@Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 2 years agoThey use to tell us we couldnt trust Wikipedia. Now we know. Wikipedia is the only website you can trust.message-square230arrow-up1915
arrow-up1915message-squareThey use to tell us we couldnt trust Wikipedia. Now we know. Wikipedia is the only website you can trust.@Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 2 years agomessage-square230
minus-square@intensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilink45•2 years agoAnd interestingly it’s trustable because it’s got no central authority core that can be corrupted
minus-square@Chais@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink12•2 years agoI think the word you’re looking for is “trustworthy” but yes.
minus-square@Metz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish10•2 years agoyeah, apart from the admins that have absolute authority over everything and can do whatever the hell they want and make up arbitrary rules that disqualify your perfectly valid sources.
minus-square@emergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink2•2 years agoThere definitely are editors who game the rules. And they are enough of a problem that sometimes rules need to be modified specifically to handle them.
minus-square@commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoyou seem to be conflating editors with admins.
minus-square@emergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink2•2 years agoAdmins are a subgroup of editors. As more senior members, they should behave more responsibly. But some don’t.
And interestingly it’s trustable because it’s got no central authority core that can be corrupted
I think the word you’re looking for is “trustworthy” but yes.
I consider it a separate concept.
yeah, apart from the admins that have absolute authority over everything and can do whatever the hell they want and make up arbitrary rules that disqualify your perfectly valid sources.
that doesn’t happen
There definitely are editors who game the rules. And they are enough of a problem that sometimes rules need to be modified specifically to handle them.
you seem to be conflating editors with admins.
Admins are a subgroup of editors. As more senior members, they should behave more responsibly. But some don’t.
That’s is definitely not true…