http://undergroundradical.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/anti-palestinian-infiltration-of-wikipedia/ Support your local revolutionary Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:48:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://undergroundradical.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/anti-palestinian-infiltration-of-wikipedia/#comment-159 N. Z. Thu, 21 May 2009 09:06:06 +0000 http://undergroundradical.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-159 I think the fact that the CAMERA operation to instill bias was discovered and exposed does Wikipedia great credit. In my mind the lesson isn't that Wikipedia can't be trusted in regard to anything important but, rather, that ANY authoritative statement and source should be viewed with AT LEAST some skepticism. Any source of information could be presenting bias about this subject or another (which you might fail to notice). We all have some level of bias (about nearly everything) but the beauty of Wikipedia is that all former edits/versions still exist and can be referenced, compared, and discussed. If you want to learn and discuss a serious issue this is what ALWAYS should be done -- but not every medium facilitates such involvement. And I should point out that the questionable ethics of the CAMERA group has caused an even worse light to be shined on their point of view. If their edits had made it into Time Magazine or Encyclopedia Britannica there might be very little recourse. On Wikipedia the community can expose them and balance their biased edits. Don't get me wrong, popular bias exists EVERYWHERE (in plain sight) but most people still never notice it (and the forums to debate, discuss, and correct information is often limited or non-existant -- unlike with Wikipedia). I think the fact that the CAMERA operation to instill bias was discovered and exposed does Wikipedia great credit. In my mind the lesson isn’t that Wikipedia can’t be trusted in regard to anything important but, rather, that ANY authoritative statement and source should be viewed with AT LEAST some skepticism. Any source of information could be presenting bias about this subject or another (which you might fail to notice). We all have some level of bias (about nearly everything) but the beauty of Wikipedia is that all former edits/versions still exist and can be referenced, compared, and discussed. If you want to learn and discuss a serious issue this is what ALWAYS should be done — but not every medium facilitates such involvement. And I should point out that the questionable ethics of the CAMERA group has caused an even worse light to be shined on their point of view. If their edits had made it into Time Magazine or Encyclopedia Britannica there might be very little recourse. On Wikipedia the community can expose them and balance their biased edits. Don’t get me wrong, popular bias exists EVERYWHERE (in plain sight) but most people still never notice it (and the forums to debate, discuss, and correct information is often limited or non-existant — unlike with Wikipedia).

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