#MintPlainFacts | With society becoming polarized and people living more of their lives online, one phenomenon that’s been growing is #Wikipedia vandalism.
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#MintPlainFacts | Religion is a hot topic in online discourse. The Wikipedia article about ‘Bhagavad Gita’ was among the most vandalised last year.
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#MintPlainFacts | Wikipedia pages about thinkers and philosophers also got abuse.
In the article, one user removed the part about how the Hindutva icon saw Muslims and Christians as people who couldn’t be a part of India
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#MintPlainFacts | It’s said history is written by victors. But now it’s often written and rewritten by Wikipedia users.
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#MintPlainFacts | Online vandals attack pages on historical figures, too, but usually to present them in a more positive light.
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#MintPlainFacts | The page on dosa was vandalised as well, with many insisting on spelling it as 'dosai', which matches the pronunciation used in some southern states.
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