[ad_1] Wikipedia’s Arbitration Committee (ArbCom), the site’s version of a Supreme Court, announced on April 25 that two editors have been banned from the site entirely for “off-wiki misconduct” in the Palestine-Israel articles (PIA) topic area. In their announcement, the committee said it had reviewed a 244-page dossier that The Journal published in the “Gaming…
[ad_1] The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released a report on March 18 highlighting what the organization believes to be “antisemitic and anti-Israel bias on Wikipedia in multiple languages.” The nonprofit identified a “group of 30 editors that appear to be in close coordination” on editing topics related to Israel and the Jews, which the ADL refers…
[ad_1] A woman browses the Wikipedia website on her laptop. (Photo Illustration by Serene Lee/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) By Asaf Elia-Shalev January 25, 2025 (JTA) — Eight Wikipedia editors accused of disruptive behavior have been barred from making changes to articles on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, following a a ruling issued Thursday by the crowd-sourced…
[ad_1] Wikipedia editors decided to rename the “2024 Nuseirat rescue operation” article to “Nuseirat rescue and massacre” after enough editors insisted that the only way the article title could be neutral is if “massacre” is included. The operation, which occurred in June, involved Israeli forces rescuing four hostages in the Gaza Strip. The Hamas-run Gaza…
[ad_1] Wikipedia editors have added a section on “Palestine” to the “Genocide of indigenous peoples” Wikipedia article. The article begins by stating that “the genocide of indigenous peoples, colonial genocide, or settler genocide is the elimination of indigenous peoples as a part of the process of colonialism. According to certain genocide experts, including Raphael Lemkin – the Polish…
