Wie Politik, PR und Nazis die Wikipedia beeinflussen | ZDF Magazin Royale - Summary

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The text is a transcript of a German comedy show that criticizes the manipulation of Wikipedia by political parties, PR agencies and right-wing extremists. The show exposes how some Wikipedia authors have deleted or edited facts to suit their agenda, and how a former Wikipedia board member has founded a PR agency that offers to influence Wikipedia articles for money. The show also reveals how they tricked the PR agency into inserting nonsense terms into Wikipedia articles for a fake party. The show mocks the lack of transparency and quality control on Wikipedia and warns about the dangers of trusting it as a source of facts.

Facts

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1. A federal election was held in Germany on September 26th, 2021.
2. Wikipedia is the second-largest collection of knowledge in human history.
3. The German-speaking Wikipedia is the second most powerful in the world.
4. Wikipedia is more popular in Germany than Facebook, Talk, or Netflix.
5. The number of Wikipedia authors has almost halved since 2007.
6. Despite this, the number of Wikipedia articles has quadrupled.
7. Annalena Baerbock's Wikipedia article was changed 53 times in 2020, but over 900 times in 2021.
8. Many changes to Wikipedia articles are politically motivated.
9. Anyone can participate in editing Wikipedia articles.
10. A study found that at least 780 Wikipedia accounts belonged to a right-wing extremist fake account network.
11. PR agencies can manipulate Wikipedia articles for monetary gain.
12. The Wiki Manufactory, a PR agency, offers Wikipedia manipulation services.
13. Olaf Kursinski, a high-ranking Wikipedia official, founded a PR agency for political Wikipedia mentoring.
14. Olaf Kursinski has edited over 500 Wikipedia articles by members of the Bundestag.
15. Heiko Senst, a PR agency employee, offered to manipulate Wikipedia articles for a fee.
16. A fake party was created to test the Wiki Manufactory's services, and they successfully manipulated Wikipedia articles for a fee.
17. The manipulated articles included nonsense terms such as "young modern central is cured" and "Pando transparency and flags."