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Misplaced Pages ... credability

Co found says that it has become a left leaning propaganda machine. Jacob805 (talk) 01:15, 19 October 2023 (UTC

Relevance of third sentence

I've tagged the third sentence of the lead as it is unclear to me how the sources connect the sentence to the topic of the article:

This editing model is highly concentrated, as 77% of all articles are written by 1% of its editors, a majority of whom have chosen to remain anonymous.

What does "77% of all articles are written by 1% of its editors" have to do with the reliability of Misplaced Pages? By the way, this statement is prominent in the lead but does not exist at all in the body. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 01:45, 3 November 2023 (UTC) Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 01:45, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

I suggest that we are supposed to make the inference that a large portion of the content is produced by experienced editors who are committed to adhering to WP:Policy and the presumed quality this provides. It's been at least 5 years since they came up with that number, and the extent to which this measurement (based on number of edits) is meaningful is unclear. This overlooks the fact that Misplaced Pages content is dynamic, with the implication that articles can be subsequently altered by editors who are less committed to maintaining its quality, notwithstanding all the implied claims that there are hordes of people to correct any erroneous content. Furthermore, to the extent that WP has a reputation of accuracy, that makes it a more attractive target for those who would benefit by maliciously altering the content.
In effect, even without any malicious editors, I feel that there's a "reversion to the mean" because the average edit is done by less competent editors than those who worked on improving the articles earlier on in the history of WP. Oh, well! Fabrickator (talk) 05:09, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
That's a plausible interpretation of the study's finding, but (as I'm sure you know) we can only give interpretations that come from published reliable sources. I haven't seen a reliable source that interprets the study's finding in relation to the reliability of Misplaced Pages. I'll remove the statement for now. Cheers, Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 23:55, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

References

  1. Oberhaus, Daniel (November 7, 2017). "Nearly All of Misplaced Pages Is Written By Just 1 Percent of Its Editors". Vice. Archived from the original on June 18, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. Mandiberg, Michael (February 23, 2019). "Mapping Misplaced Pages". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on February 23, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2019.

More information to possibly add in

I made a draft about this same topic (yet it cannot become an article since this one exists,) but I figured I would post it here if anyone wants to look at it and possibly add the information into this article, since my draft is a lost cause at this point. I just want to contribute into this article, since my own cannot be published. It has some pretty important points, in my opinion.

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Draft:Misplaced Pages: a surprisingly reliable site by AriLovesTacos (talk) 04:42, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

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