Comment on CIA propaganda down the drain
donuts@lemmy.world 4 days agoExactly, but if you read the Chinese version. (google translated link) then the content is very different.
This not only answers my original question, but also highlights the irony that we trust English Wikipedia pages over social media comments, but not Chinese Wikipedia pages over social media comments.
I was hoping someone with more knowledge about Wikipedia and how language-specific pages are vetted can help figure this one out.
haydng@lemmy.nz 4 days ago
Pages in different languages have no connection to one another outside the subject being linked. Each language’s page is written and moderated by speakers of that language who can choose to write whatever they like.
Wikipedia is apparently banned in China, so on that basis, I’d probably be a bit dubious about content regarding life there where I couldn’t verify the sources
Venator@lemmy.nz 4 days ago
And half the moderators of both versions are probably working in various click farms for various agencies like the cia, fsb, cccp etc. 😅