June 2021
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Hello, I'm Rdp060707. I noticed that in this edit to Pedro Linares, you removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. ----Rdp060707|talk 09:24, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I reverted your edit on Pedro Linares. Although I agree with your sentiment regarding the "honor" of a Google Doodle, Wikipedia operates from a 'neutral point of view' such that inclusion of information is dictated by relevance and verifiability, not the politics of the article's subject. If you believe being featured in a google doodle doesn't qualify as relevant enough, I suggest discussion on the talk page. I'm not a Wikipedia expert nor a Mexican art historian though, so I apologize if I'm mistaken. Thank you! ----Comm.unity (talk) 06:30, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
I am currently gathering evidence for mass edit of articles to support Google (possible whitewashing campaign?).
editCheck out this user, for instance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/211.107.96.82
New contributions every 5 or so minutes, all with the same writing style, all of them adding the Doodle reference.
I will continue researching and report what I find. It's honestly quite weird to cite a Doodle as an "honor" in somebody's wikipedia page, we can do better than that.
Regarding the user I linked, you can look at what happened in the Galapagos Island's article, the edit was reverted a few days later as:
"[...] I agree with the anonymous user who removed this; it's random trivia that is not significant enough to be included in this article"
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gal%C3%A1pagos_Islands&oldid=988402465
I honestly believe that Doodles in general are exactly that, random trivia that do not add much value to the historical value of the people/places showcased in wikipedia. It only adds value to Google as a company, and I'm gathering evidence to show that they are possibly doing them as some sort of PR campaign.
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