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Decred Wikipedia page #79

Open xaur opened 5 years ago

xaur commented 5 years ago

Decred page on Wikipedia is voted for deletion again.

On Jan 8 user R2d232h2 removed a bunch of "bad sources". On Jan 10 the same user vandalized the page by removing a large and important part of content. Just 4 hours later another user nominated Decred page for deletion - the 3rd attempt to take it down. On Jan 11 the second purge was reverted and R2d232h2 was banned as sockpuppet, but next day the removal was applied again, this time by a vocal cryptocurrency critic. As it stands after the cutting, the page is very small and has all votes to delete it. All suggested recent articles in major crypto media are not good enough references.

For background, the author of 2nd nomination for deletion had interesting views on notability of articles and was banned as a sockpuppet.

Discussions:

Ideally we have someone to maintain the page and add new notable references as they appear.

There is some consensus that the page is not worth the effort if the effort is so high. If the page is lost, close the issue and consider reopening some time later.

xaur commented 5 years ago

The attack on Decred page can be a part of a larger movement:

xaur commented 5 years ago

The page was deleted on 2019-01-18 as seen on the deletion log.

Discussion: https://matrix.to/#/!MgQoetFiyjrHAywokv:decred.org/$15478348629769ADqKa:decred.org

xaur commented 5 years ago

Same day as Decred page was deleted (2019-01-18), it was also removed from List of cryptocurrencies page that requires the included currency to have its own page.

Discussion: https://matrix.to/#/!OfChXgczrIlpEZSFAv:decred.org/$154842323617214ZkShb:decred.org

s-ben commented 5 years ago

Related: in an attempt to get a description of the project up on another high-ranking, credible site, we updated the project description on the Decred Binance page. In the process, we were asked for more information and were given a 'V Label Verification' in the process, which basically means the information on our info page was verified as coming from the team. I was the POC for this, as I'd already gone through KYC from trading on Binance, and that was required to use their CMS to upload info. @jz (Slack/Matrix handle) should have the info needed to update the page in the future should we need to.

xaur commented 5 years ago

If there is any info related to Binance page that is worth persisting for future use feel free to put it in the issue (even if close it immediately).

s-ben commented 5 years ago

Below is the copy I created for the description. I sourced it from existing materials, massaged it to fit their format, then posted it in the #writer channel for a quick round of review. Might be useful for something else. Everything else on the page is just basic info that exists elsewhere (launch date, coin supply, etc.).

Decred is a community-directed digital currency designed to be a superior store of value for generations to come. Decred uses a hybrid Proof-of-Work (PoW) and Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism designed to keep PoW miners’ power in in check and ensure no group can make consensus rule changes without the consent of the community. Development is self-funded, with 10% of the block reward going to the project Decred Treasury and the remaining split between PoW miners (%60) and stakeholders (%30). Decred’s on-chain governance is supplemented by Politeia, a Reddit-style web-based platform where stakeholders vote on proposed changes to Decred’s governance and proposals to spend treasury funds.

xaur commented 5 years ago

Nice snippet. Reminds me of a related issue (#76) to collect such snippets for various purposes in one place for easy and traceable maintenance (single place to keep in sync with our messaging).

xaur commented 5 years ago

With the new WSJ article Decred may have a "reputable source" now, according to this chat.

xaur commented 5 years ago

NANO is going through similar issues with Wikipedia.

xaur commented 4 years ago

Decrypt has covered some of Decred's experience with Wikipedia.

In a follow-up Twitter exchange, one of the WP editors involved suggested that Decred is still not noteworthy and after a careful study came to a conclusion that Decred tried to buy itself into Wikipedia with $300K of Ditto's PR. Notably, he did not enjoy the direct calling out of WP's "MSM reliable sources" model and dodged a direct question why an open source project cannot exist on WP unless a "reliable source" outlet selected by WP staff writes about it.

xaur commented 4 years ago

Someone posted a nice and short explanation how crypto works on Wikipedia and a recipe how to get over it.