My main offense was that in a discussion of Leo Frank, who was lynched a century ago in Georgia, I expressed the opinion that there was no consensus that he was innocent. To support this, I said to just google it.
This infuriated some Wikipedia editors because googling it turns up a web site maintained by some disreputable folks, and Wikipedia refuses to link to that site.
It is not just disreputable people who are unconvinced of his innocence. Georgia officials have repeatedly been asked to pardon him postumously, and have refused to do it.
I am baffled that I would be kicked out over such an obscure issue. Wikipedia has hundreds of articles that are much more contentious.
Yes, he was only Jew ever lynched, and it appears that he was framed by a Black man. It is not clear whether his Jewishness worked for him or against him, and not clear what really happened. His story was instrumental in the founding of the Anti-Defamation League.
The editors who banned me also doxed me, and complained about my relatives and opinions on this blog.
Wikipedia is currently fundraising, but not for its server expenses. The NY Post reports:
Elon Musk urged his supporters not to donate to the nonprofit that runs Wikipedia after the organization budgeted more than $50 million to spend on controversial diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.Running its computer servers is only a couple of million dollars year.“Stop donating to Wokepedia until they restore balance to their editing authority,” Musk wrote Tuesday on X, where he has nearly 210 million followers.
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Wikipedia has more in common with George Orwell's Ministry of Truth than any reputable source. This is why Wikipedia usually can't be cited in college research papers, it's considered a garbage source.
Historically illiterate little children who have political axes to grind should not be allowed anywhere near editor privileges.
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