Remember that there is a lot of anti-Wikipedia propaganda going around these days. Most "outrage" against Wikipedia is created and pushed artificially.
Diese Fragen braucht man sich erst gar nicht zu stellen. Ein Artikel der sowas schreibt ist einfach nur Urheberrechtspropaganda. Kann man ignorieren.
They're probably referring to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Amami-%C5%8CshimaWhich turned out to be a North Korean spy boat camouflaged as a fishing boat
To be fair, out of all non-federated platforms, Wikipedia is the one that needs federation the least.
It's not a bad choice. Reading to fast by reading too slow so you don't have time to eat.