"When Wikipedia has the Flag Wrong"
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"When Wikipedia has the Flag Wrong"
Saw these in my YouTube recommendations. Haven't watched yet, but will later!
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DexterPointy
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Re: "When Wikipedia has the Flag Wrong"
You saw those 20 minutes worth of videos in your"YouTube recommendations", but you "Haven't watched yet".
Would you consider acquainting yourself with the concept of a notepad?
Would you consider acquainting yourself with the concept of a notepad?
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Re: "When Wikipedia has the Flag Wrong"
The first video goes on and on about the Austro-Hungarian Empire flag. It was posted in March of this year. And he WAS right, the WP article showed the wrong flag (the so-called "civil ensign") for many years. But this article had already been created in 2020.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_Austria-Hungary
As the video says, the WP flag nerds and drive-by editor fools squabbled for years over what the "right flag" was. And there's no simple answer. A perfect recipe for stupid editwars. Similar for his mentions of the Confederation of the Rhine and Vatican City.
The second video is mostly nitpicking about flag colors and other small variations.
MAYBE these videos will have some effect on the nits who edit Wp, but I doubt it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_Austria-Hungary
As the video says, the WP flag nerds and drive-by editor fools squabbled for years over what the "right flag" was. And there's no simple answer. A perfect recipe for stupid editwars. Similar for his mentions of the Confederation of the Rhine and Vatican City.
The second video is mostly nitpicking about flag colors and other small variations.
MAYBE these videos will have some effect on the nits who edit Wp, but I doubt it.