Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of Wikipedia controversies" in English language version.
| Politician | Editing undertaken | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Marty Meehan | Replacement with staff-written biography | Congressional staffers edit boss's bio on Wikipedia |
| Norm Coleman | Rewrite to make more favorable, claimed to be "correcting errors" | "Web site's entry on Coleman revised: Aide confirms his staff edited biography, questions Wikipedia's accuracy". St. Paul Pioneer Press(Associated Press). Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved April 17, 2013. |
| Conrad Burns Montana |
Removal of quoted pejorative statements the Senator had made, and replacing them with "glowing tributes" as "the voice of the farmer" | Williams, Walt (January 1, 2007). "Burns' office may have tampered with Wikipedia entry". Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2007. |
| Joe Biden | Removal of unfavorable information | Congressional staffers edit boss's bio on Wikipedia |
| Gil Gutknecht | Staff rewrite and removal of information evidencing broken campaign promise. (Multiple attempts) |
In 2006 the office of Representative Gil Gutknecht twice tried to replace a section on his Wikipedia article – which referenced his promise to serve a maximum 12-year term, despite running for re-election – with a more flattering entry from his official congressional biography. ("Gutknecht joins Wikipedia tweakers" Archived August 21, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, August 16, 2006. Retrieved August 17, 2006). |
| Politician | Editing undertaken | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Marty Meehan | Replacement with staff-written biography | Congressional staffers edit boss's bio on Wikipedia |
| Norm Coleman | Rewrite to make more favorable, claimed to be "correcting errors" | "Web site's entry on Coleman revised: Aide confirms his staff edited biography, questions Wikipedia's accuracy". St. Paul Pioneer Press(Associated Press). Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved April 17, 2013. |
| Conrad Burns Montana |
Removal of quoted pejorative statements the Senator had made, and replacing them with "glowing tributes" as "the voice of the farmer" | Williams, Walt (January 1, 2007). "Burns' office may have tampered with Wikipedia entry". Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2007. |
| Joe Biden | Removal of unfavorable information | Congressional staffers edit boss's bio on Wikipedia |
| Gil Gutknecht | Staff rewrite and removal of information evidencing broken campaign promise. (Multiple attempts) |
In 2006 the office of Representative Gil Gutknecht twice tried to replace a section on his Wikipedia article – which referenced his promise to serve a maximum 12-year term, despite running for re-election – with a more flattering entry from his official congressional biography. ("Gutknecht joins Wikipedia tweakers" Archived August 21, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, August 16, 2006. Retrieved August 17, 2006). |
The once-derided open-source encyclopedia is the closest thing the internet has to an oasis of truth. Now a single-user ban has exposed the deep rifts between Wikipedia's libertarian origins and its egalitarian aspirations, and threatened that stability.
[...] a group of committed Wikipedia editors have been promoting a skewed version of history [...] Wikipedia's articles on the Holocaust in Poland minimize Polish antisemitism, exaggerate the Poles' role in saving Jews, insinuate that most Jews supported Communism and conspired with Communists to betray Poles (Żydokomuna or Judeo–Bolshevism), blame Jews for their own persecution, and inflate Jewish collaboration with the Nazis
[...] a group of committed Wikipedia editors have been promoting a skewed version of history [...] Wikipedia's articles on the Holocaust in Poland minimize Polish antisemitism, exaggerate the Poles' role in saving Jews, insinuate that most Jews supported Communism and conspired with Communists to betray Poles (Żydokomuna or Judeo–Bolshevism), blame Jews for their own persecution, and inflate Jewish collaboration with the Nazis
| Politician | Editing undertaken | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Marty Meehan | Replacement with staff-written biography | Congressional staffers edit boss's bio on Wikipedia |
| Norm Coleman | Rewrite to make more favorable, claimed to be "correcting errors" | "Web site's entry on Coleman revised: Aide confirms his staff edited biography, questions Wikipedia's accuracy". St. Paul Pioneer Press(Associated Press). Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved April 17, 2013. |
| Conrad Burns Montana |
Removal of quoted pejorative statements the Senator had made, and replacing them with "glowing tributes" as "the voice of the farmer" | Williams, Walt (January 1, 2007). "Burns' office may have tampered with Wikipedia entry". Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2007. |
| Joe Biden | Removal of unfavorable information | Congressional staffers edit boss's bio on Wikipedia |
| Gil Gutknecht | Staff rewrite and removal of information evidencing broken campaign promise. (Multiple attempts) |
In 2006 the office of Representative Gil Gutknecht twice tried to replace a section on his Wikipedia article – which referenced his promise to serve a maximum 12-year term, despite running for re-election – with a more flattering entry from his official congressional biography. ("Gutknecht joins Wikipedia tweakers" Archived August 21, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, August 16, 2006. Retrieved August 17, 2006). |
Online encyclopedia bars 3 editors from working on articles related to Holocaust in Poland, but avoids stance on underlying dispute over Polish antisemitism and complicity
| Politician | Editing undertaken | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Marty Meehan | Replacement with staff-written biography | Congressional staffers edit boss's bio on Wikipedia |
| Norm Coleman | Rewrite to make more favorable, claimed to be "correcting errors" | "Web site's entry on Coleman revised: Aide confirms his staff edited biography, questions Wikipedia's accuracy". St. Paul Pioneer Press(Associated Press). Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved April 17, 2013. |
| Conrad Burns Montana |
Removal of quoted pejorative statements the Senator had made, and replacing them with "glowing tributes" as "the voice of the farmer" | Williams, Walt (January 1, 2007). "Burns' office may have tampered with Wikipedia entry". Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2007. |
| Joe Biden | Removal of unfavorable information | Congressional staffers edit boss's bio on Wikipedia |
| Gil Gutknecht | Staff rewrite and removal of information evidencing broken campaign promise. (Multiple attempts) |
In 2006 the office of Representative Gil Gutknecht twice tried to replace a section on his Wikipedia article – which referenced his promise to serve a maximum 12-year term, despite running for re-election – with a more flattering entry from his official congressional biography. ("Gutknecht joins Wikipedia tweakers" Archived August 21, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, August 16, 2006. Retrieved August 17, 2006). |
| Politician | Editing undertaken | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Marty Meehan | Replacement with staff-written biography | Congressional staffers edit boss's bio on Wikipedia |
| Norm Coleman | Rewrite to make more favorable, claimed to be "correcting errors" | "Web site's entry on Coleman revised: Aide confirms his staff edited biography, questions Wikipedia's accuracy". St. Paul Pioneer Press(Associated Press). Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved April 17, 2013. |
| Conrad Burns Montana |
Removal of quoted pejorative statements the Senator had made, and replacing them with "glowing tributes" as "the voice of the farmer" | Williams, Walt (January 1, 2007). "Burns' office may have tampered with Wikipedia entry". Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2007. |
| Joe Biden | Removal of unfavorable information | Congressional staffers edit boss's bio on Wikipedia |
| Gil Gutknecht | Staff rewrite and removal of information evidencing broken campaign promise. (Multiple attempts) |
In 2006 the office of Representative Gil Gutknecht twice tried to replace a section on his Wikipedia article – which referenced his promise to serve a maximum 12-year term, despite running for re-election – with a more flattering entry from his official congressional biography. ("Gutknecht joins Wikipedia tweakers" Archived August 21, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, August 16, 2006. Retrieved August 17, 2006). |
[...] a group of committed Wikipedia editors have been promoting a skewed version of history [...] Wikipedia's articles on the Holocaust in Poland minimize Polish antisemitism, exaggerate the Poles' role in saving Jews, insinuate that most Jews supported Communism and conspired with Communists to betray Poles (Żydokomuna or Judeo–Bolshevism), blame Jews for their own persecution, and inflate Jewish collaboration with the Nazis
Wikipedia tried to declare a cease-fire in the war of words by restricting its "Recession" page so that unregistered users couldn't edit it. At one point, the page claimed there was "no global consensus" on the definition of a recession. There is a rule of thumb, which is that two successive quarters of declining gross domestic product—such as the first two quarters of 2022—indicates a recession.
