Gun enthusiasts are waging a war of attrition on Wikipedia, and it looks like they're winning - Life & Cultur (original) (raw)

Haaretz | Art & Culture

An investigation by a tech magazine reveals how gun enthusiasts fight for their right to bear arms through Wikipedia. Even Dirty Harry gets pulled into the fray

Mar 18, 2018

Mar 18, 2018

The online technology magazine The Verge published the results of its investigation last week regarding the Wikipedia article on the AR-15 rifle, a current focus of the gun-control debate in the United States. The story, by Russel Brandom, showed how a small and dedicated group of gun enthusiasts managed to shape the article to fit their agenda, in a case that sheds light on how political interests groups can easily coalesce on Wikipedia.

ICYMI

'We Give Them 48 Hours to Leave': Israel's Plans to Transfer Gazans Go Back 60 Years

In a Rare Break From Self-censorship, Israelis Got to Watch Gaza Horrors on Their Screens

From Mount Hermon's Peaks, Netanyahu Plots His Vision of a Greater Israel

Why Europe Has Gone Cold on Israel's Blitz and 'Temporary' Occupation in Syria

Expulsion and Talk of Depopulating Gaza? That's Exactly What Ethnic Cleansing Looks Like

Turkey to Tehran via Tel Aviv: The Biggest Winners, and Losers, From Assad's Fall