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Comment by mzajc

I encourage people to read through his proposed WikiProject's page[0] and the related discussion.[1] Important context is also that WikiProjects are exempt from canvassing rules; members are free to notify each other of ongoing policy discussions with the goal of influencing the outcome.

This is usually not a problem, but given how aggressively vague the WikiProject's goals are (eg. "We hope to open Wikipedia up to using more sources" - which?) and Larry Sanger's prior conduct (eg. advocating for whitelisting of sources like Fox News[2]), it seems the real goal was organizing conservative editors. I'm not sure whether the fact that this is not clearly written is deception or trolling, but it's not a good look for Sanger either way.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Larry_Sanger/WikiProject_...

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Cou...

[2]: https://san.com/cc/wikipedia-co-founder-says-site-has-libera...

parent mzajc 4 months ago

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