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could-of commented on After 25 years, Wikipedia has proved that news doesn't need to look like news niemanlab.org/2026/01/aft... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico

could-of · 2 months ago

The guidelines on gender identity are based on the BLP policies [1], which call for taking harm into account and not going into excess detail on someone's personal life.

Everything people are upset over in this thread is explained clearly in the BLP section on privacy, the gender identity section of the Manual of Style [2], and this essay on gender identity [3].

This particular example is completely clear-cut. Sources didn't cover them at all under any previous names because they're only known from one event. Someone who isn't transgender would be covered the exact same way. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a gossip rag.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_livin...

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biog...

[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Gender_identity

could-of commented on After 25 years, Wikipedia has proved that news doesn't need to look like news niemanlab.org/2026/01/aft... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico

mrighele · 2 months ago

> There's a tricky ethical question here: if someone changed their name and ask for not being called their former name ever again, you can either ignore their will, which is rude, or chose to follow it but then you are doing a disservice to the public's understanding.

Calling somebody with his former name and mentioning his former name in a Wikipedia page are two completely different things. Using the fact that the former is seen as rude by some to avoid the second is in my opinion just an example of the level of extremism of the pro-trans activists.

But if in fact it made sense, shouldn't we completely remove any reference of the previous name also from the pages of people like Yusuf Islam [1] or Muhammad Ali [2] ?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Stevens

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali

could-of · 2 months ago

According to MOS:GENDERID [1], a person's former name can be used when they were notable under that name. You're trying to make it out as if there's some nefarious double standard when there's not, editors just want Wikipedia to be clear and encyclopedic.

It's incredible that in a discussion about brutal violence against a child, the child victim is being painted as the "extremist"!

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biog...

could-of commented on 25 Years of Wikipedia wikipedia25.org... · Posted by u/easton

qingcharles · 2 months ago

It's getting really hard now. I've been editing since day one. Recently I had awful trouble getting a new article accepted. I gave up for some months and came back and it was accepted first time.

Apparently you can pay a high-ranking Wikipedia editor to massage your article into the site. I know a Hollywood producer who paid to get himself listed.

What amazes me most, though, is that I still find new subjects to write about that don't exist yet on Wikipedia.

could-of · 2 months ago

Paying to create an article is a scam:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Scam_warning

could-of commented on 25 Years of Wikipedia wikipedia25.org... · Posted by u/easton

bakugo · 2 months ago

I mean... this is a very real phenomenon, but probably not in the way you're thinking of.

There are many simple statements of fact that, 15 or 20 years ago, were as universally uncontroversial as "the sky is blue", but today are considered radically controversial political opinions, and will get you banned for most online platforms if you dare utter them.

could-of · 2 months ago

Can you list some specific examples? Do Wikipedia articles on these topics adhere to the facts, or do they take a political stance?

could-of commented on 25 Years of Wikipedia wikipedia25.org... · Posted by u/easton

FiveOhThree · 2 months ago

Is it radicalised to want even a basic premise of neutrality in an encyclopedia?

Despite not being particularly political, even I raise an eyebrow when an article opens with "____ is a <negative label>, <negative label>, <negative label> known for <controversial statement>"

could-of · 2 months ago

Indeed, neutral point of view is one of the most important principles of Wikipedia [1]. I only recall phrasing like that being used used in very clear-cut cases, like the word "pseudoscience" in the article on homeopathy. If you don't think something is neutral, the guideline "be bold" [2] encourages you to edit it. You don't have to wait for somebody else to.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_vie... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold

could-of commented on I'm returning my Framework 16 yorickpeterse.com/article... · Posted by u/YorickPeterse

could-of · 3 months ago

> A few months ago a few keys of the keyboard stopped working, specifically the 5, 6, -, = and Delete keys. Sometimes I can get it working again by mashing one of them for a while, but it's not consistent.

I had the same problem on my X1 Carbon generation 6 and managed to fix it simply by disconnecting and reconnecting the keyboard ribbon cable. It's a very easy fix, the only thing you have to unscrew is the bottom cover.