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by msla 960 days ago
> Wikipedia should be a tree of various interpretations. With single topic, I want to see texts from all sides.

I can tell you right now that that's a utopian vision.

Most "sides" would be spam. Wikipedia has elaborate filters to keep spammers out, from IP range blocking to URLs you can't use in edits if you want the edit to actually go through. Since spam can be automated, and since there's a person on the other end of that automation hoping for a payout, it seeps into pretty much everything that isn't actively maintained.