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sedev ◴[26 Apr 25 03:04 UTC] No.43800538[source]▶

I am going to say a thing I say a lot: please edit Wikipedia. It is easier to do than you probably think! Wikipedia's biggest constraint is no longer money or server space, it's editor time (especially since LLM-based garbage is a force multiplier on disruptive editing that does not have a corresponding improvement to good-faith editing). Any topic area you know about and/or care about can benefit from your attention. Fixing typos is valuable. Adding photos is valuable. Flagging vandalism is valuable. Please edit Wikipedia.

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1. j4coh ◴[26 Apr 25 06:16 UTC] No.43801349[source]▶

>>43800538 #

I’ve tried, but every article even the most inconsequential seems to have an angry bird in the roost enforcing whatever their particular vision of the article is.

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2. Hamuko ◴[26 Apr 25 06:22 UTC] No.43801368[source]▶

>>43801349 (TP) #

It's even worse when you add a source and you get reverted for reasons quite clearly disproven in your source. I had to make a single edit three times because it got undone twice by two separate administrators. A less stubborn person would've just given up on the first baseless revert and never edited Wikipedia again.

3. undersuit ◴[26 Apr 25 06:25 UTC] No.43801374[source]▶

>>43801349 (TP) #

Edits are public so other members of the community can eventually make a case against or for the actions of a dedicated maintainer. Keep trying.

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4. vasco ◴[26 Apr 25 07:00 UTC] No.43801503[source]▶

>>43801374 #

Sounds like stackoverflow defenders. I'm another person who tried about 5-7 times over the years to do larger improvements all for it to go to waste. Minor edits many times survive but even those I stopped doing because of the sour effect of the larger ones getting denied.

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5. j4coh ◴[26 Apr 25 08:15 UTC] No.43801807[source]▶

>>43801374 #

Honestly I have more valuable things to do with my time.

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6. undersuit ◴[26 Apr 25 15:22 UTC] No.43804392{3}[source]▶

>>43801807 #

Cool. You can waste time here.

7. undersuit ◴[26 Apr 25 15:22 UTC] No.43804402{3}[source]▶

>>43801503 #

Thank you for the personal anecdote.

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