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		ilamont on Sept 19, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Corruption in Wikiland? Paid PR scandal erupts at ... It's depressingly true. It's also why non-insiders are increasingly not bothering to edit/contribute to Wikipedia (http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2012/07/19/157056...), and the organization now finds itself practically begging people to edit (http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/wikipedia_to_add_a_love...).

alttag on Sept 19, 2012 [–]

That's consisitent with my experience. I haven't made edits in years, after each time I tried I was faced with someone who effectively stalked the page and reverted anything contrary to their worldview as "NPOV". After similar experiences on a handful of diverse pages, I gave up.

tptacek on Sept 19, 2012 | [–]

What pages did you edit?

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