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by conz 1487 days ago
> t's pretty clear that the grandparent comment means wikipedia doesn't support diverse views on things

It is? Not any way that I read the grandparent comment. Regardless, I would dispute that, unless you're saying the people with 'diverse views' are somehow prevented from contributing to Wikipedia?[0]

> Outside of the hard sciences, and even there with caveats, there are not objective truths, and the point is that wikipedia is not a place where all interpretations get the same consideration.

I'd also dispute this. There are literally thousands of academic disciplines alone, which are incorporated into Wikipedia[1]. As long as there are citations to credible information sources[2], there's no reason not to consider them as much 'objective truths' as the citation sources themselves are are.

[0] Assuming they have requisite levels of credible evidence to back their contributions.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_academic_discipline...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Per...