following this one page pretty closely as it's a popular topic and it's owned by the chuds. It's pretty frustrating as the other side gets to be as dirty and edit warring as possible, while we in the minority need to follow Wikipedia policy to the T. Literally everything I edit has at least 3 scholarly sources, yet gets reverted immediately. Literally everything I try to roll back for being bullshit gets reverted. I'll cite the actual wikipolicy, and quote the source word for word, but they're like "but it's the preference of the editors" and "I don't think that matters" and I'm all grr you guys are definitely stonewalling. There's like two editors, one which is definitely gonna get a ban at some point in the distant future as his edits are just obvious lies, the other which is a power editor who is clearly gaming the system by taking every bad edit as far as possible and tying things up with debates while he edit wars.

I have to be a lot more patient, as this is a topic which libs side more with the chuds. I'm not expecting a lot of help from the admin boards.

Sorry this is totally boring. You can totally bully me for being a nerd.

  • ButtBidet [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I don't blame you. I'm a super pedantic nerd, so I was born for this. I'm sure that you're a happier person, and forward the cause along more with your social skills than I do.

    • WALLTHERICH [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Don't denigrate your honest efforts here, correcting misinformation is critical to preventing future brainworm outbreaks. Lots of people head straight for Wikipedia upon learning about a new topic; it's extremely worthwhile to ensure their first impression isn't tainted by fascist ideology.

    • Mizokon [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      definitely not happy or socially skilled, wiki debates were very stress and anxiety inducing for me.

    • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      I think people having a mind for details and perseverance is a real skill. I'm really fascinated by your posts.