antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoA generational gap on Wikipedia - 91% of WP admins started editing before 2010en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1467arrow-down110
arrow-up1457arrow-down1external-linkA generational gap on Wikipedia - 91% of WP admins started editing before 2010en.wikipedia.organtonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squareAltima NEO@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoHeh, yeah, probably because the keyboard warriors running the site don’t let anyone else help.
minus-squareeestileib@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoI found an error in a math Wikipedia page, fixed it, it got reverted with no comment. I gather that’s most people’s experience dipping in. Good resource overall but they are only welcoming if you’re read- only.
minus-squareMubelotixlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoSame with me except I tried on at least 40 pages over the last 5 years. 95% of my fixes were removed, even for sourced, easily verifiable information. The people with that power are just evil
Heh, yeah, probably because the keyboard warriors running the site don’t let anyone else help.
I found an error in a math Wikipedia page, fixed it, it got reverted with no comment.
I gather that’s most people’s experience dipping in. Good resource overall but they are only welcoming if you’re read- only.
Same with me except I tried on at least 40 pages over the last 5 years. 95% of my fixes were removed, even for sourced, easily verifiable information. The people with that power are just evil