Comment by est
3 years ago
> Zhemao published an apology letter on her English Wikipedia account, writing that her motivation was to learn about history. She also wrote that she is in fact a full-time housewife with only a high-school degree.
This is not the full story, she originally said the motive was to win online debates with wikipedia references (created by her alias account)
Then this article is disingenous, because it did not state it as part of her apology, which would have put some context to it.
What kind of debates?
Keyword: 贴游 or 文游
Scenario simulations based on eu4, hoi4 battles (possibly with mods), both teams would setoff by a historical event, also external events would affect the progress.
It's a somewhat popular online sport & sub-culture in China. People go to extremes for historical "accuracy" or just for the sake of it. Tons of memes are generated without people noticing.
In this example, Zhemao can claim something like "I should have extra 2000 silver starting at my castle because check out this wikipedia article". She surely have played many games in her favor.
Her apology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:%E6%8A%98%E6%AF%9B