I was doing a little Wiki searching earlier today, and I found an interesting group. Wikiproject Countering Systematic Bias is a self appointed bias patrol on Wikipedia. They keep a list of topics and pages requiring attention, but it seems that they are more concerned with American ethnocentrism than neutral point of view.
For example, there is a major focus on topics that are regionally focused outside of North America and hot topics like Islam, two subjects that most Americans are very ignorant of. However, it is naive to think that only Americans update the English Wikipedia (though we are the majority).
If you have time, browse the project and take a look at their focus. They focus on projects like Arab World and Arab-Israel Conflict, where it is possible someone might say something anti-Arab, but they don’t seem to care about Wikiproject Israel, which is working to expand Israel related articles and keep them neutral.
I hate to sound like a broken record, but that is how this blog came to be. People are so worried about making sure the Arab nations and “Palestine” (which has never, once in history, ever been a country) is given its fair treatment, but they could give a s**t about the only working Democracy in the Middle East. Just something to think about…
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“self appointed bias patrol on Wikipedia.”
what a joke- one more group to CENSOR pro ISRAEL side of any article
the mainstream media is almost as bad-by complicity they go hand in hand a jew-hating
and the ohter side uses professional spewers on paychecks!!
like USA amatuer athletes up against state sponsored live-like-kings USSR athletes — yes our side has the occasional HITS but they have a coordinated SYSTEM
including REVENGE on CENSORING anyone they don’t agree with
I have had my nickname banned without ever going onto a WIKI edit EVER!! now they troll user names in Twitter for sock puppets , targeting of course, Twitter users who don’t spew pro terror poor Pali lies.