[WikiEN-l] articles about Serbian history

Wed Sep 24 15:17:12 UTC 2003

>Hallo,
>
>
>a user is currently adding dozens of articles about Serbian history. The
>content is copied from the website http://www.freesrpska.org. The
>webmaster of that site agreed to the usage under terms of the GFDL, so
>there is no copyright problem. But there is a BIG problem with the site
>itself. The page is full of blatant falsification of history. For
>instance, the article about Ratko Mladic on the website (not in Wikipedia,
>just on that site) reads: "Leader of the Serbian army in the defensive war
>that gave rise to the Republic of Srpska. It was the Army of Republic of
>Srpska, which heroically prevented mass slaughter of the Serbian
>population in former Bosnia and Herzegovina."
>
>Almost every article linked from the [[List of Serbs]] page includes a
>link to that page. Even if the information in these articles is correct, I
>feel very uncomfortable, if articles about Serbia are copies from such an
>extremist source. I regard this as a potential damage to Wikipedia's
>respectability.
>
>Do others agree, or am I too hysterical?

Yes I agree, not only about this instance but all similar users. I wouldn't
call this the tip of the iceberg, but, perhaps the tip of the ice floe.

Fred