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• LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Haha I’m committed to the truth but not that committed. Anyone can edit an article to put in whatever blurb they want, but it won’t stick for long if most of the community agrees with it and it has decent citations (none of which are in the screenshot). Also the text isn’t written professionally, “love to cuddle” is not language that would normally appear in a scientific wiki article.

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  • drathvedro@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    and it has decent citations

    Not a case anymore, unfortunately. There are leftist meme articles that only cite tweets and buzzfeed reposting said tweets, but if try to do anything about it, your edits will be instantly reverted and your account gets banned.

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    • FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Without examples it’s hard to say anything at all beyond guesses really.

      But if the article is about a xitter meme, tweets are the original source, and therefore perfectly relevant citations.

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      • drathvedro@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The most obvious example I know of is this one. Not a thing, never was a thing, and the entire page is just folk from 196 and blahaj dunking on wikipedia. And check out the talk page where they try to pretend that the skeleton image is the best representation of said “phenomenon”, while simultaneously removing any message doubting it’s existence.

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• uis@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Was it instareverted?

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