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Wikipedia is being exposed for trying to keep ORIGIN in a can.
https://www.cnet.com/features/wikipedia-is-at-war-over-the-coronavirus-lab-leak-theory/
Excerpt:
“…The exclusion of the lab leak theory from Wikipedia predominantly rests on established guidelines. Chief among them is one known by editors as WP:MEDRS. It refers to the referencing of “biomedical” information on Wikipedia, stating sources must be “reliable, third-party published secondary sources, and must accurately reflect current knowledge.”
It’s the guideline that launched a thousand Talk page disputes.
There are two battalions here: One suggests MEDRS is the appropriate guideline when it comes to sourcing information around the origins of a virus, and the other argues it’s being wrongly applied. The guideline, as it reads, was established to prevent medical misinformation from being propagated through Wikipedia. Because millions of people turn to the site for health advice and guidance, it’s critical Wikipedia get this correct — publishing the wrong advice could have deadly consequences…”