Wikipedia's Indonesia fail

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Don’t Trust Wikipedia on Indonesia
Time to demilitarize the Wiki Bahasa version
by Warren Doull, Asia Sentinel, 6 November 2014 linkhttp://www.asiasentinel.com/politics/do ... indonesia/[/link]

[...] I have a simpler request, and it goes for Indonesian NGOs and pressure groups also. Bring balance to the Indonesian version of Wikipedia. While it may not always be the most accurate or objective source of information, Wikipedia is certainly a popular source of information. Indeed, the Bahasa version of Wikipedia is approaching one million articles. So the Indonesian public is not well served if articles about certain retired generals and political groups are presented in a one-sided manner in Indonesian.

[... the cases of General Hendropriyono, Governor Sutiyoso, and Indonesia's invasion of Timor Leste ...]

But as democracy develops in Indonesia, Indonesians are seeking balanced information on political affairs. Perhaps the Bahasa version of Wikipedia, as it grows, will see increasing debate between the lingering Suharto-era “black and white” versions of history and the newer, more realistic “shades of grey” view of history.

Warren Doull (a pseudonym) has lived and worked extensively in Indonesia and Timor Leste, including for the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor in 2002.


General Hendropriyono: Who is this guy really?

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In addition to Indonesian Wikipedia's cover-ups of, and lies about, Suharto-era (1967-1998) crimes against humanity and international military aggression, the "facts" contained in the encyclopedia are being critically examined in a series of CNN reports.

Di Balik Layar Wikipedia
Wikipedia dan Kisah Tapi Bohong Deng\
by Aditya Panji, CNN Indonesia, 6 November 2014 linkhttp://www.cnnindonesia.com/teknologi/2 ... ohong-deng[/link]

Google-translation from Bahasa Indonesia linkhttps://translate.google.com/translate? ... edit-text=[/link]

Behind the Scenes Wikipedia
Simple and Story But Deng Lie

Mira Legian Mellya read articles on Wikipedia Gioacchino Rossini in Indonesian, February 29, 2012. Mira was amazed by the life of the Italian composer wrote his first opera ever produced in Yogyakarta when he was 18 years old. Mira continued his reading and now is confused because at the end of the sentence contained a description: "(but lie deng)." [...] Mira, who was then completing his undergraduate studies, realized something was vandalized the Wikipedia content in Indonesian. "It was shock. Because I simply rely on Wikipedia to find out something, "said Mira. [...] The most common type of vandalism on Wikipedia include the word humor, promotion, up false information. There are also articles that are judged to be inappropriate for inclusion in an encyclopedia. [...] Until October 2014, the number of articles in Wikipedia has reached 349 882. With 24 boards and four bureaucrats, as well as 468 active users and 43 users are very active, they claimed keteteran oversee recent changes to the articles. "People should understand that Wikipedia is not a god. It is not perfect, just like humans. But we have the principle of freeing knowledge to become accessible to everybody, "said Ivan. [...] As a user ever fooled by Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia Mira realize this is not a resource that can be accounted for. All information must be completely re-examined in order to prove its validity. [...]

The article includes links to other CNN Indonesia's reports about Wikipedia.