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chrisa

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15. You're actually talking about two things here.
Wed Jan 28, 2015, 12:44 PM
Jan 2015

"They've proven themselves to be" is a subjective observation. That would be like writing, "Hitler was a bad man" on a Wikipedia article about Hitler. It's not a fact - it's an opinion. On the other hand, "Hitler committed mass genocide" is a fact. Calling gamer gate "misogynist" is an opinion. Saying that gamer gate has targeted women is a fact.

Second, if you read the Wikipedia entry on gamer gate, all of the facts you stated are in the article. I never argued that they shouldn't be. They are already reported objectively so that a reader of the article can form their own opinion, rather than being told an opinion.

Imagine reading a Wikipedia article on the Iraq War that says, "The Iraq War was fully justified because Saddam Hussein was a tyrant. Liberals who criticized the war were wrong to do so, and probably had ulterior, anti-American motives." Would you trust this website as a source of information? That's why Wikipedia and its community have to be so stringent on what is written there.

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