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#*Another user by the name of SHADDAI WRIGHT, was treated so poorly that he created a [https://www.change.org/p/wikipedia-make-massive-changes-to-wikipedia petition] on Change.org to stop admins for abusing their power. | #*Another user by the name of SHADDAI WRIGHT, was treated so poorly that he created a [https://www.change.org/p/wikipedia-make-massive-changes-to-wikipedia petition] on Change.org to stop admins for abusing their power. | ||
#*Additionally, a former user by the name of Geoffrey Liu, was also treated so poorly that he created a [https://g-liu.com/blog/2009/08/why-i-really-hate-wikipedia-administrators/ blog] page exposing the admins and their corruptive behavior. | #*Additionally, a former user by the name of Geoffrey Liu, was also treated so poorly that he created a [https://g-liu.com/blog/2009/08/why-i-really-hate-wikipedia-administrators/ blog] page exposing the admins and their corruptive behavior. | ||
# | #Like the admins, some registered users can sometimes cause problems as well, especially towards IP even when they didn’t do anything wrong. For example, if a user tries to report a corruptive user or admin for abusing their power or violating the policy, the staff will side with the corruptive user or admin without giving a second thought. | ||
#In a [https://unherd.com/newsroom/wikipedia-co-founder-i-no-longer-trust-the-website-i-created/ December 2021 interview], the co-creator of Wikipedia, Larry Sanger, has stated that he no longer trusts the site he created anymore. | #In a [https://unherd.com/newsroom/wikipedia-co-founder-i-no-longer-trust-the-website-i-created/ December 2021 interview], the co-creator of Wikipedia, Larry Sanger, has stated that he no longer trusts the site he created anymore. | ||
#America linking (linking nationalities to country pages) is common on a lot of pages (Even disambiguation pages), even though it is strictly prohibited under Wikipedia's overlink rules. One controversial user named Tommi1986 even openly supports America Linking, despite the WP:OVERLINK page stating that nationalities shouldn't be overlinked. | #America linking (linking nationalities to country pages) is common on a lot of pages (Even disambiguation pages), even though it is strictly prohibited under Wikipedia's overlink rules. One controversial user named Tommi1986 even openly supports America Linking, despite the WP:OVERLINK page stating that nationalities shouldn't be overlinked. |