I tried fixing something quick once and it got reverted like 5 minutes later, and my change was downvoted repeatedly and the revert upvoted an equal number of times, so I decided not to get into edit wars.
Admittedly, it was a topic that inspires controversy (although the facts are not controversial: Fritz was not a Calvinist, or at least not as soon as he had the opportunity not to be), and perhaps people care less that Hans Heinrich died on the 30th instead of 31st, but the other problem is that you're not supposed to rely on original research for Wikipedia, and so much of what we're finding wrong is by looking at primary sources. A major secondary source that Wikipedia likes to rely on is MacDonogh, which, *sigh*.
I'm afraid I've also just never in my life been motivated to update Wikipedia in general. Getting into edit wars with people who would rather rely on secondary sources than do actual research is not my thing.
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Re: Academic-adjacent pretext
Date: 2020-01-07 09:19 am (UTC)Admittedly, it was a topic that inspires controversy (although the facts are not controversial: Fritz was not a Calvinist, or at least not as soon as he had the opportunity not to be), and perhaps people care less that Hans Heinrich died on the 30th instead of 31st, but the other problem is that you're not supposed to rely on original research for Wikipedia, and so much of what we're finding wrong is by looking at primary sources. A major secondary source that Wikipedia likes to rely on is MacDonogh, which, *sigh*.
I'm afraid I've also just never in my life been motivated to update Wikipedia in general. Getting into edit wars with people who would rather rely on secondary sources than do actual research is not my thing.
So...sorry?