Sumarium (via google translate): Wikipedia, a battlefield for the Essequibo between Venezuela and Guyana
The “Guayana Esequiba” page on English Wikipedia has been transformed, since the beginning of this month, into a stage where a fight of digital narratives for political purposes is waged. The dispute online, which can be followed in real time by any interested party, evidence that efforts to expose the truth collaboratively and in the midst of a geopolitical crisis are not only very complex, but also require a lot of dedication.
The page, which was created in 2006 to inform the English-speaking world about the territory of more than 150,000 square kilometers that Venezuela and Guyana se they claim, has accumulated more than 130 comments between December 1 and 10, 2023, in addition to having undergone several changes in a few minutes . In contrast, throughout 2022, the same Wikipedia entry only received three comments. In 2021, none.
Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute (T-H-L)“WMrapids” and “Noonlcarus” are two of the more than 15 anonymous individuals who – without receiving any payment from the collaborative encyclopedia – have already left more than 30 comments online about how They believe that the article on Essequibo in English may be better. This only in the first ten days of this month.
2023 Venezuelan referendum (T-H-L)
WMrapids (T-C-L)
NoonIcarus (T-C-L)
Anyone monitoring RSN over the last few months will recognize WMrapids and NoonIcarus as Olympic-level BLUDGEONers.