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“At present, the lede and the overall presentation state, in Wikipedia’s voice, that Israel is committing genocide, although that claim is highly contested,” Wales said. He added that a “neutral approach would begin with a formulation such as: ‘Multiple governments, NGOs, and legal bodies have described or rejected the characterization of Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide.’” Currently, the article bases its position that a genocide exists on conclusions from United Nations investigations, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, and “multiple human rights groups,” among others.

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

So that means…

The moon landing is highly contested.

The shape of the Earth is highly contested.

Shit like this is why I had to leave Wikipedia. Trolls and paid shills can lock up any meaningful edit/argument forever if they want to. And the people running Wikipedia are no different.

[–] Qwel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 hours ago

fyi, both of your exemples would fall under wp:fringe