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Ask HN: Is there a browser plugin to filter Wikipedia's “Weasel words”?
2 points by weasel_words on April 21, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment
Is there such thing as a browser plugin to replace "Weasel words"[1] in news articles/web pages?

Even better would be something that follows the "Wikipedia Manual of Style/Words to watch"[2].

Perhaps something similar to Ghostery: replace the words with an icon to allow you to reveal the word if necessary.

I figure it might help users filter out a bit of the PR/news noise.

Thanks!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch




The closest thing I've seen around is B!tch to Boss [1] extension but... that's not what you might want. It does replace certain words but aiming at different goal.

[1] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/b-itch-to-bos...




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