by Tyler | Jul 8, 2020 | 2020 Election, Andrew Yang, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, paid editing, Pete Buttigieg, Politics, Tech, The Intercept, Trending, Wikipedia, Willie Brown
An article in the Intercept last week reported that a Wikipedia editor was scrubbing the page of former Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), considered a prominent member of the shortlist to be Joe Biden’s Vice Presidental pick. The...
by Tyler | Jan 16, 2020 | 2020 Election, Andrew Yang, paid editing, Politics, Tech, Trending, Venture for America, Wikipedia
Early in 2017, just months before 2020 Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Yang announced his resignation as head of his non-profit firm Venture for America, the organizations’s Marketing Manager, Katie Bloom, created his Wikipedia page. No affiliation was...
by Tyler | Jan 14, 2020 | 2020 Democratic primary, 2020 Election, Cory Booker, impeachment, iran deal, Israel / Middle East, Palestine, Politics, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, school choice, Trending, wall, Wikipedia
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, a former close friend of Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), said he lost because he sided with the “Ilhan Omar wing” of his party.
by Tyler | Jun 29, 2019 | Free Speech Online, gender gap, Jimmy Wales, Tech, Trending, Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia
In an unprecedented move mid-June, the foundation that owns Wikipedia banned one of the site’s long-time administrators for one year over unspecified complaints of harassment. Many of the site’s most influential users accused the Wikimedia Foundation of undermining...
