US EditionWikipedia Founder Says ‘Gaza Genocide’ Page Lacked Neutrality
Jimmy Wales blocked edits on the 'Gaza genocide' Wikipedia page citing a breach of neutrality with contested genocide claims, locking it until disputes are resolved.
- On November 4th the English-language `Gaza genocide` page remained locked after Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia co-founder and chair emeritus, blocked edits pending dispute resolution.
- Wales said the article failed neutrality standards by presenting the genocide characterisation as fact, breaching WP:NPOV and WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV, and urged volunteer editors to use high-quality sources and separate fact from legal claims.
- Humanitarian reports show extensive casualties in Gaza, with nearly 69,000 killed and 170,670 wounded, Gaza's Ministry of Health said Sunday; about 470,000 face starvation, the British Red Cross reported last month.
- Community responses ranged from praise to accusations of overreach, with one editor calling Wales's statement patronising, while Wikimedia Foundation spokesperson Lauren Dickinson clarified that volunteer Wikipedia administrators, not Wales, protect pages.
- Amid political pressure on Wikipedia, Republican lawmakers including Senator Ted Cruz intensified scrutiny, while Wales said he will lead an NPOV working group and discussed neutrality during his media tour for The Seven Rules of Trust.
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Wikipedia co-founder joins editing conflict over the Gaza genocide page
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has jumped into a conflict over the online encyclopedia’s page on “Gaza genocide.” Just days after a Wikipedia editor froze changes to the article, Wales posted a statement on a page dedicated to discussing edits, saying the article “requires immediate correction” and is part of a broader neutrality problem on the site, where “there is much more work to do.” On October 28th, a Wikipedia editor changed the status …
Wikipedia founder says ‘Gaza genocide’ page lacked neutrality
Wikipedia’s founder said the site’s page entitled “Gaza genocide” failed to meet the online encyclopedia’s standards of neutrality. Jimmy Wales said in comments on the page, which describes without attribution Israel’s “ongoing, intentional, and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people,” that it lacked a “neutral point of view,” because the claim that Israel is committing genocide is “highly contested.” The publicly editable nature of Wi…
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales intervenes over ‘Gaza genocide’ page, citing anti-Is
Edits to Wikipedia’s 'Gaza genocide' page were blocked after concerns over anti-Israel bias and breaches of neutrality policy, sparking sharp debate among editors over political influence and the site’s commitment to balanced reporting
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