re: I just donated to Wikipedia for the first time

Posted by Ed Osteen

Member since Oct 2007

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Posted on 11/17/21 at 6:47 pm to Geekboy

Obligatory

Posted by TheHarahanian

Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023

Member since May 2017

24567 posts

Posted on 11/17/21 at 6:49 pm to Geekboy

You know it doesn’t cost anything to add things there that aren’t true, right?

Posted by adp

Member since Jul 2015

2735 posts

Posted on 11/17/21 at 6:50 pm to adp

Not this:

Posted by USMEagles

Member since Jan 2018

11811 posts

Posted on 11/17/21 at 7:00 pm to Woolfpack

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The founder was on some podcast a while back saying how biased and full of censorship the site is now.

I heard the second half of an interview with one of the founders of Snopes.com not too long ago, and I was floored when the NPR chick said who she was at the end. She talked more like a butthurt socialist college professor than like someone running a fact-checking website.

"Fact" basically equals "leftist dogma" for a huge part of the educated classes now.

This post was edited on 11/17/21 at 7:01 pm

Posted by Abstract Queso Dip

Member since Mar 2021

5878 posts

Posted on 11/17/21 at 7:00 pm to TheHarahanian

Plenty of topics are locked and you have to be an admin to change them.

Also if you want to go to the sources that are cited for a better idea of where the info came from or how the topic is written it is available.

Posted by eddieray

Lafayette

Member since Mar 2006

19603 posts

Posted on 11/17/21 at 7:04 pm to Geekboy

I donated last year. All these OT ballers on here but don’t ask them for $5 for Wikipedia or to pay a camera speeding ticket. I’m beginning to think it’s nothing but poor people that post in here.

Posted by TheWalrus

Land of the Hogs

Member since Dec 2012

48590 posts

Posted on 11/17/21 at 7:11 pm to Geekboy

I gave 3 bucks last year and now get bombarded with emails.

Posted by ellishughtiger

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Member since Jul 2004

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Posted on 11/17/21 at 7:12 pm to Orange Velvet

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Congrats on helping the left wing cause.

What the right winger online encyclopedia?

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Posted by tiggerthetooth

Big Momma's House

Member since Oct 2010

64809 posts

Posted on 11/17/21 at 7:17 pm to ellishughtiger

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What the right winger online encyclopedia?

There's other "wikipedia" sites. You don't need a "right winger" Wikipedia. You need a site dedicated to facts and objective interpretations of life events, controversies, without massive political bias, etc.

Wikipedia is run by left wing activists just like politifact checks "facts" with a major leftist slant.

This post was edited on 11/17/21 at 7:18 pm

Posted by A Menace to Sobriety

Member since Jun 2018

33073 posts

Posted on 11/17/21 at 7:38 pm to Geekboy

Why?

Posted by mattz1122

Member since Oct 2007

57141 posts

Posted on 11/17/21 at 8:28 pm to Geekboy

You need to do your own research.

Posted by supadave3

Houston, TX

Member since Dec 2005

32529 posts

Posted on 11/17/21 at 8:33 pm to Stealth Matrix

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that 30,000 civilians were tactically eaten during the Battle of Suiyan

Damn, and here I am thinking my life sucks. Eeesh.

This post was edited on 11/17/21 at 8:34 pm

Posted by Goldrush25

San Diego, CA

Member since Oct 2012

33987 posts

Posted on 11/17/21 at 8:34 pm to mattz1122

I've donated in the past. Most people would be surprised to know how much money they're sitting on. They are not in any danger of falling short of funds as their pleas for donations would suggest.

Wikipedia has plenty of money. Why are they begging for donations?

Posted by soccerfüt

Location: A Series of Tubes

Member since May 2013

76807 posts

Posted on 11/17/21 at 8:47 pm to Geekboy

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I remember several years ago looking up something about Disney World and an hour later I was reading about Hitler’s bunker.

Posted by Priapus

Member since Oct 2012

1950 posts

Posted on 11/17/21 at 9:06 pm to supadave3

Imagine sending General Milley's woke army against folks with this resolve-

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Yin Ziqi had besieged the city for a long time. The food in the city had run out. The dwellers traded their children to eat and cooked bodies of the dead. Fears were spread and worse situations were expected. At this time, Zhang Xun took his concubine out and killed her in front of his soldiers in order to feed them. He said, "You have been working hard at protecting this city for the country wholeheartedly. Your loyalty is uncompromised despite the long-lasting hunger. Since I can't cut out my own flesh to feed you, how can I keep this woman and just ignore the dangerous situation?" All the soldiers cried, and they did not want to eat. Zhang Xun ordered them to eat the flesh. Afterwards, they caught the women in the city. After the women were run out, they turned to old and young males. 20,000 to 30,000 people were eaten. People always remained loyal.