blacklisted by wikipedia - Problems with wikipedia
childadvocate
Wikipedia has blacklisted four websites that describe ritual child
abuse and extreme child abuse crimes in detail. These sites are:
http://extreme-abuse-survey.net, http://ritualabuse.us, http://www.endritualabuse.org
and http://abusearticles.wordpress.com
These sites contain journal articles and news accounts of these
crimes. These websites are perfectly fine websites with accurate legal
information with a variety of scientific studies and news articles. It
appears that no pages in wikipedia will be allowed to have any links
to these sites.
It is recommended that people write wikipedia to complain about this
blatant censorship of information exposing child abuse crimes. It is
also recommended that people do not use wikipedia as a resource until
these websites are taken off their blacklist and are allowed on
wikipedia pages again.
People can e-mail:
info...@wikimedia.org
in...@wikimedia.org
and write:
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
P.O. Box 78350
San Francisco, CA 94107-8350
USA
Phone: +1-415-839-6885
A sample letter to send is below:
I have heard that Wikipedia has blacklisted four websites with
information about child abuse crimes. These sites are:
http://extreme-abuse-survey.net, http://ritualabuse.us,
http://www.endritualabuse.org and http://abusearticles.wordpress.com
These sites have journal articles and news accounts of these crimes.
These websites are perfectly fine websites with accurate legal
information with a variety of peer reviewed scientific studies and
news articles. I have heard that no pages in wikipedia will be allowed
to have any links to these sites.
An encyclopedia should contain a variety of information, especially
accurate information about child abuse issues. Blacklisting these
pages is a censorship of information of research exposing child abuse
crimes.
I will not be able to use wikipedia as a resource again until these
websites are taken off your blacklist and are allowed on wikipedia
pages again.
Sincerely,
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Problems with
wikipedia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6947532.stm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/22/wikipedia_vandalism_crackdown/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/06/wikipedia_and_overstock/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomis
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/12/69880
There have been problems with wikipedia in the past that have found it
to be an unreliable source of information and editor bias can help
shape articles to the views of the more powerful editors there.
These problems include:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6947532.stm
Wikipedia 'shows CIA page edits'
An online tool that claims to reveal the identity of organisations
that edit Wikipedia pages has revealed that the CIA was involved in
editing entries.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/22/wikipedia_vandalism_crackdown/
Jimbo Wales ends death by Wikipedia
Kennedy murder shames online cult
By Cade Metz in San Francisco
On Tuesday afternoon, following a Washington luncheon celebrating the
inauguration of President Barack Obama, longtime US Senators Ted
Kennedy and Robert Byrd kicked the proverbial bucket. At least, that's
what happened in Wikiland. In our world, they're still among the
living.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/06/wikipedia_and_overstock/
Wikipedia is not a democracy. But the totalitarian attitudes of the
site's ruling clique go much further than Jimbo cares to acknowledge.
In early September, the Wikipedia inner circle banned edits from 1,000
homes and one massive online retailer in an attempt to suppress the
voice of one man.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomis
Bomis is a dot-com company founded in 1996. Its primary business is
the sale of advertising on the Bomis.com search portal. It was founded
by Jimmy Wales and Tim Shell, and provided support for the free
encyclopedia projects Nupedia and Wikipedia....
Bomis ran a website called Bomis Premium at premium.bomis.com until
2005, offering customers access to premium, X-rated[3] pornographic
content.
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/12/69880
Wales has also repeatedly revised the description of a search site he
founded called Bomis, which included a section with adult photos
called "Bomis Babes."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/corrections/jimmy-wales-1624615.html