@latenightblog I have not run into this admin, but I did cut back my editing years ago after too many arguments with deletionists. “He judged #ReliableSources based on whether they shared his viewpoint, and when that wasn’t enough, he built the Reliable Sources himself. He made sweeping changes to the site with wildly insufficient explanations, then guarded them with decades of built-up knowledge of how to frustrate opponents and wear them down. He demonstrated step-by-step that he was correct: Wikipedia’s processes really were insufficient to deal with a sufficiently motivated #BadFaith actor with friends willing to cover for him, and each time the site slapped him down he simply found another way to pursue his bitter mission.”
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“The idea of a democratic, leaderless group has calcified into one where an old guard determined to weaponize process act as de facto leaders of everything they can bludgeon others away from.” #Wikipedian #NPOV #WikipediaAdmin #DavidGerard

#Republicans are showing increased loyalty to TFG as he campaigns for reelection & fights #criminal charges over his attempt to stay in power…. They are now less likely to believe that #Jan6 participants were “mostly violent,” less likely to believe #Trump bears responsibility for the attack & are slightly less likely to view Joe #Biden’s #election as legitimate….

Intel sources on the #alAhli #Hospital tragedy:

US ofcls cited multiple strands of #intelligence, including infrared satellite data showing a rocket launch from #Palestinian positions in #Gaza & open-source video. In addition, they said, #Israel shared w/the #UnitedStates what Israel said were intercepted comms among #Hamas members saying the strike came from Palestinian fighters.

How to avoid falling for #misinformation, #AI images on #SocialMedia

There’s a flood of real, #misleading & #fake breaking #news & information online.

#disinformation #propaganda #MediaLiteracy #ReliableSources #CheckSources #FactCheck
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/22/misinformation-ai-twitter-facebook-guide/

Due to this severe incapability to recognize their own #limits systems such as #ChatGPT may become a source of #FakeKnowledge and thus increase the already existing #disinformation in social media. It will be important to build #reliablesources of information and to require those systems to cite reliable sources.