I don't expect much from Wikipedia as I know how highly dodgy their editing process is - but the current page for Steem/Steemit is amazingly poor... What's going on?
All this talk of improving marketing for Steem has had me looking at the absolute basics of SEO and placement for Steem. What's one of the first places that people look to research a subject online? Wikipedia? Probably. Unfortunately, the current wikipedia page for Steem and Steemit contains literally nothing positive! The page pretty much only contains references to a long since passed hack event and absolute basics about the system. The clue here is that somehow, magically, they managed to include the update that Steemit inc. laid off 70% of it's staff! Hmm...
Why would the page about Steem contain almost nothing of any use, as if it just weren't being updated, but somehow manage to include all the negative press possible? Could there be 'bias' at Wikipedia? Nooo.. Surely not!
I remember when I tested bias at Wikipedia years ago. I found that the page for 'world peace' basically said 'World peace is a nice idea, but it's impossible' (paraphrasing). Since this is clearly and logically incorrect, I just made an edit which highlighted that world peace is entirely possible, provided the called for changes are made within human thinking and feeling. There was really nothing controversial in what I wrote (to most people's thinking) - yet my change was swiftly rejected and reversed. I also created a well written page for a spiritual teacher which was also rejected and in the discussion it was made clear to me that the editors were playing with me maliciously. So much for free thought and respect!
Steem on Wikipedia
So if we look through the talk page for Steem on Wikipedia, we can see that numerous edits have been suggested, including some detailed ones and a comment by notable Steemian @cryptoctopus
Despite all this content, the actual public page remains totally empty of any relevant info.
The page was even marked for total deletion from wikipedia and was apparently only saved at the last moment.
I'm not sure what the best solution is here, but if anyone here has experience of writing pages that get accepted for wikipedia then lets' discuss options for getting a more fair and interesting page about Steem up there.
Wishing you well,
Ura Soul
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