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Ever wonder WTf happened to Wikipedia? Ever wonder why so many pages became gate kept to hold an ideology-captured narrative?
Much of that lies in WikiKarens such as David Gerard.
David Gerard, author of “Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain” is known (and often ignored) in the Bitcoin community for his obsessive hatred for everything based including Bitcoin, which he often conflates with “crypto.”
He’s also no fan of Nostr whining that “it requires you to sort out a cryptographic key pair before you can login,” instead endorsing Mastodon.
Ultimately Gerard held control for years over Wikipedia turning it into his own personal insane asylum. He bullied other editors, helped egg the doxxing of Scott Alexander among many things.
Substack writer Tracing Woodgrains dug into the story.
https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/reliable-sources-how-wikipedia-admin?utm_source=post-banner&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true 
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