WTF Wikipedia

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Bezalelle · 05/11/2018 17:06

This is the first sentence of the Wiki entry for "Trans woman":

"A trans woman (sometimes trans-woman or transwoman) is a woman who was assigned male at birth."

Eh?

I know Wikipedia is hardly a bastion of truth, but this seems a bit much.

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KatVonGulag · 05/11/2018 17:34

The twitter thread is interesting too, they do love their propaganda eh?

KatVonGulag · 05/11/2018 17:31

pencils the tab talk is interesting!

kesstrel · 05/11/2018 17:28

They were asking for money last time I used them. I've given before, but won't now over this issue. Does anyone know how to contact them t tell them this?

NopeNi · 05/11/2018 17:28

Yes it's awful.

A while back, someone on Twitter said Wikipedia blocked a radfem mod and that TRAs replaced copy everywhere, tweaking things you'd barely even notice usually.

Link - https://twitter.com/socjuswiz/status/1051090625448353792

KatVonGulag · 05/11/2018 17:27

"The socially constructed norms of what it means to be a woman. "
Please......

Wikipedia also has this example of cissexist transmisogyny on their page defining woman! Look this woman has no dick. So wrong.

Also on their woman page they say trans people "identity" as women. Interesting.

PencilsInSpace · 05/11/2018 17:24

I often find the talk tab the most interesting part of a wiki article.

KatVonGulag · 05/11/2018 17:23

Rachel "I can beat the girls on a bike" McKinnon is quoted in the definition bit. It doesn't read well as an argument.

AssassinatedBeauty · 05/11/2018 17:10

It'll probably be a protected page and be looked after by TRA type mods. Any attempt to edit will probably be flagged as vandalism.

lucydogz · 05/11/2018 17:08

Can't you edit it?

Lila288 · 05/11/2018 17:08

Words seem to be losing all meaning.

What does that even mean? It's ridiculous.

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