How Wikipedia Lies To You

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  • čas přidán 25. 03. 2021
  • Is Wikipedia a reliable source, or is it as prone to bias and false information as any other media outlet? In this video, we explore the fundamental problems of modern Wikipedia, and discover how the website regularly lies to its readers. One of the most basic lies Wikipedia tells is that it has a neutrality policy - in reality, the policy has glaring flaws. It's frequently used to assert liberal left worldviews as fact, as if they were the neutral statements of truth. On issues including (but not limited to) race and crime, drug legalization, and even religion, Wikipedia presents unbalanced and in some cases outright misleading information. The website has gotten to the point that its own co-founder, Larry Sanger, even wrote an article verbally destroying it. The article, titled 'Wikipedia Is Badly Biased' will be linked below. Other sources, including the many different studies documenting Wikipedia's left wing bias, are also linked.
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    Citations:
    Wikipedia Is Badly Biased by Larry Sanger - larrysanger.org/2020/05/wikip...
    Do Experts or Collective Intelligence Write with More Bias? Evidence from
    Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia - www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%2...
    Ideology and Composition Among an Online Crowd: Evidence from Wikipedians - papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.c...
    Wikipedia Source Analysis - www.creoliste.fr/docs/WikiInS...
    Differential rates of disciplinary action reveals evidence of political bias in Wikipedia's arbitration enforcement - osf.io/5u6xe/
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Komentáře • 941

  • @PaxTubeChannel
    @PaxTubeChannel  Před 3 lety +188

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    • @joangnarlwode4176
      @joangnarlwode4176 Před 3 lety +7

      As someone who's had a Wikipedia editor account for decades I can tell you--this is all right on!

    • @maulanakarman8955
      @maulanakarman8955 Před 2 lety +3

      Thank God everybody hates Wikipedia, more for me to become smart! Keep being stupid and hate Wikipedia, that way I can basically learn/know the knowledge in the world!.

    • @maulanakarman8955
      @maulanakarman8955 Před 2 lety +2

      This is propaganda

    • @shawnwarrynn8609
      @shawnwarrynn8609 Před 2 lety +3

      Tragically it's not just Wikipedia. CZcams and sites like Tvtropes are also guilty of this.

    • @maulanakarman8955
      @maulanakarman8955 Před 2 lety +1

      @@shawnwarrynn8609 Really? Really, since when is CZcams considered an encyclopedia?

  • @lanc2776
    @lanc2776 Před 3 lety +1033

    It's also really funny when you look up wikipedia articles on "white nationalism" vs. "black nationalism." The former points out all the violence, racism, etc. etc. but in the latter it states that black nationalism is "being proud of one's heritage and culture." smh

    • @ericksanchez370
      @ericksanchez370 Před 3 lety +23

      Bc it is lol u don’t see any difference between the two?

    • @thefrenchareharlequins2743
      @thefrenchareharlequins2743 Před 3 lety +59

      Why the hell do you want a nation based on an adaptation? I share next to no culture in common with a Greek, and a Bantu tribesman shares almost nothing in common with an African-American.

    • @phr3ui559
      @phr3ui559 Před 3 lety +6

      Erick Sanchez What is?

    • @thefrenchareharlequins2743
      @thefrenchareharlequins2743 Před 3 lety +31

      @@phr3ui559 Black and White Nationalism. Apparently one stupid idea is better than another stupid idea.

    • @phr3ui559
      @phr3ui559 Před 2 lety +96

      @@thefrenchareharlequins2743 white nationalism is based tho

  • @wolframsteindl2712
    @wolframsteindl2712 Před 2 lety +606

    Your teachers were right when they said Wikipedia is not a valid source, but for all the wrong reasons.

    • @KnownNiche1999
      @KnownNiche1999 Před rokem

      Because wikipedia was always opinionated. It simply went from bias in non-political areas to political once the left establishment realized it could be explotes

    • @WhateverDaaah
      @WhateverDaaah Před rokem +10

      I remember the 90s and early 2000 when they said that to me😅. The left already used to be the dominant social culture but politics was pretty much still a mix. Now these times seem so far behind and what used to be a “healthy competition” is now a “stagnant & declining domination.

    • @KnownNiche1999
      @KnownNiche1999 Před rokem +1

      @@WhateverDaaah The left always dominated politics - the definition of "comservative" and "liberal" have been shifting to the left ever since ww2.
      Today's conservatives are yesterday's liberals, and today's liberals are tomorrow's conservatives.
      Modern Republicans pass as 2000s democrats, and the Tory party went completely mask off on immigration already

    • @feder373
      @feder373 Před rokem +17

      Yeah, in my class they said we mustn't use it because anyone can edit it and text may be unreferenced, but often the issue is the opposite: only a few can edit certain pages, which are full of references, but these are so biased that doesn't make a difference to straight up inventing things.

    • @ryancoupland8425
      @ryancoupland8425 Před rokem +4

      You can still get valuable information from the works cited page but the article itself is blatantly biased

  • @jmvt3
    @jmvt3 Před 3 lety +367

    How long until they get rid of the “Early Life” section?

    • @SavageFreddy33
      @SavageFreddy33 Před 3 lety +78

      I actually doubt they will. You know how little our big nosed friends care about subtlety these days.

    • @pooloom3821
      @pooloom3821 Před 3 lety +58

      They did do some cleaning, but for the most part, the merchants are boasting about their deeds

    • @thefrenchareharlequins2743
      @thefrenchareharlequins2743 Před 3 lety +6

      The abiogenesis article?

    • @hineko_
      @hineko_ Před 2 lety +9

      They cant. They literally use it to track their own. You know how pre burning their last temple they used to store there all records of their liniage of every person. Now they use wiki for that. Like top 9 wikipidor in russia is some nose editing pages with other noses.

    • @Monsieurlemon2
      @Monsieurlemon2 Před 2 lety +14

      oy vey

  • @liamimbriolo6066
    @liamimbriolo6066 Před 3 lety +405

    "EARLY LIFE"

  • @potatortheomnipotentspud
    @potatortheomnipotentspud Před rokem +197

    Let's be real, Wikipedia editors are protoredditors.

  • @themiddleman5763
    @themiddleman5763 Před 2 lety +134

    Fun fact: the average iq by country article was deleted 2 years ago lol

    • @alextait8255
      @alextait8255 Před 2 lety +47

      literal feelings over facts

    • @acex222
      @acex222 Před 11 měsíci +3

      Source? I can't find a reference to it.

    • @HuckleberryHim
      @HuckleberryHim Před 10 měsíci

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nations_and_IQ
      This it, chief? Took me two seconds to check it.
      What were we saying about facts and feelings? A conservative would never make shit up or not verify heresy in order to feel oppressed or slander opponents, wtf, that's so insane, I can't even imagine.... lmfao. I'm playing, they do that shit all the goddamn time, mfs never stop crying

    • @PeruvianPotato
      @PeruvianPotato Před 9 měsíci +18

      ​@@acex222Because deleted articles are incredibly hard to find unless you try to recreate the article

  • @kuu2856
    @kuu2856 Před 3 lety +168

    "Just make your own Wikipedia!"

    • @thefrenchareharlequins2743
      @thefrenchareharlequins2743 Před 3 lety +5

      How well did infogalactic do?

    • @christiangamer1752
      @christiangamer1752 Před 3 lety +10

      Conservapedia is what happens when right wingers make their own wikipedia.

    • @kuu2856
      @kuu2856 Před 3 lety +38

      @@christiangamer1752 Look at their page on antisemitism.

    • @christiangamer1752
      @christiangamer1752 Před 3 lety +13

      @@kuu2856 The page seemed to be going strong until it suggested that it was a false claim that most anti-Semitism comes from the left.
      Opposing Zionism isn't anti-Semitic.

    • @1685Violin
      @1685Violin Před 3 lety +28

      @@yousquiddingme According to Prager U (which should have the "J-word" after it), opposing Zionism is antisemitic. Also, don't debate the person whom you just replied: he has been poisoned by BreadTube.

  • @silly.thoughts
    @silly.thoughts Před 3 lety +94

    i see why my teachers in highschool often tell us not to search from wikipedia

  • @tabbender1232
    @tabbender1232 Před 3 lety +372

    The "2021 storming of the United States Capitol" Wikipedia article is one of the longest pages on the site.
    It's longer than the BLM page, longer than the COVID-19 page.
    For riots that lasted a few hours.

    • @christiangamer1752
      @christiangamer1752 Před 3 lety +6

      It lasted at least half of the day.

    • @tabbender1232
      @tabbender1232 Před 3 lety +118

      @@christiangamer1752 So a few hours

    • @cyberdragonzekrom6790
      @cyberdragonzekrom6790 Před 3 lety +97

      It wasn't even a "riot." Some unarmed peaceful protestors walked through an open public building; the police literally opened the doors for them.

    • @christiangamer1752
      @christiangamer1752 Před 3 lety +10

      @@cyberdragonzekrom6790 It wasn't a riot. They only stormed the capital building, showed up with firearms, and handcuffs for taking hostages.

    • @cyberdragonzekrom6790
      @cyberdragonzekrom6790 Před 3 lety +97

      @@christiangamer1752 lol, no. There was no "storming," nor "firearms," nor "handcuffs." You are a liar.

  • @genericusername4316
    @genericusername4316 Před 3 lety +248

    Imagine what the average editor writing the awfully inaccurate and biased information on Wikipedia pages is like

    • @alect5953
      @alect5953 Před 3 lety +22

      I already know what they're like and they're awful to be around because they think they're the smartest person in the fucking room.

    • @RedRemover5000
      @RedRemover5000 Před 3 lety +22

      @@alect5953 Whenever I check the userpage of any wiki editor I've ever looked into that's definitely the impression I got.

    • @SavageFreddy33
      @SavageFreddy33 Před 3 lety +46

      Basically the average Quora user.

    • @alect5953
      @alect5953 Před 3 lety +43

      @@SavageFreddy33 or the average Redditor.

    • @SavageFreddy33
      @SavageFreddy33 Před 3 lety +18

      @@alect5953 the absolute state of normies, huh?

  • @zacharyrhodes8254
    @zacharyrhodes8254 Před 3 lety +102

    The truth is kid, Wikipedia was biased from the start.

    • @Gabriel-bu7fc
      @Gabriel-bu7fc Před 2 lety +25

      The game really was rigged from the start

    • @SlowedAesthege
      @SlowedAesthege Před 10 měsíci +2

      Always was and always will be 🤷‍♀️

  • @smincesmeat316
    @smincesmeat316 Před 2 lety +30

    The Filipino editor who kept editing out other countries from the Lechon article and making it seem like suckling pork was a Filipino invention was enough for me to never trust wikipedia.
    From memory it seemed like he pathologically ‘patrolled’ several articles, ensuring his changes were maintained.

    • @sh0c7
      @sh0c7 Před rokem +5

      I’m Filipino and I have to apologize on behalf of this guy. I do acknowledge that lechon is NOT a Filipino invention. But, we did adopt Lechon as a part of our cuisine. There’s a thing here called tsismis, where one spreads out rumors or gossips.

  • @Mike-ip6je
    @Mike-ip6je Před 3 lety +247

    Good video, Pax. I noticed also that, in articles about American politicians, section titles like 'Abortion' or 'LGBT issues' all get changed into 'Abortion rights' and 'LGBT rights', while 'Gun rights' section titles get changed to simply 'Guns'. The corrupt administrators don't enforce the wikipedia rule prohibiting advocacy (if it's the "right" kind of advocacy).

    • @Orincaby
      @Orincaby Před rokem +9

      lgbt issues and lgbt rights are two different things lmao
      source: gay

    • @feder373
      @feder373 Před rokem

      You'll probably recall that the two sides of the abortion debate were called until some years ago, "pro-choice" and "pro-life". Since it was discovered a document where Margaret Sanger (famous feminist and eugenicist who founded Planned Parenthood) explained how they introduced the term "pro-choice" to fool people into accepting the thing, one day Wikipedia admins coincidentally decided they'd change both terms because none of them were neutral.
      The replacements were "abortion rights movement" for pro-choice and "anti-abortion movement" for pro-life. At first seems about right because it doesn't contain the misleading word "choice", but it's actually much worse and less neutral because now it assumes abortion is not only a choice but a right, and by extension the other side becomes "anti-rights".
      Astonishing how that site's despicable rulers have the cheeks to say they're implementing neutrality while doing the exact opposite.

    • @ntb3210
      @ntb3210 Před 7 měsíci

      Well technically “LGBT” and “Abortions” are basic human rights, while owning a firearm is still debatable (although im leaning a little but more in the pro-gun side)

    • @Mike-ip6je
      @Mike-ip6je Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@ntb3210 In America, the U.S. Constitution says that owning firearms is a right of the people. The 2nd amendment of the Bill of Rights would have to be repealed to change that. What authority has decreed that "technically" LGBT and abortion are human rights?
      Activist editors on wikipedia are using language like "rights" to persuade rather than to inform, i.e., it is not a neutral encyclopedia.

    • @theawo-no8535
      @theawo-no8535 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@Mike-ip6jeSimilarly, people bare the right to freedom of speech and expression and too bare the right to free thought.

  • @skitidet4302
    @skitidet4302 Před rokem +67

    Wikipedia should only really be used for technical stuff that has no connection what so ever to any political, philosophical or historical controversies.

    • @skeleton1765
      @skeleton1765 Před rokem

      But Black Israelite nationalists invented trains, planes, cars, submarines, the rocket engine and peanut butter.

    • @fliksn
      @fliksn Před 11 měsíci +3

      I use it for some historian facts i also check the refrences i dont know tho why people say stop using wiki like i only use it for non politics

    • @skitidet4302
      @skitidet4302 Před 11 měsíci

      @@fliksn That's fine as long as you are constantly aware that you're being feed a very selective telling of History. It can actually be quite comical seeing them distort history in a blatant attempt to support the liberal world view.
      PS, you can't really say you use it for "non-politics" when you read history. History is the basis of all politics since the past is all we have to shape our vision of the future. Thus, how someone chose to interpret history is intrinsically linked to their politics.

    • @adeleinetheartist8267
      @adeleinetheartist8267 Před 10 měsíci +5

      No, Wikipedia should never have existed at all.

    • @fliksn
      @fliksn Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@adeleinetheartist8267 why

  • @jakkew5753
    @jakkew5753 Před 3 lety +87

    FYI, the pages about illegal immigration and race and crime have overwhelmingly been written by the same person. In fact that person is responsible for most bias on articles about American politics.

    • @TexasHayden
      @TexasHayden Před 3 lety +4

      What is the username?

    • @jakkew5753
      @jakkew5753 Před 3 lety +28

      @@TexasHayden Snooganssnoogans

    • @TexasHayden
      @TexasHayden Před 3 lety +5

      @@jakkew5753 Thanks

    • @beastvicious8672
      @beastvicious8672 Před 2 lety +3

      "Course: Zionist Editing on Wikipedia" czcams.com/video/t52LB2fYhoY/video.html&ab_channel=ArutzSheva

    • @Kaledrone
      @Kaledrone Před rokem +13

      @@jakkew5753 That dude's literally a furry

  • @JamesCrimson43
    @JamesCrimson43 Před 3 lety +427

    You seriously need a bigger audience, this needs to be heard.

    • @PaxTubeChannel
      @PaxTubeChannel  Před 3 lety +87

      Thank you!

    • @claudearmstrong9232
      @claudearmstrong9232 Před 2 lety +6

      Posting on GAB

    • @christiangamer1752
      @christiangamer1752 Před rokem +1

      Nah. It's for the best he stays small.

    • @thelightangel7559
      @thelightangel7559 Před rokem +7

      @@christiangamer1752 wrong.

    • @KnownNiche1999
      @KnownNiche1999 Před rokem +12

      @@thelightangel7559 You don't get it. If people like him become big, they get the attention of the admins, and get silenced or banned over the smallest "issue".
      We want him to stay small so he stays on the platform.

  • @Felipe-kv8qd
    @Felipe-kv8qd Před 3 lety +98

    "Honey!! PaxTube is going to upload in ten hours!!!"
    Yes dear...

  • @KarmasAB123
    @KarmasAB123 Před 3 lety +185

    "The abortion procedure is one of the safest in medicine."
    For the mother, yes.

  • @rolandkatsuragi
    @rolandkatsuragi Před 3 lety +34

    "Reality can be whatever I want”

  • @Narukami95
    @Narukami95 Před 2 lety +22

    Remember kids..... Do not use wiki as your reference for your research.

  • @mechengineer4894
    @mechengineer4894 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Worked with an artist who kept trying to convince me giving everyone free college/university has absolutely no adverse effect to the economy. His source was Wikipedia.

  • @youcantbeatk7006
    @youcantbeatk7006 Před 2 lety +68

    I knew a guy who was in the military and he edited some incorrect information on a thing his group did and yet they removed his edits sourcing that a journalist that wasn't even there reported account differently.

    • @CantusTropus
      @CantusTropus Před rokem +1

      Wikipedia's policy on "Reliable Sources" literally makes Mainstream Media Outlets the highest form of truth, so that doesn't surprise me.

    • @Kaledrone
      @Kaledrone Před rokem +25

      This happens a ton, I remember someone who tried to edit their OWN wikipedia page that had some misinformation about them but it got rejected lmao

    • @norikofu509
      @norikofu509 Před rokem +15

      ​@@Kaledrone I remember how one detransioned person talked about how BIASED was his OWN Wikipedia page with many mistake existing there. He got rejected because he wasn't citing a "source"

    • @OpenSaned
      @OpenSaned Před dnem

      ​@@norikofu509To be fair, how could the editors know that wasn't just a random dude.

  • @uranuuss
    @uranuuss Před 2 lety +45

    This is something important people need to be aware of. There are literally groups that get paid for editting wikipedia pages. There are also groups that edit history related pages according to their own views.

    • @HuckleberryHim
      @HuckleberryHim Před 10 měsíci

      Well the US government is the only group I know for sure has been involved in manipulation of English Wikipedia, but they're conservative and would defy the leftist narrative on issues of American imperialism. I hope you're not a righty, because that fact would be kinda inconvenient to your argument, lol

  • @braedondavies9592
    @braedondavies9592 Před 2 lety +65

    Wikipedia: Stop changing "anti-abortion" to "pro-life."
    Me: Stop using bad faith arguments like "anti-abortion."

    • @acex222
      @acex222 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Would you or would you not describe yourself as anti-abortion? If I asked "are you pro, or anti-abortion", what would your response to that question be?

    • @maxenswlfr1877
      @maxenswlfr1877 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Ah yes, because the people who want to outlaw abortions are not anti-abortion. Such a bad faith argument to say so.

    • @HuckleberryHim
      @HuckleberryHim Před 10 měsíci +1

      It's fine if they also say pro-abortion instead of pro-choice. If you really think abortion is such a bad thing, why is anti-abortion demeaning, anyway? Is anti-murder demeaning?
      Not to mention that this is neither an argument nor bad faith, lol, you just added some buzzwords as conservatives love to do

    • @kacperfrontczak1257
      @kacperfrontczak1257 Před 25 dny

      @@HuckleberryHim because anti- sounds more aggresive than pro-. who would you rather hang out with subjectivly? anti comunists or pro liberty people?

  • @orangerichard56
    @orangerichard56 Před 2 lety +48

    The worst part about wikipedia is that it's rules are mostly held in place by a subservient userbase who basically enforce the admin's rules for them, and will report you a lot of the time.

  • @user-xb5eo2bm1n
    @user-xb5eo2bm1n Před 5 měsíci +9

    I'm neither American nor white nor Christian. But I'm conservative and I completely agree with what you are saying.
    I'm brown, Indian and Hindu and yes I have the same complaints about Wikipedia in our context as well.

  • @ubersoy2000
    @ubersoy2000 Před 3 lety +140

    This video needed to be made for a very long time

  • @phoenixyo9987
    @phoenixyo9987 Před 2 lety +38

    Im a democrat, and I find this level of bias on the part of wikipedia annoying. I enjoy having neutral perspectives on issues, as nothing is truly right or truly wrong. Most things are subjective and depends on perspective, but facts, what did or didnt happen should always be non biased. I feel you do a disservice not only to yourself, but to your argument if you don't address the pros and khans of you're side and their side, or the relevant facts that might help or hurt your situation. If you only see you're pros, and their khans, you just going to fail to convince anyone you have a reasonable position.
    Its like a lawyer, who keeps saying his client is innocent because no one saw him, when his DNA is on the knife that killed the dude. You cant just gloss over that unless you want your client to lose, and to lose your very hard to earn license.

    • @frankcortes6852
      @frankcortes6852 Před 2 lety +9

      Im with you! I am a leftist liberal democrat and it’s very annoying how biased in favor of the left wikipedia can be. 😡
      The point of controversy is that there are two sides about a debatable subject. We should hear and see the point of views of the two sides, not the perspective of one side.

    • @1685Violin
      @1685Violin Před 2 lety

      What is exactly your point? Pax provided plenty of evidence that Wikipedia is not neutral and is slanted towards the left on political topics and certain scientific topics. There shouldn't be any denial on this.

    • @frankcortes6852
      @frankcortes6852 Před 2 lety +2

      @@1685Violin Who are you responding? We are on your side! 👍

    • @1685Violin
      @1685Violin Před 2 lety +4

      @@frankcortes6852 The OP. I was confused by the wording and thought he was claiming Pax was wrong on this. Re-reading this and it turns out I misunderstood.

    • @Enrico_Palazzo_opera_singer
      @Enrico_Palazzo_opera_singer Před rokem

      welcome to the post modern age. There is no truth...only power.

  • @talicadk
    @talicadk Před 2 lety +43

    Looked up your claims on this topic, and holy s**** I am shocked about the biased, but more the security of such biased. Even these user aren't hiding their agenda.

  • @datyoutuber8640
    @datyoutuber8640 Před 3 lety +16

    Except for Early Life section

  • @TheFirstTriplefife
    @TheFirstTriplefife Před 3 lety +48

    Sadly, my younger brother has said recently that he believes whole hartedly in wikipeidia even after I had told him it has been compromised. Hopefully he will watch this video and get a change in his view point, but I doubt it. He seems to have been brainwashed over the past year since the pandemic began.

    • @JaredandRoo
      @JaredandRoo Před 2 lety +15

      Your brother is now on my prayer list.

  • @immanuel7306
    @immanuel7306 Před 3 lety +44

    Wake up babe new pax vid

  • @TheUnknownOtaku
    @TheUnknownOtaku Před 3 lety +104

    Teachers: Don't use wikipedia as a primary source
    Kids: It pretty much is one by now
    Wikipedia sees this
    Wikipedia changes how it's ran to keep children in their grasp
    Now profound understanding for "Don't use Wikipedia as a primary source".

    • @1685Violin
      @1685Violin Před 3 lety +4

      I'm surprised you watch Pax Tube since he is a dissident right winger while you are only a moderate leftist most likely.

    • @thefrenchareharlequins2743
      @thefrenchareharlequins2743 Před 3 lety +8

      Wikipedia is more of a tertiary source if anything.

    • @CelticVictory
      @CelticVictory Před 2 lety +6

      @@RealSavage7 Actually, the site is known for its historical inaccuracies. It's not a good source.

    • @CelticVictory
      @CelticVictory Před 2 lety +5

      You can't use primary sources for that website. According to their editors, they only accept secondary sources.

  • @InkfinityOkamix3
    @InkfinityOkamix3 Před rokem +32

    Bias (mostly of the left wing kind) appears to be almost exclusive to the English-speaking side of Wiki. If you read the articles on controversial subjects on say, the Romanian or Japanese Wikipedia, they are mostly neutral; they provide both pros and cons of the issues. For example, read the English article for the 2020 protests and then the Japanese version, and you’ll see just how differently the articles are written.

    • @norikofu509
      @norikofu509 Před rokem +9

      I can confirm this, Spanish Wikipedia and English Wikipedia is so different from one another

    • @agihiruda
      @agihiruda Před rokem +4

      Hell even Russian wikipedia in most cases

    • @Enrico_Palazzo_opera_singer
      @Enrico_Palazzo_opera_singer Před rokem +1

      I can confirm that german wiki is just as biased and bipartisan as the english version

    • @nehorlavazapalka
      @nehorlavazapalka Před 10 měsíci

      Used to be - but for example - the Czech wikipedia - is already infected.

  • @Ninevehh
    @Ninevehh Před 3 lety +46

    A German palaeontologist got his English Wikipedia page taken down because he started to criticise the theory of evolution.

  • @adnanbezerra6014
    @adnanbezerra6014 Před rokem +11

    Fun thing is that I actually became devout to Saint Louis IX because of how based his Portuguese Wikipedia page is. They just purely state out what he's done in his life, and that's it.
    As Brazilian historian Prof. Lucas Lancaster states, his legacy and his figure was so utterly pure that there's nothing bad or ill can make up against him. Bravo, truly

  • @harryjfp4480
    @harryjfp4480 Před rokem +12

    People forget too just how small the Wikipedia editorial base is. A lot of these articles will have been written by the same one or two people.

  • @mattmillar1456
    @mattmillar1456 Před rokem +24

    The word "holocaust" occurs in the first paragraph of the Adolf Hitler entry, in sentence number four. The word "holodomor" goes unmentioned in the Joseph Stalin entry until 54 paragraphs in.

    • @isaac1674
      @isaac1674 Před rokem +5

      Woop woop

    • @thetjt
      @thetjt Před rokem +2

      This doesn't surprise me. It seems to me that Russians wuth an agenda may be editing some historical Wikipedia pages. As a Finn, I noticed this some time back on articles about Winter War & Continuation War.

    • @maxenswlfr1877
      @maxenswlfr1877 Před 10 měsíci

      Because Hitler's main motivation and actions were the Holocaust, the Holomodor wasn't the thing Stalin was planning to do for 20 years straight

  • @BenFoilHat
    @BenFoilHat Před 2 lety +75

    I edited a page once with a citation that proved the quote I added and it was deleted. I hate Wikipedia. If I ever use Wikipedia I immediately go to the “last edit” section to see any true information. Thanks for making this video, it alleviates my frustration by being able to share the truth about the despicable free dictionary website. Also, the creator of Wikipedia even says it is unreliable.

  • @solsol9515
    @solsol9515 Před 3 lety +23

    *E A R L Y L I F E*

  • @raphitaphi7603
    @raphitaphi7603 Před 3 lety +39

    I don’t even need to check early life anymore, I have developed a new sense

  • @CantusTropus
    @CantusTropus Před 2 lety +19

    Well, Conservapedia turned out to be totally correct after all.

    • @MappingRobloxAnimations
      @MappingRobloxAnimations Před 2 lety +3

      maybe because you're a conservative?

    • @fromthesouthofafrica6815
      @fromthesouthofafrica6815 Před rokem +9

      @@MappingRobloxAnimations Not because conservapedia is right, but widely because the founder was right about Wikipedia's bias.

    • @PeruvianPotato
      @PeruvianPotato Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@MappingRobloxAnimationsJust compare their articles on GamerGate lmao

  • @fnfallout5664
    @fnfallout5664 Před 3 lety +39

    Wikipedia - unbiased, yet so wrong.

    • @ranchhilliness9908
      @ranchhilliness9908 Před 2 lety +3

      Wikipedia is 100% biased.

    • @fnfallout5664
      @fnfallout5664 Před 2 lety +3

      @@ranchhilliness9908 True, what i meant is that they are biased in a neutral way.

    • @CelticVictory
      @CelticVictory Před 2 lety +2

      @@fnfallout5664 Except, they don't view a neutral perspective the same way a sane, rational person would define neutral.

    • @SlowedAesthege
      @SlowedAesthege Před 10 měsíci +1

      ⁠@@fnfallout5664I don’t quite agree with you “they’re biased in a neutral way” there’s no such thing as being biased in a neutral way. Almost every human being has some kind of bias but it usually has to do with their interests, beliefs and views. Wikipedia on the other hand is just flat on biased dealing with topics such as religions, politics and social issues it may be because of the leftists

  • @nova2352
    @nova2352 Před 3 lety +83

    Based and all true, please share this video as much as you can guys.

  • @Fox2000xx
    @Fox2000xx Před 11 měsíci +8

    This problem does exist on Arabic wikipedia, but in a different way. It's biased for Islam and more critic toward any beliefs or ideas that don't align with Sunni Islam.
    I don't understand why this happens.

    • @Stars.-Bars.-n-Cheese
      @Stars.-Bars.-n-Cheese Před 11 měsíci +1

      at least Islam is an Abrahamic religion vs progressivism

    • @Fox2000xx
      @Fox2000xx Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@Stars.-Bars.-n-Cheese if you know Islam well you would prefer not only progressivism but also atheism over it.

  • @father042
    @father042 Před 2 lety +24

    Wikipedia is just RationalWiki 2.0 now

  • @teamehpchannel9614
    @teamehpchannel9614 Před 2 lety +24

    they lied about human rights in several countries

  • @yassasloan7308
    @yassasloan7308 Před 2 lety +10

    same thing happened to Quora... what a sad day in which we live..

    • @saintdolanchirosius3704
      @saintdolanchirosius3704 Před rokem +6

      You should check the war articles and how much of a *current thing™* echo chamber it is.

    • @yassasloan7308
      @yassasloan7308 Před rokem

      @@saintdolanchirosius3704 word, son, you ain't lyin!😅

  • @maryamevermore
    @maryamevermore Před 2 lety +45

    I used to support Wikipedia with a yearly donation. I stopped doing that when it became yet another tool controlled by leftist interests.

    • @adeleinetheartist8267
      @adeleinetheartist8267 Před 10 měsíci

      Wikipedia always was a tool controlled by leftist interests, you dingo.

    • @maxenswlfr1877
      @maxenswlfr1877 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Wikipedia : racism is bad
      Centrists : oh my god not the woke mob

    • @purplesamurai5205
      @purplesamurai5205 Před 7 měsíci +4

      @@maxenswlfr1877 Wow so funny, said no one ever.

    • @sumguyontheinternet8873
      @sumguyontheinternet8873 Před měsícem

      @@maxenswlfr1877 We all know you didn't watch the video especially the section about nazism

  • @erojerisiz1571
    @erojerisiz1571 Před rokem +7

    New Advent's Catholic Encyclopedia is the only good online encyclopedia
    I will not elaborate further

  • @youcantbeatk7006
    @youcantbeatk7006 Před 2 lety +12

    I used to contribute to a lot of Fandom wikis for topics I had interest in but oddly a few years ago at some point it seems most of them locked all their articles and stopped accepting edits despite them still often making mistakes and lacking citations and other important information. Hell I remember someone uses a Fandom wiki in an argument against me when the wiki's information blatantly countered the what the source material said. Even on a small scale I'm disappointed on the monopoly on information and how most people never question it or see it as a problem.

    • @brusselseastside3546
      @brusselseastside3546 Před 2 lety

      comparing fandom to wikipedia 😶 fuckkk the misinformation on the my little ponys fandom is unbelievable!!!!

    • @brusselseastside3546
      @brusselseastside3546 Před 2 lety

      what do you expect them to do, genuinely? If the information is wrong, fix it. If sources are lacking, add them?? No encylopedia is going to right all the time. It's an online encyclopedia you need volunteers to write articles and update them accordingly with accurate information. If every single article is left available to edit to the public then you'll have people constantly vandalizing or adding blatantly false information that someone will have to countiously come back to fix. If every single article is left locked then obvious bias starts to accumulate and simple mistakes will take longer to be fixed. There obviously needs to be a balance. Popular Fandoms often lock their main articles to reputable users for a reason. It's not a "monopoly on information," pure anarchy will never work when you're trying to make an online encyclopedia.

    • @youcantbeatk7006
      @youcantbeatk7006 Před 2 lety +3

      @@brusselseastside3546 These wikis have always had moderators. Typically trolling wouldn't last an hour before it was cleaned up. There's no reason to apply incorrect information, refuse to fix it, and then disallow others from fixing it. There aren't as many trolls on the prowl to mess with every article as you think anyway. Also you do realize there are Fandom wikis on historical events right?

  • @Alex-ur3vt
    @Alex-ur3vt Před 9 měsíci +5

    The labelling of conservative media figures, particularly smaller ones with less of a mainstream platform, as 'far-right' is also a massive problem. To label someone as being 'far-right', they can often quote a legacy media article(s) that use a meaningless version of the term designed to discredit right wing discussions. On their article for 'far-right', the first photo is a crowd waving hate symbols and describes the term as being authoritarian and fascist. On the 'far-left' article, it states that the term has 'no coherent meaning'. They can label people and groups far right based on a loose and polticized definition and then define the term themselves differently, meaning that right wing groups, who in no way condone fascism or similar ideologies, now get a blue link leading to a swastika on their page. It's the weaponisation of a major platform on behalf of leftism.

  • @diaz1949
    @diaz1949 Před rokem +6

    for wikipedia close border means alt right neo fascism

  • @toasted7135
    @toasted7135 Před 2 lety +10

    funny thing about the abortion argument even thought they are completely super biased Wikipedia from it, after reading it I'm more pro life, just shows how bad the pro abortion argument is

  • @opva100
    @opva100 Před 3 lety +19

    I only use it to consult some math / physics topics, but now nothing, in fact, its better that this page die awfully for being an insult to knowledge and sanity itself.

    • @factorylad5071
      @factorylad5071 Před 2 lety

      Race hazard , coriolis force are total bs no such thing as coriolis "force" they are numb nuts but don't try telling them that.

    • @Kaledrone
      @Kaledrone Před rokem

      When it comes to scientific topics, wikipedia is pretty biased as well. I am interested in endocrinology and some of the articles I read on it basically establish something that is hotly debated in the community as an absolute "fact that is well established" and then they cite studies that prove that the topic is a "fact", but in reality there are also just as many studies and research papers that contradict that "fact". So basically, a lot of these scientific articles on wikipedia just cite studies that "prove" their point while completely ignoring half the other studies that conflict with their point as if pretending those studies just simply don't exist. That's as biased as you can get.

  • @Iisdabest889
    @Iisdabest889 Před 3 lety +12

    How have I only just discovered this channel??

  • @SwfanredLotr
    @SwfanredLotr Před 3 lety +39

    Wikipedia is not the most reliable website for information but I give them some credit: at least they put the footnotes and bibliography at the end of their articles. From there you can write down the books you want to search to read on your own.

  • @marchelinogeorge
    @marchelinogeorge Před 7 měsíci +12

    I'm a Wikipedia editor and a religious, conservative person. But because I use Wikipedia excessively, I probably will never stop searching on it. I'll try to avoid the political-related articles but I will say that Wikipedia has a quite anti-religious stance. It says that the Exodus narrative is a "myth."

    • @zuarbrincar769
      @zuarbrincar769 Před 4 měsíci

      I have seen many articles that follow this trend😢

    • @BurnBird1
      @BurnBird1 Před 4 měsíci

      That's because it is a myth, as confirmed by virtually all biblical scholars (Christian or not), archeologists and historians.

    • @cooler_carpington
      @cooler_carpington Před měsícem

      ​@@BurnBird1because nothing amazing can actually happen in this world, right?

  • @CKyIe
    @CKyIe Před 2 lety +27

    Great video! I used to edit lots of articles on various conflicts in the world and I was eventually banned for being a nazi after including a source which makes projections for populations of each continent over time, based on current birthrates.

  • @danciammaichella8657
    @danciammaichella8657 Před 2 lety +7

    I call them WikiPropaganda Last time someone bragged that they were an "editor" their nose mysteriously exploded.

  • @graiovskitek84
    @graiovskitek84 Před 9 měsíci +3

    A lot of people pointed out about how the Croatian Wikipedia was biased for promoting Ustasha (which I don't support in any way btw) but they fail to mention how English Wikipedia itself is seriously biased.
    If you want to laugh:
    Wikipedia on White pride:"White pride and white power are expressions primarily used by white separatist, white nationalist, fascist, neo-Nazi and white supremacist organizations in order to signal racist or racialist viewpoints." LOL
    Wikipedia on Black pride:"Black Pride in the United States is a movement which encourages black people to celebrate African-American culture and embrace their African heritage."

  • @charleswallace4740
    @charleswallace4740 Před 9 měsíci +10

    This is the reason that I quit donating to Wikipedia. Although their mathematical and scientific articles tend to be very good, the overt bias regarding religious and political issues is enough to justify not donating.

    • @elib9002
      @elib9002 Před 7 měsíci

      You need to reconsider.... if their political and religeous articles are so bad, it would inherently infect everything else they do as well. Especially science. And if they put anything in about being able to devide by 0........

  • @Anonymousduck161
    @Anonymousduck161 Před 9 měsíci +4

    I can remember a Time when Wikipedia was not allowed to be referenced in any papers submitted for university because the editors could not be verified. Nowadays, professors will accept citations made to Wikipedia and I just can’t understand why. (Sarcasm)

  • @GilbertCarrizales
    @GilbertCarrizales Před 2 lety +21

    What really upsets me in particular is the section about illegal immigration. Illegal immigration does NOT help the US economy by no means. In fact, it is a major burden on tax payers and federal spending. Legal immigration on the other hand, is VERY good for America. Anyone who follows our immigration policies and waits in line just like all other law abiding immigrants is certainly worthy of admission.

  • @intergalactichumanempire9759

    Hope this video blows up. You did a great job, Pax!

  • @thephantomoftheparadise5666
    @thephantomoftheparadise5666 Před 11 měsíci +4

    There's a reason teachers tell you not to use Wikipedia as a reference.

  • @gillnosowitz2795
    @gillnosowitz2795 Před 2 lety +8

    ah yes, the free online encyclopedia that ANYONE can edit.

  • @aeganratheesh
    @aeganratheesh Před 3 lety +24

    Been waiting for this

  • @SlowedAesthege
    @SlowedAesthege Před 11 měsíci +5

    I’m so glad I’ve never used wikipedia from the start so biased and unreliable filled with misinformation…

  • @rohitrohan2009
    @rohitrohan2009 Před 3 lety +8

    finally people are starting to see

  • @Dennis-nc3vw
    @Dennis-nc3vw Před rokem +5

    If you want to see how biased wikipedia is, read the opening paragraph on their article about Religilous vs their opening paragraph on their article about Expelled.

  • @davidhill8565
    @davidhill8565 Před 2 lety +5

    Wikipedia has strict rules when it comes to writing articles about works of fiction, especially Japanese origin video games. Game guide content is not allowed on Wikipedia. When it comes to userboxes, you aren’t allowed to express dislikes; only likes. You’re not allowed to state in your user page your stand on politics involving social class.

  • @harvardofmemes8263
    @harvardofmemes8263 Před 8 měsíci +4

    I love the rome total war background music

  • @manixxzz1483
    @manixxzz1483 Před 3 lety +13

    Shame your channel is being throttled, in a normal internet environment this video would have at least a couple of million views.

  • @andrjsh
    @andrjsh Před 10 měsíci +4

    In the Encyclopedia Britannica, articles were signed by their authors. In Wikipedia, articles are not only anonymous, but unseen editors decide whether or not changes put in by contributors are retained. If the changes are pointedly undesirable, then said contributors are blocked indefinitely from ever editing articles again. One can appeal these blocks, but only silence ensues. As a vignette, I looked up Jack Posobiec, and he was describedas "an American alt-right[8] political activist, [...] conspiracy theorist,[10] [...] and provocateur.[12][13][14]" In an earlier version, he was described as an online "troll". George Soros, meanwhile, is described simply as "a Hungarian-American[b] businessman and philanthropist"[.]

    • @agihiruda
      @agihiruda Před 10 měsíci +1

      They quote resources like USA Today, The Independent and even the newspaper (((Haaretz))).

  • @laurentius.dominus
    @laurentius.dominus Před 3 lety +11

    Thanks for the video! From before I knew that something was not right on Wikipedia. And I am an editor.

  • @radioreactivity3561
    @radioreactivity3561 Před rokem +5

    Academia is in general just left-leaning.

  • @joshuaquintanilla1479
    @joshuaquintanilla1479 Před rokem +9

    I love your videos please don’t give up . Perhaps you should one day make a video explaining how the LGBT are the new slave power .

  • @chadwolf3840
    @chadwolf3840 Před 2 lety +5

    I used to donate to this website. No longer.

  • @mememem
    @mememem Před 3 lety +33

    Sorry, Snopes has fact checked this and concluded that your video is "Mostly False"
    :^)

  • @gururnecdetozoksel5387
    @gururnecdetozoksel5387 Před 3 lety +13

    Yay! Pax Tube uploaded!

  • @maxandshakira
    @maxandshakira Před 2 lety +13

    It's illegal to tell the truth point out facts or have a opinion these days unless it is one hundred percent politically correct.

  • @fire_rises
    @fire_rises Před 2 lety +8

    I wanted to comment saying this is the best video so far but the truth is I feel that way about every video you make lol.
    I also missed a few videos recently, I didnt recieve a notice for them. I checked and I guess my setting to be notified of every video you post was changed for some reason but I changed it back so hopefully it wont happen again

  • @prometheanevent
    @prometheanevent Před 2 lety +9

    I think that what applies here is similar to what’s been said about any socially oriented organization. That being, any large scale organization that is not specifically conservative, inevitably is or becomes left wing in its sympathies.
    In the case of Wikipedia - and numerous “fact-checkers” - the fact that active participants fancy themselves to be intellectuals is a significant factor.
    I’ve seen even popular dictionaries - accurately - list fascists as….fascists, extreme right wing, authoritarian, and dictators yet describe ruthless communist dictators as, “premiers,” “leaders,” “revolutionaries,” or “General secretary of the communist party.”
    The left is soooo full of shit.

    • @JMObyx
      @JMObyx Před 2 lety

      Yeah, that Left is so full of shit they still need to be in diapers!

    • @phoenixyo9987
      @phoenixyo9987 Před 2 lety +1

      I mean I'm left (democrat) and I don't think being left is the issue, nor would be being the right. I think its the fact these people have no personality other than "im left so everything I do must be too". These sort of people have no credible backbone, and let their bias run rampant just so they can change everything to be in their view. I hate it when anyone does it, even if they are on 'my team' sort of speak. I think every group has these sorts of people, and they all are very annoying.
      I like neutral perspectives, and understanding the situation as a whole, rather than going into it from my bias. Because I know I probably have one, we all do, and if I just reverted to it whenever I examined everything, id probably do stupid shit like these wikiidiots. Facts are facts, and sometimes things we are deeply invested into have more nuance than we would like.

    • @prometheanevent
      @prometheanevent Před 2 lety +2

      @@phoenixyo9987 - Thanks for your appraisal. ‘Nice to see a reasonable and objective reply.

  • @jimjohnson724
    @jimjohnson724 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Should've been titled: "How Wikipedia Lies to You or The Redditization of Wikipedia"
    Also, I haven't used Wikipedia in a long time... There's so much more information available without the need of amateurish Wikis... Another thing: when someone cites Wiki as reference that's a huge red flag and that person's credibility should be questioned

  • @jeevacation
    @jeevacation Před 3 lety +14

    Make a video debunking homosexuality and other stuff. You're really good.

  • @gautamsidana4270
    @gautamsidana4270 Před 2 lety +8

    most underrated channel i have ever seen...keep going great

  •  Před 2 lety +5

    Great video. You are completely correct about Wikipedia bias, and do a great job summarizing/explaining it in your video.

  • @dimajo3057
    @dimajo3057 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I'm sad to say I don't recall what excactly i looked up. But it was a mathematical concept on wikipedia. The article started talking about how this formula was made thousands of years prior in China. And i knew that simply couldn't be true, i went to their source and it was just a book about Chinese history, there wasn't even a false claim about any mathematical finding. I corrected it, as a mathematician perhaps i care a little bit more about these findings, i wrote the explanation for why this claim was nonsense and how it wasn't supported, the part i edited was very soon restored and kept. I've had this experience a couple of times on and off from wikipedia, but I don't use for a source ever since the Sexual Dimorphism page made claims about how society was keeping women down, and thats why they had less upper body strength than men. Which was more than 10 years ago.

  • @WarriorOfChristICXC
    @WarriorOfChristICXC Před 3 lety +6

    6:04 - Got Code Geass on the mind, Pax?

  • @siyacer
    @siyacer Před 2 lety +3

    Look at wikipedia's article on Jan 6, then look the article on BLM and the Waukesha massacre

  • @NegiSenseiYT
    @NegiSenseiYT Před rokem +6

    This is interesting. Got me thinking a lot. I think mainly because I use WIkipedia a lot. I don't do so blindly, but try to use other sources as well. I also make good use of my language skills. I'd like to see what your other videos are like.

  • @benhandel5326
    @benhandel5326 Před 11 měsíci

    Thought I was crazy when I heard the Rome Total War music in the background. Good work!

  • @unknownperson8541
    @unknownperson8541 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I have spent so much money on Wikipedia earlier I noticed some articles left-leaning but the last few articles I read completely lie 😔😔😔

  • @namebit40j4
    @namebit40j4 Před 9 měsíci +3

    That's really true, under any point of view. Just think about the comparison between the articles of antifascism and anti-communism. The first is about the fight against any form of fascism.Whereas the second talks about how "anti-communism" is ambiguous, because there're many paths in this ideology. Furthermore, it's written that the term is against the classic communism, while nowadays comm. countries, like China, are "ok".
    But, at the end, I suggest to read both articles for getting my point.

    • @pmchad
      @pmchad Před 7 měsíci +1

      I hate how fascism went from an actual definition of a dictatorship based in ultra nationalism to a buzzword used to shut down opponents.

  • @hasuo9749
    @hasuo9749 Před 2 lety +5

    I didn't know there is a way to "Donate" on Wikipedia 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
    Donate for what? Information?
    It's much misinformation there and
    NONE of the information or misinformation are writed by the persons administrating the website .
    Donations are more complex then giving money to strangers on internet or participating at making somebody richer by gathering fools donations.

    • @SlowedAesthege
      @SlowedAesthege Před 11 měsíci

      Donate to misinformation, bias and unreliability 💀

  • @rickmorrow993
    @rickmorrow993 Před 2 lety +2

    Wikipedia has turned into a big number two, like Twitter, CZcams, Google and Facebook.

  • @ballinthorfinn
    @ballinthorfinn Před 9 měsíci

    what website do you recommend for realible news?

  • @howardlast6906
    @howardlast6906 Před 3 lety +9

    Insightful stuff that I never knew before. I'll have to let others know the truth