▲ 1073 ▼ They use to tell us we couldnt trust Wikipedia. Now we know. Wikipedia is the only website you can trust. (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Daft_ish@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 330 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Sheeple@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 48 points 2 years ago And sometimes it literally is USA propaganda. It's quite rare, but those articles should get fixed. Changing something like "The guerrilla fighters killed babies" to "The US State Department claimed the guerrilla fighters killed babies, but critics call the claim "wholly unfounded" [source]". But yea, as I said, actually a lot more rare than you'd think. permalink fedilink source parent [–] goat@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) tankies be like "Wikipedia is unreliable, here's our wiki where we source reddit comments" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WldFyre@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yo the tankie wiki is fucking hilarious. The USSR page has this gold mine: "On 8 August 1945, exactly three months after the defeat of Nazi Germany, Soviet troops entered Manchuria and Korea, and Japan surrendered within a week." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] goat@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago careful! That wiki is managed by the Lemmy Developers, they might BLOCK you permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 48 points 2 years ago And sometimes it literally is USA propaganda. It's quite rare, but those articles should get fixed. Changing something like "The guerrilla fighters killed babies" to "The US State Department claimed the guerrilla fighters killed babies, but critics call the claim "wholly unfounded" [source]". But yea, as I said, actually a lot more rare than you'd think. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) tankies be like "Wikipedia is unreliable, here's our wiki where we source reddit comments" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WldFyre@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yo the tankie wiki is fucking hilarious. The USSR page has this gold mine: "On 8 August 1945, exactly three months after the defeat of Nazi Germany, Soviet troops entered Manchuria and Korea, and Japan surrendered within a week." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] goat@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago careful! That wiki is managed by the Lemmy Developers, they might BLOCK you permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WldFyre@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yo the tankie wiki is fucking hilarious. The USSR page has this gold mine: "On 8 August 1945, exactly three months after the defeat of Nazi Germany, Soviet troops entered Manchuria and Korea, and Japan surrendered within a week." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] goat@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago careful! That wiki is managed by the Lemmy Developers, they might BLOCK you permalink fedilink source parent
[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago careful! That wiki is managed by the Lemmy Developers, they might BLOCK you permalink fedilink source parent