Wikipedia:Press coverage 2025
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Since its inception in 2001, Wikipedia has garnered substantial media attention. The following is a list of the project's press coverage received in 2025, sorted chronologically. Per WP:PRESS, this page excludes coverage exclusively on a single WP-article, coverage of (some aspect of) the project overall is wanted.
January
- {{cite news
|last=Kredo
|first=Adam
|title=Wikipedia Declares Hamas the Victor in Nearly Every Battle Against Israel Since 10/7—Then Quietly Deletes Section
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|url=https://freebeacon.com/israel/wikipedia-declares-hamas-the-victor-in-nearly-every-battle-against-israel-since-10-7-then-quietly-deletes-section/
|newspaper=The Washington Free Beacon
|date=January 2, 2025
|access-date=January 3, 2025
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|quote=Joe Truzman, an expert on Palestinian militant groups with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank, said the latest online controversy highlights the often inaccurate nature of Wikipedia’s entries about Israel.
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- {{cite news
|last=Krymalowski
|first=Sarah
|title=Meet the Nunavut grandpa who has made over 250,000 Wikipedia edits
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|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/wikipedia-editor-cambridge-bay-nunavut-1.7423431
|newspaper=CBC.ca
|date=January 6, 2025
|access-date=January 6, 2025
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|quote=His first project was to try and add a Wikipedia page for every airport in Canada, no matter how small. Then he moved on to weather monitoring equipment. He was made an administrator after just months as an editor. He said that now, the process is quite rigorous, but at the time, it was pretty informal.
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- {{cite news
|last=Rosenfeld
|first=Arno
|title=Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to 'identify and target' Wikipedia editors
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|url=https://forward.com/news/686797/heritage-foundation-wikipedia-antisemitism/
|newspaper=The Forward
|date=January 7, 2025
|access-date=January 7, 2025
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|quote=The Heritage Foundation plans to 'identify and target' volunteer editors on Wikipedia who it says are 'abusing their position' by publishing content the group believes to be antisemitic
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- {{cite news
|last=Hampton
|first=Daniel
|title=Right-wing think tank plans to target Wikipedia editors via malicious links: report
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|url=https://www.rawstory.com/heritage-foundation-2670765123/
|newspaper=Raw Story
|date=January 7, 2025
|access-date=January 8, 2025
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|quote="The slideshow says the group’s 'targeting methodologies' would include creating fake Wikipedia user accounts to try to trick editors into identifying themselves by sharing personal information or clicking on malicious tracking links that can identify people who click on them. It is unclear whether this has begun," according to the Forward.
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- {{cite news
|last=Kaplan
|first=Josh
|title=We can’t let anti-Israel activists poison the well of Wikipedia
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|url=https://www.thejc.com/lets-talk/we-cant-let-anti-israel-activists-poison-the-well-of-wikipedia-wff5g241
|newspaper=The Jewish Chronicle
|date=January 7, 2025
|access-date=January 8, 2025
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|quote=This is how you get every Wikipedia article vaguely mentioning Israel becoming a catalogue of anti-Zionism.
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- {{cite news
|last=Jones
|first=Marcie
|title=Wikipedia Won't Let Elon Musk Fluff His Resume. Heritage Foundation Will Help By Terrorizing The Editors.
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|url=https://www.wonkette.com/p/wikipedia-wont-let-elon-musk-fluff
|newspaper=Wonkette
|date=January 8, 2025
|access-date=January 8, 2025
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|quote=Whatever would they do with editors’ personal information? Send them fruit baskets, surely!
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- {{cite news
|last=Gault
|first=Matthew
|title=The People Behind Project 2025 Want to Reveal the Identities of Wikipedia Editors
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|url=https://gizmodo.com/the-people-behind-project-2025-want-to-reveal-the-identities-of-wikipedia-editors-2000547511
|newspaper=Gizmodo
|date=January 8, 2025
|access-date=January 8, 2025
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|quote=What did Wikipedia do with that $31.2 million? It gave much of it out as grant money. In the Middle East, it funded the Arab Reports for Investigative Journalism, which helps train journalists in Arab countries. In Brazil, it funded the InternetLab which spent the money researching racial disparities and internet access in the country. In North America, it gave money to the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund, which helped fund local newsgathering.
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- {{cite news
|last=Kushner
|first=Aviya
|title=What critics miss when they accuse Israel of ‘scholasticide’ and ‘domicide’
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|url=https://forward.com/opinion/687028/scholasticide-domicide-genocide-israel-gaza-lemkin-historians/
|newspaper=The Forward
|date=January 8, 2025
|access-date=March 19, 2025
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|quote=And this must be said: The cascade of newish terms ending in “cide” — “scholasticide,” “educide” and “domicide” — all have one thing in common on Wikipedia: The current war in Gaza is always used as an example.
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- {{cite news
|last=Zeisloft
|first=Ben
|title=Group Behind Project 2025 to Target Rogue Wikipedia Editors, Hold Them Accountable: Report
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|url=https://www.westernjournal.com/group-behind-project-2025-target-rogue-wikipedia-editors-hold-accountable-report/
|newspaper=The Western Journal
|date=January 9, 2025
|access-date=January 9, 2025
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|quote=The Heritage Foundation launched a new effort to track down volunteer editors on Wikipedia who are publishing what they believe to be antisemitic content.
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- {{cite news
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|title=Finding hidden biases in Wikipedia's multilingual content
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|url=https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/01/09/finding-hidden-biases-in-wikipedias-multilingual-content/
|newspaper=Johns Hopkins University
|date=January 9, 2025
|access-date=January 9, 2025
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|quote=By creating and deploying a new tool called INFOGAP, the researchers used artificial intelligence to look at how biographical information about LGBT people is presented across the English, Russian, and French versions of Wikipedia and found inconsistencies in how they are portrayed.
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- {{cite news
|last=Rabey
|first=Steve
|title=Heritage Foundation antisemitism effort recycles conspiracy theories
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|url=https://baptistnews.com/article/heritage-foundation-antisemitism-effort-recycles-conspiracy-theories/
|newspaper=Baptist News Global
|date=January 9, 2025
|access-date=January 10, 2025
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|quote=The pressure on Wikipedia comes as the online, user-generated encyclopedia has been under fire from some Jewish organizations for its coverage of the war in Gaza and for labeling the Anti-Defamation League a “generally unreliable source” on the war. Wikipedia says the ADL is a pro-Israel activist group that declares nearly any criticism of Jews or Israel antisemitic.
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- {{cite news
|last=O'Cearbhaill
|first=Muiris
|title=Most of the Irish-language Wikipedia was written by editors who did not speak Irish
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|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/gaeilge-wikipedia-written-by-editors-who-did-not-speak-irish-6589572-Jan2025/
|newspaper=TheJournal.ie
|date=January 10, 2025
|access-date=January 10, 2025
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|quote=Speaking to The Journal, Uí Ríordáin – who is full-time employee at Wikipedia Community Ireland – said that Vicipéid has helped to boost the confidence of students and other non-native speakers in their ability to use Irish.
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- {{cite news
|last=Богудан
|first=Назар
|title=Wikimedia Ukraine has published a list of the most visited articles on the Ukrainian Wikipedia for 2024
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|url=https://baltimorechronicle.com/raznoe/2025/01/12/wikimedia-ukraine-has-published-a-list-of-the-most-visited-articles-on-the-ukrainian-wikipedia-for-2024/
|newspaper=Baltimore Chronicle
|date=January 12, 2025
|access-date=January 12, 2025
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|quote=The leader of the rating was an article about Oleksandr Syrsky, the commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was viewed over 1.1 million times. In second place is an article about Ukraine, and the top three is an article about Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk.
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- {{cite news
|last=Montgomery
|first=Blake
|title=How to politicize the truth on Facebook, Instagram, and Wikipedia
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|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/14/facebook-instagram-wikipedia-politics-truth
|newspaper=The Guardian
|date=January 14, 2025
|access-date=January 14, 2025
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|quote=The differences between Facebook, Instagram and Wikipedia are as vast as the Gulf of America, though: the goal of Wikipedia is to compile and spread accurate information. That is not the aim of Facebook, Instagram, or any other social network, and has never been one of its strong points.
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- {{cite news
|last=Morrow
|first=Allison
|title=In a minefield of glitchy AI search and social media, Wikipedia becomes one of the most reliable places on the internet
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|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/14/business/wikipedia-meta-x-fact-check-nightcap/index.html
|newspaper=CNN
|date=January 14, 2025
|access-date=January 14, 2025
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|quote=...the first non-sponsored, non-AI search result: an entry from one of the most reliable places on the internet, Wikipedia. If I’d written that last sentence at the start of my career, no editor would have allowed it into print. You can’t trust something that anyone can edit, the thinking went, and so it became a bad word in journalism and academia. Don’t cite it; don’t even look at it. Or if you do, for God’s sake, don’t let anyone see you.
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- {{cite news
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|title=AI giant's Desi CEO says ‘pretty clear Wikipedia is biased’; wants to build 'neutral and unbiased: Wikipedia rival
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|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/social/ai-giants-desi-ceo-says-pretty-clear-wikipedia-is-biased-wants-to-build-neutral-and-unbiased-wikipedia-rival/articleshow/117264399.cms
|newspaper=The Times of India
|date=January 15, 2025
|access-date=January 15, 2025
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|quote=Aravind Srinivas criticizes Wikipedia's neutrality, urging for unbiased alternatives.
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- {{cite news
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|title=Wikipedia Turns 24: Here's How The People's Encyclopedia Has Evolved Over The Years
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|url=https://news.abplive.com/technology/wikipedia-turns-24-year-old-birthday-anniversary-how-peoples-encyclopedia-evolved-over-the-years-1744244
|newspaper=ABP News
|date=January 15, 2025
|access-date=January 15, 2025
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|quote=Beyond its functional value, Wikipedia has become a cultural phenomenon. It has inspired memes, informed countless debates, and even become a trusted companion for breaking news. Its transparent editing history also provides a unique window into how society’s understanding of events evolves over time.
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- {{cite news
|last=Chakraborty
|first=Rajarsi
|title="How? They've been asking for $1 for 84 years"- Internet reacts as Wikipedia turns 24
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|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/news-how-they-ve-asking-1-84-years-internet-reacts-wikipedia-turns-24
|newspaper=Sportskeeda
|date=January 15, 2025
|access-date=January 15, 2025
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|quote=Users on X were quick to react to the website turning 24.
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- {{cite news
|last=Purdy
|first=Kevin
|title=The Editors weaves Wikipedia’s volunteers into a global suspense tale
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|url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/the-editors-weaves-wikipedias-volunteers-into-a-global-suspense-tale/?comments-page=1#comments
|newspaper=Ars Technica
|date=January 16, 2025
|access-date=January 17, 2025
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|quote=It's always fascinating to me how, by and large, every page is so much better than I think it will be. Really high-energy, maybe "truth optional" pages for topics like cryptocurrencies. It's a small miracle that they're as orderly and reasonable as they end up being.
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- {{cite news
|last=Bussigny
|first=Nora
|title=Nous avons infiltré une formation d'Urgence Palestine pour influencer Wikipédia
|trans-title=We infiltrated a Palestine Emergency formation to influence Wikipedia
|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/comment-influencer-wikipedia-nous-avons-assiste-a-une-formation-du-collectif-urgence-palestine-17-01-2025-2580164_23.php
|newspaper=Le Point
|date=January 17, 2025
|access-date=January 28, 2025
|language=fr
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|quote=According to Bader, so far, no structured French group is working on Palestine, unlike the "other side" namely Israel, which is said to be "organized." On the English Wikipedia, the pro-Palestinians are "more numerous, they have been attacked, they have been targeted, but they are successful," Bader specifies. [Google translate]
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- {{cite news
|last=Bandler
|first=Aaron
|title=Wikipedia’s Supreme Court On the Verge of Topic Banning 8 Editors from Israel-Palestine Area
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|url=https://jewishjournal.com/news/worldwide/378546/wikipedias-supreme-court-on-the-verge-of-topic-banning-8-editors-from-israel-palestine-area/
|newspaper=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
|date=January 18, 2025
|access-date=January 19, 2025
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|quote=Wikipedia’s Arbitration Committee (ArbCom), which is the site’s version of the Supreme Court, is on the verge of issuing indefinite topic bans to eight editors involved in the Israel-Palestine topic area, most of them of being anti-Israel editors.
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- {{cite news
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|title=Anti-Israel Wikipedia editors face bans after spreading hate, misinformation
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|url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-838298
|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post
|date=January 20, 2025
|access-date=January 20, 2025
|language=en
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|quote=Multiple anti-Israel Wikipedia editors are likely to be topic-banned after spreading misinformation and hate across the site, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced on Friday.
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- {{cite news
|last=Sugy
|first=Paul
|title=«La majorité des contributeurs sont de gauche» : comment Wikipédia a cessé d’être neutre
|trans-title="The majority of contributors are left-wing": How Wikipedia stopped being neutral
|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/la-majorite-des-contributeurs-sont-de-gauche-comment-wikipedia-a-cesse-d-etre-neutre-20250121
|newspaper=Le Figaro
|date=January 21, 2025
|access-date=January 30, 2025
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|quote=On the side of Wikimedia France, whose ideological orientations Le Figaro has already reported , murky links have existed for several years between members of the board of directors and the association " les sans pagEs " which pays employees to produce Wikipedia content on people belonging to groups identified as minorities and underrepresented in the encyclopedia.[Google translate]
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- {{cite news
|last=Mannen
|first=Amanda
|title=21 Wikipedia Pages We Can’t Believe Are Real
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|url=https://www.cracked.com/article_44880_21-wikipedia-pages-we-cant-believe-are-real.html
|newspaper=Cracked.com
|date=January 22, 2025
|access-date=January 22, 2025
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|quote=You could just hit “random page” and not get bored for at least as long as it takes to convince your boss that you’re working.
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- {{cite news
|last=Sherratt
|first=Madeline
|title=Elon Musk furious after Wikipedia page calls his controversial gesture a ‘Nazi salute’
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|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-wikipedia-nazi-salute-inauguration-b2684183.html
|newspaper=The Independent
|date=January 22, 2025
|access-date=January 22, 2025
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|quote=“Since legacy media propaganda is considered a “valid” source by Wikipedia, it naturally simply becomes an extension of legacy media propaganda!”, he wrote on X.
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- {{cite news
|last=Thompson
|first=Sophie
|title=Elon Musk is now demanding action against Wikipedia following inauguration gesture fallout
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|url=https://www.indy100.com/news/elon-musk-nazi-salute-wikipedia-inauguration
|newspaper=Indy100.com
|date=January 22, 2025
|access-date=January 22, 2025
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|quote="Wikipedia is completely ideologically captured. Deserves $0 in donations until they re-balance", the author wrote. After seeing the post, Musk chimed in demanding action taken against Wikipedia. "Defund Wikipedia until balance is restored!", he wrote.
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- {{cite news
|last=Burman
|first=Theo
|title=Wikipedia Fires Back at Elon Musk
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|url=https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-wikipedia-x-jimmy-wales-fights-back-not-woke-biased-2018724
|newspaper=Newsweek
|date=January 22, 2025
|access-date=January 22, 2025
|language=en
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|quote="Defund Wikipedia until balance is restored!" Musk wrote on X. "Stop donating to Wokepedia until they restore balance to their editing authority." However, Wales replied to Musk, defending the site and criticizing the tech CEO for stirring up anger.
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- {{cite news
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|title=Wikipedia could ban eight editors accused of anti-Israel bias indefinitely
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|url=https://allisrael.com/wikipedia-could-ban-eight-editors-accused-of-anti-israel-bias-indefinitely
|newspaper=Allisrael.com
|date=January 22, 2025
|access-date=January 22, 2025
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|quote=The editor of the blog “The Wikipedia Flood,” however, said the topic bans are barely enough, especially given the large number of editors involved, and the fact that so many of those involved were not part of the disciplinary action.
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- {{cite news
|last=Fung
|first=Katherine
|title=Why Is MAGA Setting Its Sights on Wikipedia?
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|url=https://www.newsweek.com/why-maga-setting-its-sights-wikipedia-2019130
|newspaper=Newsweek
|date=January 22, 2025
|access-date=January 22, 2025
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|quote=The emerging coalition of MAGA supporters and Silicon Valley's tech bros and venture capitalists has found a new shared target to set its sights on: the world's largest free encyclopedia.
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- {{cite news
|last=Becca
|first=Milfeld
|title=Musk calls for defunding of Wikipedia over description of gesture
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|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/23/world/musk-salute-controversy-wikipedia/
|newspaper=The Japan Times
|date=January 23, 2025
|access-date=January 23, 2025
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|quote=While Musk's animosity towards Wikipedia may focus outwardly on the hand gesture, Wikipedia's goal of factual neutrality makes it a natural adversary to X — a platform increasingly synonymous with heated culture wars, hate speech and disinformation. Wikipedia and the media at large — which Musk has increasingly criticized — also pose a threat by holding him accountable as he thrusts himself into the center of U.S. politics.
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- {{cite news
|last=Elia-Shalev
|first=Asaf
|title=Edit wars over Israel spur rare ban of 8 Wikipedia editors — from both sides
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|url=https://www.jta.org/2025/01/23/israel/edit-wars-over-israel-spur-rare-ban-of-8-wikipedia-editors-from-both-sides
|newspaper=Jewish Telegraphic Agency
|date=January 23, 2025
|access-date=January 24, 2025
|language=en
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|quote=Eight Wikipedia editors accused of disruptive behavior have been barred from making changes to articles on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, following a a ruling issued Thursday by the crowd-sourced encyclopedia’s highest oversight body.
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- {{cite news
|last=Lewis
|first=John
|title=Redressing the gender imbalance on Wikipedia
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|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/redressing-gender-imbalance-wikipedia
|newspaper=Otago Daily Times
|date=January 27, 2025
|access-date=January 27, 2025
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|quote=She said her Wikipedia editing journey began back in 2018 with learning about what was considered notable on the site and identifying where there were gaps which really needed to be filled.
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- {{cite news
|last=Bandler
|first=Aaron
|title=French Journalist Exposes Anti-Israel Club Training French Wikipedia Editors
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|url=https://jewishjournal.com/news/worldwide/378774/french-journalist-exposes-anti-israel-club-training-french-wikipedia-editors/
|newspaper=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
|date=January 27, 2025
|access-date=January 28, 2025
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|quote=Bussigny told me ... "However, I was keen to reveal and prove through this immersion that fiercely anti-Zionist organized networks are targeting the online encyclopedia, which is extremely popular in France, especially among pupils and students who may be unknowingly influenced."
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- {{cite news
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|title=Wikipedia bans eight editors, six of them anti-Israel
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|url=https://www.jns.org/wikipedia-bans-8-editors-6-of-them-anti-israel/
|newspaper=Jewish News Syndicate
|date=January 28, 2025
|access-date=January 28, 2025
|language=en
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|quote=The behavior of anti-Israel Wikipedia editors has been in the news lately.
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- {{cite news
|last=Leloup
|first=Damien
|title=Why Elon Musk is calling for a boycott of Wikipedia
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|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2025/01/29/why-elon-musk-is-calling-for-a-boycott-of-wikipedia_6737574_13.html
|newspaper=Le Monde
|date=January 29, 2025
|access-date=January 30, 2025
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|quote=Yet Wikipedia remains one of the few major platforms where political debates can take place in a way that is both intense and calm, even on the most controversial subjects, Vermeirsche noted.
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- {{cite news
|last=Minhas
|first=Shahid
|last2=Salawu
|first2=Abiodun
|title=Wikipedia and indigenous language preservation: analysis of Setswana and Punjabi languages
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|url=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/communication/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2025.1442935/full
|newspaper=Frontiers in Communication
|date=January 29, 2025
|access-date=February 7, 2025
|language=en
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|quote=However, both languages benefit from the visibility and preservation opportunities provided by the platform. Qualitative content analysis demonstrated that both Wikipedia editions contain a mix of cultural, historical, and contemporary topics.
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- {{cite news
|last=Grevy Gotfredsen
|first=Sarah
|title=The Right Takes Aim at Wikipedia
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|url=https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/wikipedia_musk_right_trump.php
|newspaper=Columbia Journalism Review
|date=January 30, 2025
|access-date=January 30, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
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|quote=Might Wikipedia, the ever-evolving online compendium of human knowledge, become the latest target in the new administration’s crackdown on public sources of information?
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February
- {{cite news
|last=Schneider
|first=Dan
|last2=Cornelio
|first2=Luis
|title=Wikipedia’s Blacklist: Smearing Trump, Conservatives, And The GOP
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|url=https://www.dailywire.com/news/wikipedias-blacklist-smearing-trump-conservatives-and-the-gop
|newspaper=The Daily Wire
|date=February 3, 2025
|access-date=February 3, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
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|quote=The bottom line: 84% of Left-leaning outlets have Wikipedia’s stamp of approval, while 0% of right-leaning outlets even get a wink from the tech giant.
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- {{cite news
|last=Cornelio
|first=Luis
|title=EXCLUSIVE: Wikipedia Effectively Blacklists ALL Right-Leaning Media; Smearing Trump, GOP and Conservatives
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/luis-cornelio/2025/02/03/exclusive-wikipedia-effectively-blacklists-all-right
|newspaper=NewsBusters
|date=February 3, 2025
|access-date=February 3, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
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|quote=Wikipedia warns that if “no such source exists, that may suggest that the information is inaccurate.” In other words, the only media reports that are considered trustworthy are those reported by leftist, legacy media.
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- {{cite news
|last=Joseph
|first=MacKinnon
|title=Wikipedia blacklists Blaze News and other right-leaning sources, ensuring it's a one-stop liberal propaganda shop
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.theblaze.com/news/wikipedia-blacklists-blaze-news-and-other-right-leaning-sources-ensuring-its-a-one-stop-liberal-propaganda-shop
|newspaper=Blaze Media
|date=February 4, 2025
|access-date=February 5, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=It's no secret that Wikipedia's volunteer editors are predominantly ideological myopes favorable to leftist causes, ideas, and personalities and antipathetic to conservatives of various stripes.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Harrison
|first=Stephen
|authorlink=Stephen Harrison (author)
|title=Project 2025’s Creators Want to Dox Wikipedia Editors. The Tool They’re Using Is Horrifying.
|trans-title=
|url=https://slate.com/technology/2025/02/wikipedia-project-2025-heritage-foundation-doxing-editors-antisemitism.html
|newspaper=Slate
|date=February 5, 2025
|access-date=February 5, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=It seems that both the CCP and Heritage believe that if you can’t win an argument in the digital space of Wikipedia, it’s fair game to destroy that person’s life offline.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=
|first=
|title=Big Tech must block Wikipedia until it stops censoring and pushing disinformation
|trans-title=
|url=https://nypost.com/2025/02/05/opinion/big-tech-must-block-wikipedia-until-it-stops-censoring-and-pushing-disinformation/
|newspaper=New York Post
|date=February 5, 2025
|access-date=February 6, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The source blacklist has zero to do with accuracy and everything to do with shutting down any journalist who doesn’t bend the knee to the left. And stifling any discourse not approved by progressive would-be overlords in biz and government and the NGO sector. In other words, Wikipedia is engaged in an actual disinformation op.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Carroll
|first=Tobias
|title=How Long Can Wikipedia Hold On?
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.insidehook.com/internet/long-can-wikipedia-hold-stephen-harrison
|newspaper=InsideHook
|date=February 5, 2025
|access-date=February 6, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=I think that there’s this political-industrial complex right now where everything is being politicized, right? And the right wing has an interest in portraying Wikipedia as left-wing and a kind of liberal media. ... But if I had to guess, I think it’s going to get worse before it gets better in terms of partisan rhetoric about Wikipedia.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Shroff
|first=Lila
|title=Elon Musk Wants What He Can’t Have: Wikipedia
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/02/elon-musk-wikipedia/681577/
|newspaper=The Atlantic
|date=February 5, 2025
|access-date=February 6, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Wikipedia is certainly not immune to bad information, disagreement, or political warfare, but its openness and transparency rules have made it a remarkably reliable platform in a decidedly unreliable age. Evidence that it’s an outright propaganda arm of the left, or of any political party, is thin.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Hurley
|first=Bevan
|title=Wikipedia accused of blacklisting conservative US media
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/wikipedia-blacklist-sources-websites-rltf92jlx
|newspaper=The Times
|date=February 6, 2025
|access-date=February 7, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The Media Research Center, a conservative organisation, released a report on the free online encyclopedia’s list of “reliable sources”. The report said that all the US news sites the centre categorised as right-leaning had failed to meet Wikipedia’s criteria as a trusted resource for administrators.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Kanevskaya
|first=Sofya
|title=Online lifeline
|trans-title=
|url=https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/02/06/online-lifeline-en
|newspaper=Novaya Gazeta
|date=February 6, 2025
|access-date=February 9, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Even Wikipedia recognises the gravity of the situation its contributors in Belarus now face, to the extent that they have overridden their own protocols and deleted the entire edit history for Belarus-related articles that could land its users in trouble.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Mitsui
|first=Mina
|script-title=ja:「産経新聞はお断り」の移民支援団体 その理由はウィキペディアの乱暴すぎる定義
|trans-title=Immigration support group declines interview with Sankei Shimbun – the reason is Wikipedia's excessively harsh definition
|url=https://www.sankei.com/article/20250207-WVDBQ365LZKAJG5VMFAXWDMQWI/
|newspaper=Sankei Shimbun
|date=February 7, 2025
|access-date=March 20, 2025
|language=ja
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|script-quote=ja:英語版は「極右新聞」と書いた韓国の英字誌を引用していた。言葉の壁があるとしても、定義が乱暴すぎる。
|trans-quote=The English Wikipedia article on Sankei Shimbun cited a South Korean English-language magazine that called it a "far-right newspaper." Even though there may be a language barrier, the definition is too rough and simplistic.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Prosser
|first=Jordan
|title=Want to know how the world ends? Try this Wikipedia page
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/feb/11/want-to-know-how-the-world-ends-try-this-wikipedia-page
|newspaper=The Guardian
|date=February 10, 2025
|access-date=February 14, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=As you scroll through the 2020s, though, you’ll notice that the pages keep going: 2026, 2027, 2028 and so on. The reliably dull Wikipedia interface remains unchanged, even as recorded history cedes to speculative history.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Koebler
|first=Jason
|title=Wikipedia Prepares for 'Increase in Threats' to US Editors From Musk and His Allies
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-prepares-for-increase-in-threats-to-us-editors-from-musk-and-his-allies/
|newspaper=404 Media
|date=February 11, 2025
|access-date=February 15, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=In a series of calls and letters to the Wikimedia community over the last two weeks, Wikimedia executives have told editors that they are trying to figure out how to keep their users safe in an increasingly hostile political environment.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Rao
|first=Devika
|title=Elon Musk and Wikipedia are feuding
|trans-title=
|url=https://theweek.com/media/elon-musk-wikipedia-controversy
|newspaper=The Week
|date=February 13, 2025
|access-date=February 15, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Many worry that Wikipedia contributors could be targeted next. According to documents obtained by the independent news organization Forward, the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank responsible for Project 2025, wants to "use facial recognition software and a database of hacked usernames and passwords in order to identify contributors to the online encyclopedia, who mostly work under pseudonyms." It is not yet clear what the organization would do after identifying the contributors."
}}
- {{cite news
|last=
|first=
|title=Elon Musk, Heritage Foundation accused of targeting Wikipedia editors
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/technology/elon-musk-heritage-foundation-accused-of-targeting-wikipedia-editors-article-12941100.html
|newspaper=Moneycontrol.com
|date=February 13, 2025
|access-date=February 15, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=In response, Wikimedia is rolling out new security measures. One major change is the temporary accounts program, which will prevent unregistered editors’ IP addresses from being visible to the public.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Ro
|first=Christine
|title=Why these scientists devote time to editing and updating Wikipedia
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00244-7
|newspaper=Nature
|date=February 19, 2025
|access-date=February 20, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Overall, Wade says, "there's a bunch of old-school scientists who don't think this kind of science communication is credible". Yet, she stresses that Wikipedia editing is easy and rewarding, and a useful way to contribute to research culture.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Vetter
|first=Matthew A.
|last2=Jiang
|first2=Jialei
|last3=Zachary J.
|first3=McDowell
|title=An endangered species: how LLMs threaten Wikipedia’s sustainability
|trans-title=
|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00146-025-02199-9
|newspaper=AI & Society
|date=February 19, 2025
|access-date=February 23, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Ultimately, this article calls for greater transparency and accountability in how big tech entities use open-access datasets like Wikipedia, advocating for collaborative frameworks prioritizing ethical considerations and equitable representation.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Chandonnet
|first=Henry
|title=How Wikipedia became a political lightning rod
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/91281292/how-wikipedia-became-a-political-lightening-rod
|newspaper=Fast Company
|date=February 21, 2025
|access-date=February 23, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The culture wars have come for our public information sources. And Wikipedia is on the chopping block.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=
|first=
|title=Wikipedia under fire again: Economist Sanjeev Sanyal says his profile altered using 'circular referencing'
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/wikipedia-under-fire-again-sanjeev-sanyal-says-his-profile-altered-using-circular-referencing-465625-2025-02-23
|newspaper=Business Today (India)
|date=February 23, 2025
|access-date=February 23, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=In November 2024, the Indian government reportedly formally raised concerns over bias and inaccuracies on the platform, citing complaints about a small group of editors exerting disproportionate influence over content neutrality. India Today reported that the government questioned whether Wikipedia should continue being classified as an intermediary or be held accountable as a publisher.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Mojid
|first=Muhammad Ibrahim
|title=Sylheti Wikipedia starts its journey
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/374781/sylheti-wikipedia-starts-its-journey
|newspaper=Dhaka Tribune
|date=February 25, 2025
|access-date=February 25, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=On February 14, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees and language committee approved the proposal of Sylheti Wikipedia.
}}
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- {{cite news
|last=Rowe
|first=Willa
|title=This free interactive museum lets you explore Wikipedia like never before
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/museum-of-all-things-recommendation/
|newspaper=Digital Trends
|date=March 1, 2025
|access-date=2025-03-14
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=That feeling of getting lost in the information rabbit hole is a quintessential Wikipedia experience that most people are familiar with.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Dunbar
|first=Jon
|title=Wikipedia list sheds light on Korea's historic restaurants
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/03/113_391790.html
|newspaper=The Korea Times
|date=March 3, 2025
|access-date=March 10, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=He added that he prefers to keep his anonymity because he sometimes writes on contentious topics. He cited a massive defamation lawsuit filed last year by the government of India against the Wikimedia Foundation, and a more recent report about the conservative U.S. Heritage Foundation's plans to "identify and target" volunteer editors on Wikipedia.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Talbot
|first=Margaret
|authorlink=Margaret Talbot
|title=Elon Musk Also Has a Problem with Wikipedia
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/elon-musk-also-has-a-problem-with-wikipedia
|newspaper=The New Yorker
|date=March 4, 2025
|access-date=March 4, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=But Wikipedia has proved remarkably resilient. Wales has stressed that the site is not for sale. And for two decades, a long time in tech years, it has stayed true to its crowdsourced, democratic ethos and to its commitment to facts. In 2025 America, that counts as a beacon of hope.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Templer Olaiya
|first=Tope
|title=On IWD, Wikimedia Foundation celebrates contributors closing gender gaps on Wikipedia
|trans-title=
|url=https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria/on-iwd-wikimedia-foundation-celebrates-contributors-closing-gender-gaps-on-wikipedia/
|newspaper=The Guardian
|date=March 5, 2025
|access-date=March 6, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Wikipedia depends on the availability of existing published sources to verify the facts in its articles. But, because women have been left out of historical narratives and traditional sources of knowledge, many of these knowledge gaps are present on Wikipedia.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Ramirez
|first=Martha
|title=Who’s Funding Wikipedia and Why Is It Under Attack?
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/whos-funding-wikipedia-and-why-is-it-under-attack
|newspaper=Inside Philanthropy
|date=March 6, 2025
|access-date=March 6, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=As these attacks continue, it’s more important than ever for funders to continue supporting and safeguarding organizations that foster learning. Only then can we ensure that in the future, Wikipedia, and free knowledge on the web in general, don’t share the fate of the great Library of Alexandria.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Murphy
|first=Margi
|title=Wikipedia Roiled With Internal Strife Over Page Edits About the Middle East
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-07/wikipedia-editors-struggle-to-moderate-conflict-in-gaza?srnd=homepage-americas
|newspaper=Bloomberg News
|date=March 7, 2025
|access-date=March 7, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Ongoing war and other conflicts in the Middle East have spilled onto the pages of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, where volunteer editors who maintain the website are sparring over how to frame recent events. At least 14 editors have been barred from working on pages related to the topic, Jewish organizations are claiming bias, and the conflict has reached the top levels of Wikipedia as the site's two founders, Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, are at odds over whether to unmask the anonymous editors involved in the turmoil.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Parks
|first=Kristine
|title=Wikipedia co-founder calls on Elon Musk to investigate government influence over online encyclopedia
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/wikipedia-co-founder-calls-elon-musk-investigate-government-influence-online-encyclopedia
|newspaper=Fox News
|date=March 7, 2025
|access-date=March 7, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=With the new Trump administration's goal to tackle waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government, Sanger sees a prime opportunity for DOGE to take another look at Wikipedia. He believes there's evidence to raise questions about potential government influence on the website and warned there could be foreign influence from China or Russia on the website as well.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Mcclure
|first=Gwen
|title=Wikipedia, a surprising repository of fact
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/544123/wikipedia-a-surprising-repository-of-fact
|newspaper=Radio New Zealand
|date=March 7, 2025
|access-date=March 7, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Every second, more than 8000 people read Wikipedia. Every minute, there are about 350 edits to the site. It's the most-read reference ever. This, of course, is according to Wikipedia - a sentence that would have been unlikely to appear in an article even a few years ago. But in a world where Meta has removed fact-checkers and AI gives laughably inaccurate answers, Wikipedia has emerged as a surprisingly reliable and increasingly respected source of information.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Ferran-Ferrer
|first=Núria
|title=Wikipedia has a huge gender equality problem – here’s why it matters
|trans-title=
|url=https://theconversation.com/wikipedia-has-a-huge-gender-equality-problem-heres-why-it-matters-251675
|newspaper=The Conversation
|date=March 7, 2025
|access-date=March 7, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=As we mark International Women’s Day, it’s high time we examined the barriers that keep Wikipedia from achieving true equity, and the efforts being made to close this digital divide.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=
|first=
|title=Want to learn how to contribute to the world's largest encyclopedia?
|trans-title=
|url=https://timesofmalta.com/article/want-learn-contribute-world-largest-encyclopedia.1106251
|newspaper=Times of Malta
|date=March 8, 2025
|access-date=March 9, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The initiative is part of a longer-term collaboration between Times of Malta and Wikimedia Community Malta which sees academic Toni Sant serve as Times of Malta's Wikimedian-in-Residence. As part of that collaboration, Times of Malta will be making a number of photos from its historic photo library available on Wikipedia for public use under a Creative Commons Licence.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Roscoe
|first=Jules
|title=Photographers Are on a Mission to Fix Wikipedia's Famously Bad Celebrity Portraits
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.404media.co/photographers-are-on-a-mission-to-fix-wikipedias-famously-bad-celebrity-portraits/
|newspaper=404 Media
|date=March 10, 2025
|access-date=March 10, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=This portrait problem stems from Wikipedia’s mission to provide free reliable information. All media on the site must be openly licensed, so that anyone can use it free of charge. That, in turn, means that most photos of notable people on the site are of notably poor quality.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Mayron
|first=Sapeer
|title=Wikimedians, unite: The people ensuring NZ's stories are on Wikipedia
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.thepost.co.nz/culture/360609224/wikimedians-unite-people-ensuring-nzs-stories-are-wikipedia
|newspaper=The Post
|date=March 11, 2025
|access-date=March 18, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Auckland Museum has been working alongside Wikipedia for a while, but especially closely since 2020. Their team keeps track of how often articles about their collections are looked at online: 60 million views a year on Wikipedia, compared with 600,000 on the museum’s own website.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Merid
|first=Feven
|title=Wikipedia’s Reluctant Resisters
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.cjr.org/the_new_gatekeepers/wikipedia-reluctant-resisters-musk-trump.php
|newspaper=Columbia Journalism Review
|date=March 13, 2025
|access-date=March 18, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=But if the common feeling in the room was that Wikipedia wasn't under existential threat, the editors still felt vulnerable.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Nair
|first=Pooja
|title=Malayalam finds a place in Wikipedia’s article writing contest on Islamic heritage
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2025/Mar/13/malayalam-finds-a-place-in-wikipedias-article-writing-contest-on-islamic-heritage
|newspaper=The New Indian Express
|date=March 13, 2025
|access-date=March 18, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Wikipedia's goal: 5,000 new articles. But beyond the numbers, the project is about preserving heritage and making knowledge accessible to all.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Jamal
|first=Ummar
|title=Courts have to be tolerant: Supreme Court on Delhi HC's takedown order against Wikipedia in ANI case
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/courts-have-to-tolerant-supreme-court-delhi-hc-takedown-order-against-wikipedia-ani-case
|newspaper=Bar and Bench
|date=March 17, 2025
|access-date=March 18, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The issue arose after ANI sued Wikipedia for defamation alleging that the platform allowed defamatory edits by certain users referring to the news agency as a "propaganda tool" for the present Central government.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=hrivastava
|first=Amisha
|title="Why Touchy About Comments On Court Proceedings?" Supreme Court On Delhi HC Order To Remove Wikipedia Page On ANI's Defamation Suit
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/why-touchy-about-comments-on-court-proceedings-supreme-court-on-delhi-hc-order-to-remove-wikipedia-page-on-anis-defamation-suit-286626
|newspaper=LiveLaw.in
|date=March 17, 2025
|access-date=March 18, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Subsequently, on November 11, 2024, the Delhi High Court closed Wikimedia's appeal against the single judge's order directing disclosure of the individuals' subscriber details. This came after both parties entered into a consent order resolving the matter.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=
|first=
|title=‘The question is about freedom of media’: SC issues notice to ANI after Wikipedia plea
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/03/17/the-question-is-about-freedom-of-media-sc-issues-notice-to-ani-after-wikipedia-plea
|newspaper=Newslaundry
|date=March 17, 2025
|access-date=March 18, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=In October, the Delhi High Court described Wikipedia’s model as “dangerous”, complaining that “anyone can edit a page”. It also ordered the take down of a Wikipedia page titled “Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation” which contains details on the ongoing case.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=
|first=
|title=Editing for Hate: How Anti-Israel and Anti-Jewish Bias Undermines Wikipedia’s Neutrality
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.adl.org/resources/report/editing-hate-how-anti-israel-and-anti-jewish-bias-undermines-wikipedias-neutrality
|newspaper=Anti-Defamation League
|date=March 18, 2025
|access-date=March 18, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=ADL has found clear evidence that a group of at least 30 editors circumvent Wikipedia’s policies in concert to introduce antisemitic narratives, anti-Israel bias, and misleading information.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Deutch
|first=Gabby
|title=ADL report finds ‘malicious’ Wikipedia editors conspired to impose anti-Israel bias across site
|trans-title=
|url=https://jewishinsider.com/2025/03/adl-wikipedia-policies-editors-anti-israel-bias-antisemitism/
|newspaper=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
|date=March 18, 2025
|access-date=March 20, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=On pages dedicated to major historical events, like several Israel-Arab wars or peace negotiations, editors would make “extensive edits” in “tone, content and perspective” to advance an anti-Israel narrative, the report found.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Weiss
|first=Debbie
|title=‘Malicious’ Wikipedia Editors Manipulated Site’s Coverage of Israel, ADL Report Alleges
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/03/18/malicious-wikipedia-editors-manipulated-sites-coverage-israel-adl-report-alleges/
|newspaper=Algemeiner Journal
|date=March 18, 2025
|access-date=March 20, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The ADL report did not call for abandoning Wikipedia but warned users to be skeptical of politically sensitive entries.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Starr
|first=Michael
|title=Wikipedia editor clique adding anti-Israel, antisemitic bias to pages, ADL study finds
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-846563
|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post
|date=March 18, 2025
|access-date=March 20, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The ADL said editors appeared to coordinate changing relevant pages, downplaying Palestinian antisemitism, violence, and calls to destroy Israel, and adding more criticism of Israel.
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- {{cite news
|last=Rosenberg
|first=Michelle
|title=Wikipedia launches review after report alleges anti-Israel editorial manipulation
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/wikipedia-launches-review-after-report-alleges-anti-israel-editorial-manipulation/
|newspaper=Jewish News
|date=March 19, 2025
|access-date=March 20, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Speaking to Jewish News, a spokesperson at the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia said: ... “Though our preliminary review of this report finds troubling and flawed conclusions that are not supported by the Anti-Defamation League’s data, we are currently undertaking a more thorough and detailed analysis. It is unfortunate that we were not asked to provide context that might have helped allay some of the concerns raised.”
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Schneider
|first=Dan
|last2=Olohan
|first2=Tom
|title=How biased Wikipedia trashed Trump’s nominees — after he named them
|trans-title=
|url=https://nypost.com/2025/03/19/opinion/how-biased-wikipedia-trashed-trumps-nominees/
|newspaper=New York Post
|date=March 19, 2025
|access-date=March 20, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=In its latest act of partisan truth-twisting, Wikipedia took a blowtorch to the reputations of President Donald Trump’s nominees for his Cabinet. The partisan ploy failed to derail them, but it exposed the sinister agenda that informs everything the online encyclopedia touches.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Duffy
|first=Clare
|title=The ADL says Wikipedia contains antisemitic bias, amid dispute over how the Israel-Hamas conflict is represented on the site
|trans-title=
|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/20/tech/wikipedia-adl-report-antisemitism-bias/index.html
|newspaper=CNN
|date=March 20, 2025
|access-date=March 21, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Since that decision, “the ADL has continued to misrepresent Wikipedia’s well-established guidelines, policies, and enforcement mechanisms that effectively address the issues outlined in the report and its recommendations,” the Wikimedia Foundation said in its statement.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Domanick
|first=Andrea
|title=Wikipedia volunteers aim to preserve the history of L.A. landmarks destroyed in fires
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.mainepublic.org/2025-03-21/wikipedia-volunteers-aim-to-preserve-the-history-of-l-a-landmarks-destroyed-in-fires
|newspaper=NPR
|date=March 21, 2025
|access-date=March 22, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=For five hours, two dozen or so volunteers congregate over laptops, cups of coffee and doughnuts iced with the Wikipedia logo. They're writing new entries for places lost in the fires, adding citations, updating information and uploading photos.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Khan
|first=Feroz
|title=The Heroic Photographers Fixing Bad Celeb Portraits On Wikipedia
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.thephoblographer.com/2025/03/22/the-heroic-photographers-fixing-bad-celeb-portraits-on-wikipedia/
|newspaper=The Phoblographer
|date=March 22, 2025
|access-date=March 22, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Have you ever wondered why there’s a sea of differences between the celebrity portraits seen on IMDb as compared to those on Wikipedia? It turns out many of us have been scratching our heads over the same.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=
|first=
|title=Assam: Wikipedia workshop on Assamese held at Bodoland University
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/assam-wikipedia-workshop-on-assamese-held-at-bodoland-university
|newspaper=The Sentinel
|date=March 22, 2025
|access-date=March 22, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The workshop covered various topics, including basic training on page editing, creating articles on Wikipedia, incorporating references, and understanding Wikipedia’s layout and formatting. Thirty-seven students and researchers participated in the event.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Singh
|first=Brijesh
|authorlink=Brijesh Singh
|title=Deconstructing Wikipedia: It’s biased, lopsided and partisan
|trans-title=
|url=https://sundayguardianlive.com/investigation/deconstructing-wikipedia-its-biased-lopsided-and-partisan
|newspaper=The Sunday Guardian
|date=March 23, 2025
|access-date=March 22, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=For example, discussions about Hindu religious practices frequently center around Western feminist or secular critiques rather than incorporating viewpoints from Hindu practitioners themselves. This creates a situation where content about Hinduism may emphasize aspects like caste systems or gender inequalities while minimizing its philosophical depth or cultural significance to Indian society.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Bandler
|first=Aaron
|title=Wikipedia Editors Blacklist Heritage Foundation Following Report of Plan to Unmask Antisemitic Editors
|trans-title=
|url=https://jewishjournal.com/news/united-states/380190/wikipedia-editors-blacklist-heritage-foundation-following-report-of-plan-to-unmask-antisemitic-editors/
|newspaper=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
|date=March 25, 2025
|access-date=March 26, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=In response to The Forward article, Wikipedia editors launched a discussion known as Request for Comment (RfC) on Jan. 8 how editors should treat the think tank’s reliability going forward.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=
|first=
|title=Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Enhancing the Discoverability of Women’s History
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.si.edu/events/detail?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D179972374
|newspaper=Smithsonian Institution
|date=March 25, 2025
|access-date=March 26, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Wikipedia is a vital link within the network of online information. Women with articles in Wikipedia are easier to find. We’ll boost the discoverability of these women by creating and editing articles in Wikipedia. Help us share the stories of women musicians, fiber artists, journalists, doctors and more.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Tremayne-Pengelly
|first=Alexandra
|title=Wikipedia Built the Internet’s Brain. Now Its Leaders Want Credit.
|trans-title=
|url=https://observer.com/2025/03/wikimedia-foundation-execs-speak-on-ai-scraping-attribution-and-wikipedias-future/
|newspaper=The New York Observer
|date=March 28, 2025
|access-date=March 29, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=As Wikipedia becomes more central to the infrastructure A.I., the organization is grappling with rising bot traffic, the need for attribution and how to sustain its ecosystem in the face of powerful new users.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Fraser
|first=Graham
|title=Amateur photographers hope to fix Wikipedia's 'terrible' pictures
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqly43k3d45o
|newspaper=BBC
|date=March 29, 2025
|access-date=March 29, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Some enthusiasts launched WikiPortraits, a project to recruit a group of volunteer photographers around the world and get them accreditation to attend film festivals, conferences and other events.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=
|first=
|title=Wikipedia vs ADL continues: Report claims dangerous bias, urge policymakers to act quickly before...
|trans-title=
|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/wikipedia-vs-adl-continues-report-claims-dangerous-bias-urge-policymakers-to-act-quickly-before-/articleshow/119811286.cms
|newspaper=The Times of India
|date=March 31, 2025
|access-date=March 31, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The tension traces back to last year when Wikipedia editors deemed the ADL “generally unreliable” on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict due to its dual advocacy and research roles, though still “generally reliable” elsewhere.
}}
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- {{cite news
|last=
|first=
|title=The Depths of Wikipedia Bluesky account is a treasure trove of trivia – 22 favourites
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.thepoke.com/2025/04/01/depths-of-wikipedia-bluesky-account-treasure-trove-of-trivia/
|newspaper=The Poke
|date=April 1, 2025
|access-date=April 1, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Over on Bluesky, the Depths of Wikipedia account curates some absolute treasures from the open-collaboration encyclopaedia.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Thapliyal
|first=Nupur
|title=Delhi High Court Orders Removal Of Allegedly Defamatory Description Of ANI On Its Wikipedia Page
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/delhi-high-court/delhi-high-court-ani-defamatory-wikipedia-page-removal-288188
|newspaper=LiveLaw
|date=April 2, 2025
|access-date=April 2, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=In its suit against Wikimedia Foundation and its officials, ANI has said that the former has allegedly published palpably false and defamatory content with malicious intent of tarnishing the news agency's reputation and to discredit its goodwill.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=
|first=
|title=Delhi High Court orders Wikipedia to remove edits on ANI page
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/04/02/delhi-high-court-orders-wikipedia-to-remove-edits-on-ani-page
|newspaper=Newslaundry
|date=April 2, 2025
|access-date=April 2, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=In October, the Delhi High Court had described Wikipedia’s model as “dangerous”, complaining that “anyone can edit a page”. It also ordered the take down of a Wikipedia page titled “Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation” which contains details on the ongoing case. Wikipedia took the page down but also moved the Supreme Court.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Kan
|first=Michael
|title=Wikipedia Faces Flood of AI Bots That Are Eating Bandwidth, Raising Costs
|trans-title=
|url=https://uk.pcmag.com/ai/157384/wikipedia-faces-flood-of-ai-bots-that-are-eating-bandwidth-raising-costs
|newspaper=PCMag
|date=April 2, 2025
|access-date=April 2, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=In response, Wikipedia’s site managers have imposed “case-by-case” rate limiting for the offending AI crawlers, or even banned them. But to address the problem over the long-term, the Wikimedia Foundation is developing a “Responsible Use of Infrastructure” plan, which notes the network strain from AI bot scrapers is “unsustainable.”
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Ghosh
|first=Sohini
|title=In a first, Delhi High Court directs Wikipedia to remove ‘defamatory’ content on news agency ANI
|trans-title=
|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/wikipedia-hc-defamatory-content-news-agency-9924033/
|newspaper=The Indian Express
|date=April 4, 2025
|access-date=April 4, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=“Defendant No.1 [Wikimedia Foundation Inc] professes itself to be an encyclopaedia and people at large have a tendency to accept the statements made on the web pages of Defendant No.1 as gospel truth. The responsibility, therefore, of Defendant No.1 is higher,” [the court] stated.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Chaturvedi
|first=Arpan
|title=Wikimedia must remove India content deemed defamatory, court rules
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/wikimedia-must-remove-india-content-deemed-defamatory-court-rules-2025-04-04/
|newspaper=Reuters
|date=April 4, 2025
|access-date=April 4, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Last year the agency, ANI, sued Wikimedia for defamation in the Delhi High Court, citing a Wikipedia description that it faced criticism for being a government "propaganda tool" and sought removal of such statements.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Boller
|first=Jay
|title=Disbanded in 2019, MN’s Wikipedia Editors Are Gathering Once Again: ‘We Need People’
|trans-title=
|url=https://racketmn.com/disbanded-in-2019-mns-wikipedia-editors-are-gathering-once-again-we-need-people
|newspaper=Racket (Minnesota)
|date=April 4, 2025
|access-date=April 5, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Recently, the 30-ish folks behind the Wikimedians of Minnesota User Group have resurrected their meetups. It's an effort to better curate entries related to the state and geek-out on the minutia of online information chronicling, but it's also a great excuse to snack on stuffed sausage dates while sipping beers at Lake Monster Brewing Co., as they'll do this coming Sunday.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Hsu
|first=Jeremu
|title=AI data scrapers are an existential threat to Wikipedia
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2475215-ai-data-scrapers-are-an-existential-threat-to-wikipedia/
|newspaper=New Scientist
|date=April 4, 2025
|access-date=April 5, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, says since January 2024 it has seen a 50 per cent increase in network traffic requesting image and video downloads from its catalogue.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=
|first=
|title=Wikipedia operator appeals Indian court's order to remove content, sources say
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/wikipedia-operator-appeals-indian-courts-order-remove-content-sources-say-2025-04-07/
|newspaper=Reuters
|date=April 7, 2025
|access-date=April 7, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The Wikimedia Foundation is the second major tech platform, following X, to become embroiled in Indian court battles over orders to take down content in recent years.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Thapliyal
|first=Nupur
|title=Wikipedia Moves Delhi High Court Against Order To Take Down Allegedly 'Defamatory' Content On ANI, Hearing Tomorrow
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/delhi-high-court/delhi-high-court-wikipedia-order-take-down-defamatory-content-ani-288612
|newspaper=LiveLaw.in
|date=April 7, 2025
|access-date=April 7, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The single judge had observed that Wikipedia cannot wash its hands of the contents published on it by merely claiming that it is an intermediary and cannot be held responsible for the statements published on the platform. Perusing ANI's Wikipedia page, the Court had said that the statements on it were all sourced from articles which were nothing but editorials and opinionated pages.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=
|first=
|title=Tragedy of a commons: on Wikimedia and the free flow of information
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/tragedy-of-a-commons-on-wikimedia-and-the-free-flow-of-information/article69419922.ece
|newspaper=The Hindu
|date=April 7, 2025
|access-date=April 7, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Unlike newspapers or scientific journals, the encyclopedia does not purport to publish new information; volunteers are instead expected to repeat with attribution or reproduce with references, information originally published elsewhere, with a preference for reputable sources. In this light, the court order is problematic.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Reji
|first=Blessy
|title=Wikipedia vs ANI: The legal battle so far
|trans-title=
|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/wikipedia-vs-ani-the-legal-battle-so-far/articleshow/120085351.cms?from=mdr
|newspaper=The Economic Times
|date=April 8, 2025
|access-date=April 8, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=ANI argued that, as a public platform, Wikipedia should not possess the same freedoms as a private company. It also criticised the platform for restricting the page, which prevents the news agency from making edits while allowing Wikipedia editors to do so.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=
|first=
|title=Remove defamatory content about ANI, Delhi HC tells Wikipedia
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/remove-defamatory-content-about-ani-delhi-hc-tells-wikipedia/article69427896.ece
|newspaper=The Hindu
|date=April 9, 2025
|access-date=April 9, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=On Tuesday, the court observed that Wikipedia is regarded as an encyclopedia and should maintain neutrality and not take sides like a blog.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Singh
|first=Nandini
|title=ANI vs Wikipedia: What the case is about and what has happened so far
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/ani-vs-wikipedia-defamation-case-what-we-know-so-far-125041000498_1.html
|newspaper=Business Standard
|date=April 10, 2025
|access-date=April 12, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Wikipedia, which allows for user-generated modifications supported by credible sources, defended itself by citing its community moderation model and neutrality policy.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=
|first=
|title=Maharashtra Cyber urges Centre to block Wikipedia, Proton Mail
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/maharashtra-cyber-urges-centre-to-block-wikipedia-proton-mail-101744399169955.html
|newspaper=Hindustan Times
|date=April 12, 2025
|access-date=April 12, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The cyber cell then issued a stern warning to Wikipedia, warning that failure to comply could result in its services being blocked in India under Section 69A of the IT Act.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Hosie
|first=William
|title=Is Wikipedia in trouble?
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/business/technology-media/wikipedia-ai-threatened-chatgpt-b1221368.html
|newspaper=Evening Standard
|date=April 12, 2025
|access-date=April 12, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=But Wikipedia has, increasingly, found itself at odds with the world. The rise of autocracy and totalitarianism last year means a growing number of governments are looking to control what Wikipedia says about them, while a global turn against traditional institutions has weakened trust in the website – which many see as a mouthpiece for legacy media.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Harrison
|first=Stephen
|title=How Trump’s Stock Market Chaos Is Dividing Wikipedia
|trans-title=
|url=https://slate.com/technology/2025/04/trump-news-2025-stock-market-crash-wikipedia-controversy.html
|newspaper=Slate
|date=April 12, 2025
|access-date=April 12, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Editors have starkly different views of what Wikipedia is and how it best serves readers.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Phiddian
|first=Ellen
|title=Wikipedia's largest non-English version was created by a bot. Generative AI poses new problems
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-04-15/wikipedia-cebuano-lsjbot-ai-article-generation-non-english/105123090
|newspaper=Australian Broadcasting Corporation
|date=April 15, 2025
|access-date=April 19, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Dr Johansson designed a program, dubbed "lsjbot", which generated millions of articles in several languages, but particularly Cebuano. It also laid bare a debate which Wikipedia has been grappling with since its inception, and which artificial intelligence (AI) is making ever more pressing.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Weatherbed
|first=Jess
|title=Wikipedia is giving AI developers its data to fend off bot scrapers
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.theverge.com/news/650467/wikipedia-kaggle-partnership-ai-dataset-machine-learning
|newspaper=The Verge
|date=April 17, 2025
|access-date=April 19, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Wikipedia is attempting to dissuade artificial intelligence developers from scraping the platform by releasing a dataset that’s specifically optimized for training AI models.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Choudhury
|first=Ritwik
|title=Relief for Wikipedia as Supreme Court sets aside Delhi High Court order to take down defamatory edits against ANI
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/relief-wikipedia-supreme-court-sets-aside-delhi-high-court-order-take-down-defamatory-edits-against-ani
|newspaper=Bar and Bench
|date=April 17, 2025
|access-date=April 19, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The High Court issued summons to Wikipedia on July 9, 2024 and ordered it to disclose information about three people who made the edits on ANI's Wikipedia page. The order was resisted by Wikipedia, which itself chose to serve notices on these users instead of disclosing their identity in public.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Schneider
|first=Dan
|last2=Jackson
|first2=Jerris
|title=Sneak attack: How biased Wikipedia twisted the truth about JD Vance
|trans-title=
|url=https://nypost.com/2025/04/17/opinion/how-bias-wikipedia-twisted-the-truth-about-jd-vance/
|newspaper=New York Post
|date=April 17, 2025
|access-date=April 19, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=No longer a straightforward source of facts, Wikipedia today is pure left-wing propaganda — and its intense campaign against Vice President JD Vance is just the latest example of its bias.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Mauran
|first=Cecily
|title=Wikipedia has a solution for the deluge of AI training bots hogging its servers
|trans-title=
|url=https://sea.mashable.com/tech/37297/wikipedia-has-a-solution-for-the-deluge-of-ai-training-bots-hogging-its-servers
|newspaper=Mashable
|date=April 19, 2025
|access-date=April 19, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=According to Ars Technica, bots that scrape Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons pages have consumed 50 percent of its bandwidth, putting a massive strain on the nonprofit's entire operation.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=
|first=
|title=A welcome move: On Wikipedia and Supreme Court order
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/a-welcome-move-on-wikipedia-and-supreme-court-order/article69465732.ece
|newspaper=The Hindu
|date=April 19, 2025
|access-date=April 19, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=In asking for the takedown of articles by interpreting critical information as defamation and by even threatening penal action against Wikipedia, judicial actions could unwittingly lead to the stifling of open discussion of entities on the encyclopaedia, thereby acting against the interest of the free flow of information.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Kaminsky
|first=Gabe
|title=Exclusive: Trump’s D.C. Prosecutor Threatens Wikipedia’s Tax-Exempt Status
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.thefp.com/p/trump-prosecutor-threatens-wikipedia
|newspaper=The Free Press
|date=April 25, 2025
|access-date=April 26, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The letter, which was obtained by The Free Press, accused the largest online encyclopedia of “allowing foreign actors to manipulate information and spread propaganda to the American public.”
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Oremus
|first=Will
|last2=Mark
|first2=Julian
|title=U.S. attorney for D.C. accuses Wikipedia of ‘propaganda,’ threatens nonprofit status
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/25/wikipedia-nonprofit-ed-martin-letter/
|newspaper=The Washington Post
|date=April 25, 2025
|access-date=April 26, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=While Wikipedia has weathered occasional controversies throughout its history over the content of its articles, its emergence as a bogeyman of U.S. conservatives is relatively recent. In 2018, an Atlantic column dubbed it “the last bastion of shared reality” in an ever more polarized country.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Chapman
|first=Matthew
|title='Subverting America': Trump DOJ official declares war on 'propaganda' peddler — Wikipedia
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.rawstory.com/trump-wikipedia/
|newspaper=Raw Story
|date=April 25, 2025
|access-date=April 26, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Martin went on to complain that the Wikimedia board is "composed primarily of foreign nationals” who are “subverting the interests of American taxpayers.”
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Roth
|first=Emma
|title=Trump DOJ goon threatens Wikipedia
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.theverge.com/news/656720/ed-martin-dc-attorney-wikipedia-nonprofit-threat
|newspaper=The Verge
|date=April 26, 2025
|access-date=April 26, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Martin’s letter reflects a broader trend of the right targeting Wikipedia.
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- {{cite news
|last=Singh
|first=Rohit
|title=Wikipedia Tax-Exempt Status at Risk As US Attorney Demands Transparency on Content Moderation
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.medianama.com/2025/04/223-us-attorney-asks-wikipedia-to-reveal-content-moderation-policies/
|newspaper=MediaNama
|date=April 28, 2025
|access-date=April 28, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Globally, Wikipedia has come under scrutiny from various governments. In Saudi Arabia, the government imprisoned two Wikipedia editors on charges of “swaying public opinion.” In Turkey, Wikipedia was blocked entirely for nearly three years over content critical of the government until the country’s highest court ruled the ban unconstitutional.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Kehnemui
|first=Sharon
|title=U.S. Attorney Targets Wikipedia for Disinformation, Spread of Propaganda by Foreign Sources
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.nysun.com/article/u-s-attorney-targets-wikipedia-for-disinformation-spread-of-propaganda-by-foreign-sources
|newspaper=The New York Sun
|date=April 28, 2025
|access-date=April 28, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Mr. Martin said Wikipedia’s operations are directed by a board composed primarily of foreign nationals “subverting the interests of American taxpayers.” He said that its mission as a neutral educational resource is benefiting “foreign powers,” and its tax-exempt status could be at risk for violating its “legal obligations and fiduciary duties.”
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Dye
|first=Liz
|title=DC Prosecutor Ed Martin Goes After Wikipedia For Exercising First Amendment Rights
|trans-title=
|url=https://abovethelaw.com/2025/04/dc-prosecutor-ed-martin-goes-after-wikipedia-for-exercising-first-amendment-rights/
|newspaper=Above the Law
|date=April 28, 2025
|access-date=April 29, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The letter was cordial, if ridiculous. But on social media, Martin was (even) less professional. “Hey @Wikipedia: you can run but you can’t hide!” he tweeted, linking to a post on his own letter.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Walker
|first=Corey
|title=Wikipedia Nonprofit Status Under Scrutiny From US Justice Department Amid Claims of Systemic Anti-Israel Bias
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/04/28/wikipedia-nonprofit-status-under-scrutiny-us-justice-department-amid-claims-systemic-anti-israel-bias/
|newspaper=Algemeiner Journal
|date=April 28, 2025
|access-date=April 29, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The cohort of Wikipedia editors has softened the image of Islamist terrorist groups such as Hamas through removing any mention of their 1988 charter, which calls for the complete massacre of Jews and elimination of Israel. The editors also edited an article on Zionism, describing the movement for Jewish self-determination as “an ethnocultural nationalist movement” which was “pursued through the colonization of Palestine.”
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Paul
|first=Ari
|title=Feds Threaten Wikipedia After Right-Wing Media Uproar
|trans-title=
|url=https://scheerpost.com/2025/04/30/feds-threaten-wikipedia-after-right-wing-media-uproar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feds-threaten-wikipedia-after-right-wing-media-uproar
|newspaper=ScheerPost
|date=April 30, 2025
|access-date=April 30, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=One might ask, “Who cares if Wikipedia is biased?” Lots of media are biased in one direction or another. And the notion that any nonprofit organization’s political leaning requires its status be investigated is ludicrous, considering that three of the organizations hyping Wikipedia’s alleged wrongdoing—the Heritage Foundation, the Manhattan Institute and the ADL—have the same tax-exempt status.
}}
May
- {{cite news
|last=Goldberg
|first=Yitz
|title=Members of Congress call on Wikipedia to curb its antisemitism
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/407703
|newspaper=Arutz Sheva
|date=May 1, 2025
|access-date=May 1, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The letter follows recent ADL research that found widespread antisemitic and anti-Israel bias on its pages, across multiple languages, especially on content related to Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as an apparent coordinated promotion of pro-Hamas propaganda.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Bandler
|first=Aaron
|title=23 Congressional Members Express Concern to Wikimedia Foundation Over “Potential Abuse of Wikipedia by Coordinated Actors”
|trans-title=
|url=https://jewishjournal.com/news/united-states/381177/23-congressional-members-express-concern-to-wikimedia-foundation-over-potential-abuse-of-wikipedia-by-coordinated-actors/
|newspaper=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
|date=May 1, 2025
|access-date=May 2, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The letter highlighted how the report documented instances in which these editors scrubbed the Wikipedia pages of certain public figures’ support for terrorism and antisemitism and that the Hamas Wikipedia page whitewashes Hamas’ terror activities.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Zoom
|first=Doktor
|title=Donald Trump Trying To Kill NPR, PBS, Wikipedia, Puppies, Everything Else You Like
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.wonkette.com/p/donald-trump-trying-to-kill-npr-pbs
|newspaper=Wonkette
|date=May 3, 2025
|access-date=May 3, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=But the rightwing obsession with going after public media and Wikipedia isn’t solely about wanting to consolidate control over information. Like so many Trumpian culture-war "policies," it's driven by a deep well of resentment and revenge, a desire to get even with the snooty elites who must be punished for liking things that Real Americans don’t.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Merlin
|first=Chad
|title=US jurist accuses Wikipedia of ‘disseminating propaganda’ and ‘rewriting history’
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.jpost.com/international/article-852583
|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post
|date=May 3, 2025
|access-date=May 5, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Aharoni Lir revealed that interviews with 16 Jewish English Wikipedia editors had raised major concerns about the “difficulty, and at times impossibility, of correcting biased content directed against Israel,” a problem she said had “notably intensified since October 7.”
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Bandler
|first=Aaron
|title=Wikipedia’s Supreme Court Bans Two Editors for Offsite Misconduct in Israel-Palestine Topic Area
|trans-title=
|url=https://jewishjournal.com/news/worldwide/381221/wikipedias-supreme-court-bans-two-editors-for-offsite-misconduct-in-israel-palestine-topic-area/
|newspaper=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
|date=May 5, 2025
|access-date=May 5, 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=In their announcement, the committee said it had reviewed a 244-page dossier that The Journal published in the “Gaming the Wiki System” cover story chronicling the purported activities of the Wikipedia channel in the Tech for Palestine Discord server.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Donahue
|first=Bill
|title=Jay-Z Says Rape Accuser’s Attorney Edited Wikipedia Pages to Harm His Reputation
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/jay-z-lawyer-rape-case-edited-wikipedia-hurt-reputation/
|newspaper=Billboard (magazine)
|date=5 May 2025
|access-date=7 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=“In violation of Wikipedia’s rules, Buzbee directed his employees to edit Wikipedia pages to enhance Buzbee’s image and damage Mr. Carter’s and Roc Nation’s reputations,” Jay-Z’s attorneys write in the amended complaint.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Fried
|first=Ina
|title=Exclusive: Wikimedia CEO is leaving
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.axios.com/2025/05/06/wikimedia-ceo-maryana-iskander-leaving
|newspaper= Axios
|date=6 May 2025
|access-date=6 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote="I will remain in my role until a new CEO is in place," Iskander said in the note. "The hope is to welcome a successor by January 2026, a milestone that coincides with Wikipedia's 25th anniversary."
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Socha
|first=Miles
|title=Wikipedia Has Put a Few Precious Words on T-shirts
|trans-title=
|url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/wikipedia-collab-angels-trump-musk-1237686262/
|newspaper=Women's Wear Daily
|date=7 May 2025
|access-date=7 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The Cologne-based firm has cooked up a collaboration with the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia and has found itself in the crosshairs of U.S. President Donald Trump and Tesla founder Elon Musk in recent months.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Milmo
|first=Dan
|title=Wikipedia challenging UK law it says exposes it to ‘manipulation and vandalism’
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/08/wikipedia-challenging-uk-law-it-says-exposes-it-to-manipulation-and-vandalism
|newspaper=The Guardian
|date=8 May 2025
|access-date=8 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The charity that hosts Wikipedia is challenging the UK’s online safety legislation in the high court, saying some of its regulations would expose the site to “manipulation and vandalism”.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Vallance
|first=Chris
|title=Wikipedia legally challenges 'flawed' online safety rules
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62j2gr8866o
|newspaper=BBC
|date=8 May 2025
|access-date=8 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Lead counsel Phil Bradley-Schmieg said it was "unfortunate that we must now defend the privacy and safety of Wikipedia's volunteer editors from flawed legislation". The government told the BBC it was committed to implementing the act but could not comment on ongoing legal proceedings.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Ro
|first=Crystal
|title=There Are A LOT Of Horrifying Wikipedia Pages About Missing Persons, What's One You Can't Stop Thinking About?
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/crystalro/whats-the-scariest-wikipedia-page-about-a-missing-person
|newspaper=BuzzFeed
|date=8 May 2025
|access-date=9 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Well, true crime experts, now it's your turn to share. What's the scariest Wikipedia page about a missing person (or persons) you've ever read?
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Roy
|first=Debayan
|title=Win for Wikipedia as Supreme Court quashes Delhi High Court's order to takedown page on ANI v Wiki case
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/supreme-court-delhi-high-court-takedown-ani-wikipedia-page
|newspaper=Bar and Bench
|date=9 May 2025
|access-date=9 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=We have no hesitation to hold that the direction issued by the High Court could not have been issued, the top court said.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Srivastava
|first=Bhavini
|title=Second round of ANI vs. Wikipedia begins before Delhi High Court
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/second-round-of-ani-vs-wikipedia-begins-before-delhi-high-court
|newspaper=Bar and Bench
|date=9 May 2025
|access-date=9 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The High Court today issued notice to Wikimedia Foundation (owner of Wikipedia) on a fresh application moved by ANI for an interim injunction against alleged defamatory content on Wikipedia's page about ANI. Justice Jyoti Singh heard the case today and issued notice to Wikipedia before listing the matter for further hearing on July 7.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Chaturvedi
|first=Arpan
|title=India Supreme Court reverses content takedown order against Wikipedia operator
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-supreme-court-reverses-content-takedown-order-against-wikipedia-operator-2025-05-09/
|newspaper=Reuters
|date=9 May 2025
|access-date=9 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The Supreme Court said the takedown order was the result of the high court reacting "disproportionately." "Courts, as a public and open institution, must always remain open to public observations, debates and criticisms," the 37-page Supreme Court order said.
}}
- {{Cite news
|last=Stevens
|first=Rhiannon
|title=Can Wikipedia survive the rise of AI and Trump?
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/105123224
|newspaper=ABC News (Australia)
|date=11 May 2025
|access-date=12 May 2025
|language=en-AU
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=live
|quote=But he stops short of calling it a shared reality. Wikipedia is not a place where you’re “just seeing your preferential version of things served up to you as a delicious piece of confirmation bias,” he says. “[But] there will be people who just reject Wikipedia out of hand when it doesn’t conform with their concept of reality.”
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Fried
|first=Ina
|title=Interview: Wikipedia weathers AI, political storms
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.axios.com/2025/05/12/wikipedia-ai-politics-storms-interview-maryana-iskander
|newspaper=Axios
|date=12 May 2025
|access-date=12 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Iskander also sees lessons in Wikipedia's approach for AI companies as they seek to mitigate bias, reduce errors and ensure a healthy information ecosystem.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Carolan
|first=Mary
|title=Authors of paper claiming Irish judges use Wikipedia as a source for rulings dispute ‘flawed’ research criticisms
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2025/05/12/authors-of-paper-claiming-irish-judges-use-wikipedia-as-a-source-for-rulings-dispute-flawed-research-criticisms/
|newspaper=The Irish Times
|date=12 May 2025
|access-date=12 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The original paper was published in 2022 and was criticised in a subsequent study published in May 2023, co-authored by High Court judge Mr Justice Richard Humphreys, which said citations in judgments are driven mainly by legal submissions and maintained there was no “Wikipedia effect”.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Bhattar
|first=Ruchi
|title=Why Supreme Court reversed Delhi High Court’s Wikipedia page takedown order in ANI defamation case
|trans-title=
|url=https://theprint.in/judiciary/why-supreme-court-reversed-delhi-high-courts-wikipedia-page-takedown-order-in-ani-defamation-case/2622282/
|newspaper=Scroll.in
|date=12 May 2025
|access-date=13 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Hearing Wikimedia’s Special Leave Petition (SLP), the bench firmly rejected the HC’s interpretation and its broad directive.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Kartikeya
|first=Kumar
|title=Drawing a line in the sand: SC judgment reaffirms right to free speech
|trans-title=
|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/free-speech-freedom-of-expresion-wikipedia-case-9997614/lite/
|newspaper=The Indian Express
|date=12 May 2025
|access-date=13 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=In conclusion, the Wikipedia v ANI decision is not merely a win for one online platform, it draws a line in the sand. The Supreme Court has reminded lower courts and litigants alike that judicial power must be exercised with restraint, especially in matters concerning speech.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=
|first=
|title=Wikipedia Changes Entries On Indian News Channels After Report Points To Bias
|trans-title=
|url=https://news.abplive.com/news/india/wikipedia-changes-entries-on-indian-news-channels-after-report-points-to-bias-1772264
|newspaper=ABP News
|date=14 May 2025
|access-date=14 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Wikipedia has edited out the 'disparaging' parts of the pages on Indian news channels following a news report that called out the website's alleged bias. Wikipedia, in its profiles of leading news channels in India, allegedly labelled them as close to the BJP and stated that the channels reported in favour of the ruling party.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Hein
|first=Rachel
|title=Wikipedia Once Again Asking for $1 in Exchange For Teaching You Everything You’ve Ever Learned
|trans-title=
|url=https://thehardtimes.net/culture/wikipedia-once-again-asking-for-1-in-exchange-for-teaching-you-everything-youve-ever-learned/
|newspaper=The Hard Times
|date=14 May 2025
|access-date=14 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote="[Wikipedia] is run completely on the goodwill and hyperfixation disorders of complete randos out there. I really have no idea how this place runs, but it's been too long for me to ask. People have always trusted me because of how I look and I can’t ruin that by asking questions. Regardless, we have other stuff we need money for that you don’t know about. Just trust me, okay?"
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Palmer
|first=Kathryn
|title=‘Nonsense Detectives’ Give Academic Resources New Life Online
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/libraries/2025/05/15/wikipedia-giving-academic-resources-new-life-online
|newspaper=Inside Higher Ed
|date=15 May 2025
|access-date=21 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The two-year residency pilot program is a partnership between CUNY and Wikimedia New York City, and funded by Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist and namesake of CUNY’s journalism school.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Klein
|first=Shira
|title=Is Wikipedia a cesspool of antisemitism? Don’t trust the ADL’s answer.
|trans-title=
|url=https://forward.com/opinion/720601/wikipedia-antisemitism-adl-israeli-palestinian-conflict/
|newspaper=The Forward
|date=16 May 2025
|access-date=17 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The attacks by the ADL and Congress on Wikipedia purport to protect Jews, but in fact have nothing to do with antisemitism, and everything to do with controlling the narrative about Israel. But Wikipedia’s processes around that narrative are admirable in their strenuous research.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=
|first=
|title=New ESISC Report Exposes Systemic Failures in Wikipedia’s Governance and the Growing Risks of Disinformation
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250520555924/en/New-ESISC-Report-Exposes-Systemic-Failures-in-Wikipedias-Governance-and-the-Growing-Risks-of-Disinformation
|newspaper=Business Wire
|date=20 May 2025
|access-date=21 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=The authors argue that Wikipedia’s structure increasingly mirrors that of a social media platform rather than a neutral and reliable information source.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Micale
|first=Jennifer
|title=Open source: How a classroom assignment can help improve Wikipedia
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/5592/open-source-how-a-classroom-assignment-can-help-improve-wikipedia
|newspaper=BingUNews
|date=20 May 2025
|access-date=23 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=True story: Stoever Googled “How to use Wikipedia in your classroom,” which led her to Wiki Education. She applied, and within weeks, the organization built a dashboard for her class, assigned students a Wikipedia expert as a guide, and gave the professor her own mentor, along with online talks and events throughout the semester.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Thrush
|first=Glenn
|last2=Feuer
|first2=Alan
|title=If Justice Dept. Can’t Prosecute Trump’s Foes, It Will ‘Shame’ Them, Official Says
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/trump-justice-department-ed-martin-weaponization.html
|newspaper=The New York Times
|date=21 May 2025
|access-date=21 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=At another point, Mr. Martin said he viewed himself as being engaged in a “war over information.” He cited a letter he had written to Wikipedia accusing it of bias and improperly shielding itself from scrutiny through its tax-exempt status.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Grabowski
|first=Jan
|authorlink=Jan Grabowski
|title=Contrary to recent op-ed’s conclusions, ADL report on antisemitism on Wikipedia is accurate
|trans-title=
|url=https://forward.com/opinion/letters/721825/lte-adl-antisemitism-wikipedia/
|newspaper=The Forward
|date=21 May 2025
|access-date=21 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=If anything, the ADL report downplays our findings, which point to the pervasive presence of antisemitism on the Wikipedia pages we analyzed.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Good
|first=Anna
|title=We already know what the last-ever Wikipedia article and edit will be, claims viral theory
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.dailydot.com/culture/how-wikipedia-will-end-viral-theory/
|newspaper=The Daily Dot
|date=22 May 2025
|access-date=23 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=These existential questions resonated with viewers, with his TikTok video reaching over 331.9K views and 31.8K likes. After all, most people take the internet’s most trusted encyclopedia for granted.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Merlin
|first=Ohad
|title=Five points for the Nakba: PA involved in contest for creation of Palestinian-biased Wiki articles
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-855089
|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post
|date=22 May 2025
|access-date=23 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=In other words, a government-sanctioned organization is being platformed by the Wikipedia website to redact content with strong political undertones – promising to reimburse the winners with what appears to be governmental allocated funds.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Tangermann
|first=Victor
|title=Terrifying Survey Claims ChatGPT Has Overtaken Wikipedia
|trans-title=
|url=https://futurism.com/survey-chatgpt-overtaken-wikipedia
|newspaper=Futurism
|date=22 May 2025
|access-date=24 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=While Wikipedia has never been known to be an infallible source free of bias or inaccuracies, generative AI has proven to be far more unreliable, thanks to widespread hallucinations and biases present in its training data.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Mohammed-Nurudeen
|first=Mahmud
|title=AfroCuration Ghana 2025 unites 7 Ghanaian languages to promote African identity on Wikipedia
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/afrocuration-ghana-2025-unites-7-ghanaian-languages-to-promote-african-identity-on-wikipedia/
|newspaper=Myjoyonline
|date=25 May 2025
|access-date=26 May 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=We have over 2,000 African languages, yet our voices are missing on the Internet. While Swahili is making remarkable strides, other languages must rise too. Wikipedia is a powerful tool for digital inclusion, and we are here to change the narrative.
}}
June
- {{cite news
|last=Smith
|first=Eugene
|title=Who writes Trump’s Wikipedia page? Meet the ‘edit warriors’
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/trump-wikipedia-page-who-does-it-r7xcnwpzl
|newspaper=The Times
|date=3 June 2025
|access-date=4 June 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Elon Musk tweeted in 2023 that it had a “non-trivial left-wing tilt” and joked it should rename itself “Wokipedia”. Conservative commentators have echoed similar criticisms, saying it takes its information disproportionately from “left-wing” media, and one study published last year suggested its editors wrote more positively of Democratic figures than Republican ones.
}}
- {{cite news
|last=Bandler
|first=Aaron
|title=Taking Sides: Wikipedia Advances Anti-Israel Narratives
|trans-title=
|url=https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/06/06/taking_sides_wikipedia_advances_anti-israel_narratives_1115040.html
|newspaper=RealClearInvestigations
|date=6 June 2025
|access-date=7 June 2025
|language=en
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
|url-status=
|quote=Although Wikipedia credits its volunteer editing for making it a vast encyclopedia with tens of millions of pages, it lacks the policies and tools to achieve neutrality on hotly contested topics like the Israel-Palestine conflict, according to a third editor who requested anonymity.
}}