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Wikipedia being abused by Jehovahs Witnesses
by Simon 93 Replies latest watchtower scandals
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justhuman
Nice topic. In fact they to this and in the Greek wikipedia. They try to altered everthing is critical to them, and they are showing the nice part of the WT. In fact sometimes they are changing the doctrines even of the Orthodox Faith, in order to show that they are correct!!! We know that they have a special department that monitors wikipedia, and also apostate websides/
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Vivamus
I wonder if a next WT will read something like :
"For years the society has been warning about the dangers of the internet. Now we have to empashise this once again. Wikipedia used by millions of people is being abused by apostates, who are trying to diss The Truth. Thanks to Jehovah several brothers from accross the world have been making it their mission to alter any lies made about our beloved organisation"
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Trevanian
There are two things that make Wikipedia work, and work well.
The first is the principle of NPOV - neutral point of view. If you read nothing else in their guidelines for editing, read that one. It's very well written and a good life lesson.
The second is the sheer democracy of Wikipedia. Absolutely anyone can edit any article, but then absolutely anyone can edit your edits. So if you stick to the principles, and especially that of NPOV, and explain all your edits on the discussion page, as well as an abbreviated explanation when you sign your edit, then your changes may well stand.
If somebody with a POV tries to edit, you can undo their edits and explain that it violates NPOV.
Beautiful.
If there really is a dedicated team at World Headquarters monitoring the JW articles on Wikipedia, then maybe someone here with the time and the inclination could start monitoring them? From looking at an editor's history of edits, it's pretty simple to figure out who has an agenda and who is editing with an honest spirit.
If an editor sitting in Brooklyn or wherever constantly violates something like NPOV then a quick report to Wiki admin will get that sorted out.