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Ask HN: Is there a browser plugin to filter Wikipedia's “Weasel words”?

2 pointsby weasel_wordsabout 4 years ago
Is there such thing as a browser plugin to replace &quot;Weasel words&quot;[1] in news articles&#x2F;web pages?<p>Even better would be something that follows the &quot;Wikipedia Manual of Style&#x2F;Words to watch&quot;[2].<p>Perhaps something similar to Ghostery: replace the words with an icon to allow you to reveal the word if necessary.<p>I figure it might help users filter out a bit of the PR&#x2F;news noise.<p>Thanks!<p>[1] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Weasel_word [2] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style&#x2F;Words_to_watch

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pndyabout 4 years ago
The closest thing I&#x27;ve seen around is B!tch to Boss [1] extension but... that&#x27;s not what you might want. It does replace certain words but aiming at different goal.<p>[1] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;addons.mozilla.org&#x2F;en-US&#x2F;firefox&#x2F;addon&#x2F;b-itch-to-boss&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;addons.mozilla.org&#x2F;en-US&#x2F;firefox&#x2F;addon&#x2F;b-itch-to-bos...</a>