Harvard students edit Wikipedia in effort to ‘dismantle the patriarchy’

Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2015-09-24 19:44

Article here. Excerpt:

'Reason No. 128 why trusting Wikipedia can be dangerous territory: Harvard students recently held a Wikipedia “edit-a-thon” in an effort to “dismantle the patriarchy,” The Harvard Crimson reports:

With the stated purpose of changing and adding Wikipedia pages related to feminist, BGLTQ, and human rights issues, the group of about eight students went on an editing spree, taking out phrasing they saw as offensive and otherwise tweaking the site.

In a mass email advertising the event, student-run feminist publication Manifesta Magazine described the event as part of a movement to “dismantle the patriarchy” on Wikipedia.'

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... all comments from Harvard IP addresses during that time period were reverted en masse by the Wiki Gods.

And so it goes.

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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2015-09-25 01:18