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I just picked a random political article to which I have no significant connection[0]; I don't notice "a lot of bias"...?

For me Wikipedia is consistently amongst the least biased sources on the internet.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party



Compare the first paragraphs of these two articles. Remember that Wikipedia is supposed to be neutral

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/gamergate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign...


This isn't "anything remotely political" is it, it's a highly contentious culture war issue among the chronically online. I was disputing the claim actually made, not a different claim you appear to have understood I was making.

For what it's worth, I agree with that KYM's opening paragraph is better and less-biased than Wikipedia's.


I consider the culture war a political issue but I'm glad you can see the obvious bias in the wiki article.


Yes it's a political issue, but the user I originally replied to claimed that bias was obvious on _anything_ political.


But... It was a misogynistic harassment campaign. Some maybe well-meaning useful idiots also hitched their horse to it (and most have not even been tarnished by it), but that was the main thrust of that adventure.

Is Wikipedia supposed to describe World War II as a 'small disagreement over national borders and ethnic purity', lest it be accused of partiality? A spade's a spade, a war's a war, a harassment campaign is... A harassment campaign.


The KYM article mentions the harassment but is less editorialized.

"The term has also since been used to describe the group of internet users, based mainly on Twitter, who claim that there is a lack of transparency within the video game journalism industry. These same people have also been criticized of practicing misogyny and sexism by many, through harassment and trolling, referring to their opposition as social justice warriors."

Compare that to the indignation dripping from the wiki paragraph.


If you have no significant connection to it, how would you know if it's biased or not?


In some wikipedia clones, it's pretty obvious:

https://www.conservapedia.com/Video_games




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