Comment on Matt is getting it right. by gaby

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gaby · 8/24/2026, 8:10:31 PM · permalink

Sure, say we go to the 911 article.  
  
While the source isn't good, removing the last remaining mention of asbestos is interesting enough to find an editor.  
  
[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=September_11_attacks&diff=prev&oldid=1364806341](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=September_11_attacks&diff=prev&oldid=1364806341)  
  
We click on "contribs". They have ten thousand!  
  
Could look at their mainspace edits, but with so many contribs lets look at their "filter log" .  
  
In 2022 they template this   
  
[Protection\_of\_Children\_from\_Sexual\_Offences\_Act,\_2012&diff=prev&oldid=1319031021](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Protection_of_Children_from_Sexual_Offences_Act,_2012&diff=prev&oldid=1319031021)  
  
Not a very dubious edit, they even added a source but lets look at the dubious edit history.  
  
We look at the article edit history and find this fascinating deletion.  
  
[Protection\_of\_Children\_from\_Sexual\_Offences\_Act,\_2012&diff=prev&oldid=1319031021](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Protection_of_Children_from_Sexual_Offences_Act,_2012&diff=prev&oldid=1319031021)  
  
The article now no longer mentions slavery nor trafficking. Facinating!  
  
This editor has few edits and he also wrote [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhay_(police_officer)) entire article about a person without mentioning their first name. Clear signs this isn't a seasoned wiki warrior.  
  
**Now one has to go back and find a different branch of *"things we are not suppose to know"***  
  
One could also look further, there is a whole article about the topic  
  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_trafficking_in_India  
  
Oh, it's a pile of sadness. The numbers are all over the place.  
*[Child\_trafficking\_in\_India#Figures\_in\_India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_trafficking_in_India#Figures_in_India)*
  
Most important part missing is the risk to be downgraded to a tier 3 country for not doing enough*.* They apparently think scrubbing wikipedia should be part of the effort?

*Tier 3: The lowest rating, similar to a failing grade. Countries designated as Tier 3 fail to meet the TVPA’s minimum standards – and are also not making significant efforts to do so. At the discretion of the U.S. president, Tier 3 countries may be restricted from access to non-humanitarian, non-trade-related foreign assistance funding and participation in educational and cultural exchange programs. The president also has the power to instruct the U.S. representatives to the International Monetary Fund and other multilateral development banks to vote against and work to limit a Tier 3 country’s access to loans and other multilateral funds.*

Makes you wonder why they never talk about this on CNN!

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braven · 8/24/2026, 9:13:13 PM · permalink

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