This is something the Wikipedia communities - once informed - deal with very enthusiastically and professionally: see for example this recent discussion: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Le_Bistro/13_mars_2025#c-Ornithorynque_liminaire-20250313150900-Sites_de_d%C3%A9sinformation_russes_sur_Wikip%C3%A9dia
I'm sure they're also very happy to have additional contributors in their debates about how best to address the issue! Phil On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 at 09:22, Marian Grubben <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dimi, > > Thanks for sharing. A very worrying development! Would it not be possible > to automatically disable all the wikipedia links to the known pravda > network sites? Surely this is an emergency situation since the reputation > of Wikipedia as a trusted source of info is at stake. > > Marian > > On Tue, 18 Mar 2025 at 10:51, Dimitar Zagorski <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> The DFRLab is part of the US think tank the Atlantic Council >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Council>. It recently published >> a study called "Russia-linked Pravda network cited on Wikipedia, LLMs, >> and X <https://dfrlab.org/2025/03/12/pravda-network-wikipedia-llm-x/>". >> >> This was shared on Politico Europe's Morning Tech newsletter, where I >> picked it up. The title of the paragraph was "Infecting Wikipedia", which I >> think is not the most accurate way of describing the study. >> >> I am not suggesting any particular action, I am just sharing for >> awareness. >> >> Cheers, >> Dimi >> >> >> Wikimedia Europe ivzw >> _______________________________________________ >> Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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