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R. Miles McCain and 309 others @MilesMcCain

4/ Leading up to the 2020 British Columbia general election, partisan edit wars broke out on the Wikipedia pages of two rival politicians. A Wikipedia administrator soon got involved and defused the situation by locking a contentious page, but there were problems. https://t.co/1gh4CyrfyX — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 7, 2021

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3/ Wikipedia is often the primary source of information for voters, especially in smaller elections. This makes it a tempting target for partisan editors to influence. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 7, 2021

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5/ For example, the administrator locked the page without neutralizing the controversial edits. So some of the partisan content—including a newly-renamed controversy section—were essentially locked in. https://t.co/L9hQn5LZRH — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 7, 2021