I'd say request sources mercilessly, and don't be afraid to delete unsourced content. Damn politicians.
On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 11:54 PM Ben Salvidrim <[email protected]> wrote: > It seems to me like the answers to all your questions lie within > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:NPOV > > > ======================================== > > ~ Ben / Salvidrim<https://salvidrim.net/>! > > · English Wikipedia Administrator & SPI Clerk > > · <https://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page> Wikimedia Canada< > https://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page> member > > · <https://utrs.wmflabs.org/team.php#tamb> UTRS Ambassador< > https://utrs.wmflabs.org/team.php#tamb> > > > > ________________________________ > From: Wikipedia-l <[email protected]> on behalf of > Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا < > [email protected]> > Sent: April 19, 2017 10:35 PM > To: Wikipedia mailing list > Subject: [Wikipedia-l] Query about changes on the Wikipedia > > Dear Wikipedians: > > Recently, there was an election in Goa, India. The party which lost > ascended power, because some of the smaller parties that won a few seats > each (and Independents too) changed their earlier stance and decided > decided to support the former. > > This lead to debate and criticism here. > > Please visit the page on the Goa Forward Part [ > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa_Forward_Party], a local political party, > a page which I initially helped build. > > Somewhere along the way, following a few anonymous and signed edits, the > page has got changed rather drastically. See the changes between: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Goa_Forward_Party&type=revision&diff=775998794&oldid=770468958 > > The content and context has been changed rather drastically, and in my view > some parts of the new page reads like official PR sheet of the party > itself. A few important critical sections have been completely deleted, > while an unsigned comment on the Talk page argues that the article is being > "edited to make it more up-to-date" and some sections "appear too > elaborate and unnecessary". > > My questions are: > > * How does Wikipedia check edits which might change an entry drastically > while claiming to improve it, specially in a context where there might be > only few Wikipedia volunteer editors working in a particular region? > > * In case politicians get assistance -- paid or otherwise -- to do some > window-dressing of their entries, how is this to be tackled? > > * Given that regions like India have a lot of techie skills (but only few > volunteers), and the social media is being widely (mis)used to fight > political sides, does the Wikipedia have any best practices to understand > how such issues could be coped with? > > Thanks and regards, > > Fredericknoronha > -- > > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > _/ > _/ Frederick Noronha http://about.me/noronhafrederick http://goa1556.in > _/ P +91-832-2409490 <+91%20832%20240%209490> M 9822122436 Twitter @fn > Fcbk:fredericknoronha > _/ Hear Goa,1556 shared audio content at > https://archive.org/details/goa1556 > _/ > > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > _______________________________________________ > Wikipedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikipedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l
