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-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
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