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'Politis' is a pseudonym [citation needed]. I chose it because it comes from 'πολίτης' (citizen) and is semantically linked to 'polis' (city) and 'politics' (in its Aristotelian sense of, the philosophy of human affairs) [dubiousdiscuss].

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Regarding bias, try 'The real bias in Wikipedia' [1]
From one of its founders [2], try this December 2004 article, [3]

Also try, here. Apparently, such links were once blocked...? Also, [4]. Also, [5] [6] [7]

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