My opinion:
Yes it is sometimes, if people not following the mainstream flow, they got quickly labeled as conspiracy theorists, anti-this,
pro-that bad guy activists. Well Wikipedia is still a good source for a lot of stuff, but they are getting part of the 'thought police' of the 21 century.
Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia said:
"""... Wikipedia now defends Establishment views, and the Establishment loves it for that reason. But it began as an idealistic, democratic project, one that would bring the world together to represent all of human knowledge, in all its messy, fascinating glory, on a neutral playing field. No more. It has been transformed into a thuggish defender of the epistemic prerogatives of the powerful. It began as an outgrowth of the open source software movement and its deeply decentralizing and democratic tendencies. In time, its operations became a black box, an enigma thriving on anonymity and the dark arts of dishonest social games and back-room deals. It is a mockery of an “encyclopedia anybody can edit. ...”"""
source:
larrysanger.org/2020/05/wikipedia-is-badly-biased/
Yes it is sometimes, if people not following the mainstream flow, they got quickly labeled as conspiracy theorists, anti-this,
pro-that bad guy activists. Well Wikipedia is still a good source for a lot of stuff, but they are getting part of the 'thought police' of the 21 century.
Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia said:
"""... Wikipedia now defends Establishment views, and the Establishment loves it for that reason. But it began as an idealistic, democratic project, one that would bring the world together to represent all of human knowledge, in all its messy, fascinating glory, on a neutral playing field. No more. It has been transformed into a thuggish defender of the epistemic prerogatives of the powerful. It began as an outgrowth of the open source software movement and its deeply decentralizing and democratic tendencies. In time, its operations became a black box, an enigma thriving on anonymity and the dark arts of dishonest social games and back-room deals. It is a mockery of an “encyclopedia anybody can edit. ...”"""
source:
larrysanger.org/2020/05/wikipedia-is-badly-biased/