Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Matt Sanchez talks about the difficulty conservatives have in getting their point of view (or POV) into Wikipedia, and keeping the entries on some conservative personalities accurate (or at least not full of hate): Wiki-Whacked by Political Bias
Honest Reporting notes some of the problems with Israel-related entries, including the "scandal" surrounding CAMERA's work in trying to get people interested in editing Wikipedia: Exposed - Anti-Israeli Subversion on Wikipedia.
Funny, no one every cared about that Pro-Palestine Yahoo Group that was aimed at editing Wikipedia and was around for a couple of years...funny how they "disappeared" it when CAMERA got into trouble.
Finally, CAMERA has an article with exact instructions on how you can edit Wikipedia, and it's all right there in the open: How and Why to Edit Wikipedia. Got some time? It's important work.
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