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Wikipedia - Corrupting Internet Information
*This post has been re-written and includes some information from contributors to this thread.
Wikipedia's Founder - James Wales
Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that employs unlimited unpaid editors (anyone can be an editor). With this stance, people would think that Wikipedia provides unbiased information. What people realize less is that Wikipedia employs moderators who do have a bias or Zionist agenda.
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Wikipedia articles routinely show significant bias, especially in issues related to religion. Not much of a surprise, really. The only people motivated enough to perform the labor of love that is editing and writing articles without compensation tend to populate the extremes of the religious and/or political spectrum.
— Posted by rejewvenator
Wikipedians (the moderators) focus attention on particular subjects. Volunteer editors are kept track of by their IP address (same as here), an open record of all writings making it easy to suppress and monitor dissenting views.
Here's what Wikipedia has to say about it (emphasis mine):
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Several books and the BBC documentary USS Liberty: Dead in the Water tried to prove Liberty was attacked on purpose. They claim that the ship was attacked to prevent the U.S. from knowing about the forthcoming attack in the Golan Heights, which apparently would violate a cease-fire to which Israel's government had agreed.[19] Such a motive remains only speculation, however, and is contradicted by the fact that the USS Liberty had no Hebrew translators on board, but was manned to monitor Arabic and Soviet radio traffic, [20] and that a signals-listening ship at sea level could not have seen what Israel was doing on the ground in-land, although U.S. spy satellites and spy planes could do so in spite of the attack on the Liberty. Such a proposed motive also requires the assumption that Israel did not want the U.S., its only real ally, to know its plans, but was willing to commit an act of war against that same ally.
Zionist Occupation Government (abbreviated as ZOG) is an antisemitic conspiracy theory according to which Jews secretly control a country, while the formal government is a puppet regime. This expression is often used by various antisemitic groups including neo-Nazis in the United States[1] and Europe,[2] ultra-nationalists such as Pamyat in Russia and right-wing groups in Poland[3] and Sweden.
* One of the first[citation needed] fundraisers was held from February 18, 2005 to March 1, 2005, raising $94,000, which was $21,000 more than expected.[63]
* On January 6, 2006, the Q4 2005 fundraiser concluded, raising a total of just over $390,000.[64]
* In June 2007 it was announced that the German Wikipedia will be receiving state funding.[65]
Since Wikipedia doesn't use ads for revenue, it must rely on people with religious and political motivations to fund it in addition to contributing to it.
The Implications
Wikipedia's articles mysteriously rate high on web search engine results giving them a prominent position and influence on student and publisher's research. Their use of unpaid biased editors contribute an enormous amount of information which may deter people from checking other resources.
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Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:56 am
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Good to know! From now on we can start debunking or dissecting many claims that use 'wicky' as source. Until now I've just shut up when my wiews have been 'debunked' by wiki.
Just show that one should not give in to debunkers
Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:41 am
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Zionist Occupation (or Occupied) Government, or ZOG, is an accusation that a certain government is controlled by Zionists. It was levelled by several extremist and antisemitic groups in various countries, such as neo-Nazis in the United States, Pamyat in the Russian Federation, right-wing groups in Poland (see Żydokomuna), and neo-Nazis in Sweden.
In this case, the word "Zionist" is used as a euphemism for "Jew" in order that Jews be portrayed as conspirators who aim to control the world. Though some conspiracy theorists use the term Zionist more narrowly to mean supporters (and agents) of Israel, historically, to those claiming that there is a Zionist Occupation Government, "Zionist" is often vague, derogatory, and meant to allude to a supposed international Jewish conspiracy, as in The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
Talking about zionists, check the new US department;
"DEPARTMENT OF GLOBAL ANTI-SEMITISM (USA)
Any assertion “that the Jewish community controls government, the media, international business and the financial world” is anti-Semitic.
“Strong anti-Israel sentiment” is anti-Semitic.
“Virulent criticism” of Israel’s leaders, past or present, is anti-Semitic. According to the State Department, anti-Semitism occurs when a swastika is portrayed in a cartoon decrying the behavior of a past or present Zionist leader. Thus, a cartoon that includes a swastika to criticize Ariel Sharon’s brutal 2002 invasion of the West Bank, raining “hell-fire” missiles on hapless Palestinian men, women and children, is anti-Semitic. Similarly, when the word “Zionazi” is used to describe Sharon’s saturation bombing in Lebanon in 1982 (killing 17,500 innocent refugees), it is also “anti-Semitic.”
Criticism of the Jewish religion or its religious leaders or literature (especially the Talmud and Kabbalah) is anti-Semitic.
Criticism of the U.S. government and Congress for being under undue influence by the Jewish-Zionist community (including AIPAC) is anti-Semitic.
Criticism of the Jewish-Zionist community for promoting globalism (the “New World Order”) is anti-Semitic.
Blaming Jewish leaders and their followers for inciting the Roman crucifixion of Christ is anti-Semitic.
Diminishing the “six million” figure of Holocaust victims is anti-Semitic.
Calling Israel a “racist” state is anti-Semitic.
Asserting that there exists a “Zionist Conspiracy” is anti-Semitic.
Claiming that Jews and their leaders created the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia is anti-Semitic.
Making “derogatory statements about Jewish persons” is anti-Semitic.
Denying spiritually disobedient Jews the biblical right to re-occupy Palestine is anti-Semitic.
Alleging that Mossad was behind the 9/11 attack is anti-Semitic."
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Many of these statements leads to labelling the New Testament and Jesus and all christians as anti-semites. Usually don't label anyone but in this case I label the US government 'mad anti-christians' for inventing such biased departments.
It's yet another proof of the existence of a plot to ban the christian religion.
Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:28 am
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i think columbus was given that name like the dove going out from the ark to find new land.
(columbus being the male form of columba.. or male dove)
sounds like a fairy tale.
here's a paragraph from wiki about 'the big apple' that's got me thinking..
It was not until the voyage of Henry Hudson, an Englishman who worked for the Dutch Republic, that the area was mapped.
He discovered Manhattan on September 11, 1609, and continued up the river that bears his name, the Hudson River,
until he arrived at the site where New York State's capital city, Albany, now stands.
The Dutch established New Amsterdam in 1613, which was granted self-government in 1652 under Peter Stuyvesant.
The British took the city in September 1664, and renamed it "New York" after the English Duke of York and Albany.
The Dutch briefly regained it in August 1673, renaming the city "New Orange," but ceded it permanently in November 1674.
(the dutch royalty is known as the house of orange.. it's also interesting that australia was 'new holland')
September 11 1609 eh... new orange to big apple eh...
Yea tried once a year or so ago to edit the Protocol's text, all I added (cited) was that the Swiss appeal Court overturned the vaunted 'Court Judgement' and stated the conduct of the case was unlawful.
Dam thing was reverted about 5 times before I gave up
Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:12 am
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I have an excellent idea!. . .
I shall induce ANTI-SEMITES to liquidate Jewish wealth. . .
“It is essential that the sufferings of Jews. . . become worse. . .
this will assist in realization of our plans. .
The ANTI-SEMITES will assist us thereby in that they will strengthen the
Wikipedia calls Israel Cohens book published in 1912 A Racial Program for the Twentieth Century an anti-Semitic forgery. Here is an excerpt from that book entered into the Congressional record of June 7, 1957 Vol. 103 p. 8559 by Rep. Thomas D. Abernathy.
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"We must realize that our party's most powerful weapon is racial tension. By propounding into the consciousness of the dark races that for centuries they have been oppressed by whites, we can mold them to the program of the Communist Party. In America we will aim for subtle victory. While inflaming the Negro minority against the whites, we will endeavor to instill in the whites a guilt complex for their exploitation of the Negros. We will aid the Negroes to rise in prominence in every walk of life, in the professions and in the world of sports and entertainment. With this prestige, the Negro will be able to intermarry with the whites and begin a process which will deliver America to our cause."
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Wikiscandal
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A Prominent Editor at the Popular Online Encyclopedia Is a Fraud
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN
March 6, 2007 — Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, which allows anyone in the world to contribute and edit content, has found itself in the midst of another controversy, and its critics are not at all surprised. This latest scandal, at one of the Web's most viewed sites, involves a prominent editor who forged his credentials and faked having a doctorate.
The editor, known by the moniker Essjay, described himself on his user profile as "a tenured professor of theology at a private university in the eastern United States." In reality, Ryan Jordan was a 24-year-old community college dropout from Kentucky who relied on sources like "Catholicism for Dummies" when correcting articles.
Wikipedia prides itself on being an open-source encyclopedia that allows users to vet and edit content, but apparently no one vets its editors.
The encyclopedia also made headlines last month when the history department at Middlebury College announced that it had banned students from citing articles found on the Web site in academic papers.
Don Wyatt, chairman of Middlebury's history department, said he was not surprised to learn of the scandal at Wikipedia.
"The main reason we distrust it," said professor Wyatt, "is that it's an open source. It's subject to too many hands in its editing and, as such, errors abound."
"People like Jordan," he said, "can create whole personas that are distortions and misrepresentations of who they really are. Hopefully, this sort of incident will lead to greater professionalization in terms of screening individuals."
But according to Charles Matthews — a volunteer editor who estimates he has worked on some 100,000 articles — the lack of professionals is the site's greatest strength.
Speaking from London, Matthews said those volunteers who come to the site to edit and contribute are assumed to be acting "in good faith."
"The success of Wikipedia," he said, "disproves its critics. It grows in size at 1 percent a week and is the No. 10 Web site in the world."
Matthews said he considers Jordan's deception "unfortunate but comprehensible" and that the use of handles and anonymous postings is par for the Internet. He said there was mixed reaction among users, with many feeling deceived but others willing to forgive an editor he described as "a good guy and hard worker."
Despite the open door policy for new editors, Sandra Ordonez, a spokesperson for the site, told ABCNEWS.com, "In the future, we will do more inquiring into the identity of people of trust."
The controversy recently came to light when The New Yorker magazine wrote an addendum to a piece it ran in July 2006 profiling Essjay. When later pressed by the magazine, Jordan revealed he was "24 and holds no advanced degrees, and that he was never taught."
Soon after he was outed, Jordan resigned as a contributor to the site. His user page now has a black banner that reads "retired." A posting signed by Essjay reads, "My comments here will be short and to the point: I'm no longer taking part here. I have received an astounding amount of support, especially by e-mail, but it's time to go."
In a statement posted to his own user page, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales accepted Essjay's resignation and apology and wrote: "Wikipedia is built on (among other things) twin pillars of trust and tolerance. The integrity of the project depends on the core community being passionate about quality and integrity, so that we can trust each other. The harmony of our work depends on human understanding and forgiveness of errors."
