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Jimmy WalesCriticized Wikipedia's Gaza genocide article for violating neutrality policy

Wales publicly criticized the Wikipedia article on the Gaza genocide, calling it 'one of the worst Wikipedia entries I've seen in a very long time' for stating 'in Wikipedia's voice, that Israel is committing genocide, although that claim is highly contested.' He called it a violation of NPOV (Neutral Point of View) policy requiring immediate correction.

Scoring Impact

TopicDirectionRelevanceContribution
Content Moderation+towardprimary+1.00
Overall incident score =+0.572

Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.57)

Evidence (1 signal)

Confirms Statement Nov 3, 2025 documented

Criticized Wikipedia's Gaza genocide article for violating neutrality policy

Wales publicly criticized the Wikipedia article on the Gaza genocide, calling it 'one of the worst Wikipedia entries I've seen in a very long time' for stating 'in Wikipedia's voice, that Israel is committing genocide, although that claim is highly contested.' He called it a violation of NPOV (Neutral Point of View) policy requiring immediate correction.

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