Unfortunately, this is not the first time that an activist group has decided to target Wikipedia. I'm personally aware of one group, recruited through anti-circumcision activist mailing lists, that have been systematically pushing their POV at Wiki.
Whether one agrees with their cause or not is hardly relevant. Nor is whether one is disgusted by their cause. The simple truth is this: if Wiki is to become a credible, serious encyclopaedia, we *must* maintain NPOV. These groups *oppose* NPOV.
What can be done about it? The present system is simply *not* *working*. It'll handle the occasional abuse here and there, but the day-by-day, determined, and methodical twisting of articles to suit some activist agenda seems impossible to stop. A few brave souls try to maintain NPOV, but are limited by the strength of numbers and the 3RR.
I suspect that this only affects a relatively small number of particularly controversial articles. Perhaps a strategy needs to be devised for those articles. What do people think?
Jake.
On Sunday 06 February 2005 16:57, AndyL wrote:
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=173563
"And this actually means we have to invade WIKI."