Why is reference to "bitcointalk.org" triggering a filter in Wikipedia?

[LeGaulois]

Wikipedia is very selective when it's about adding a forum discussion and consider it as a "reliable" source, I don't remember to find any or it was long ago.. Sometimes you can have a better luck to add a link source on wiki page in another language as the people moderating are less strict or lenient. Bitcointalk is banned for a long time now you can thank to 1) the SEO spammers 2) the crapycoins
You can have a better luck to win some bucks in the lottery than getting the domain white listed.
And if a mod lets you add a link from archive.org or archive.is then he is dumb

funny how wikipedia considers bitcointalk a spamming site
while it doesn't hesitate to inundate you with donation requests:



never trusted it as a source of information,anyone can edit it and it has been politically biased on so many cases I cannot count

what is your point?
wikipedia is free and needs huge resources to keep the site alive, such projects often ask for donations. And to tell you people usually prefer to donate some money instead to pay a service

[Quickseller]

I know that Greg maxwell has had runins with the Wikipedia admins in the past

Greg was (maybe still is) a Wikipedia admin. He has good relations with them.

This discussion implies that Greg was at one point close to getting the equivalent of a permaban on Wikipedia. His peers were calling Greg’s behavior “vandalism” and suspected him of using a bit to do what they described as vandalizing pages. I’m not sure if their relationship has subsequently improved or if the incident is in any way related to the issue in the OP.

[shahzadafzal]

Yes like others pointed out, since its an open forum any one can post "shit" here and later link it in Wikipedia as a credible source.

However if you go to Bitcointalk wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcointalk, there is a link to bitcointalk.org, pointing to Satoshi's first post. So if link is present here it should not be banned (note this pages was created very recently 30 January 2018‎). So its possible ban is applicable in certain specific cases, and depends on the page you are editing.


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[Don Pedro Dinero]

Welp, I tried...



The request was declined. The suggestions is saying that in essence if anyone wants to add reference to bitcointalk in any article he'd have to request specific white-listing for that article.

I think I’m going to be the only one disagreeing here but, how can Bitcointalk in its current state be a reliable source?

If it was the Ivory Tower board, I would understand it, but with all the spam going on, I am not surprised. I am sure most forums are on the blacklist, and if there are some in the white list it is because they are low-traffic, very specialized ones.

I find it reasonable that they may accept specific articles.