Wikipedia considers deleting ‘Twitter Files’ page
Wikipedia censors are considering deleting the site’s entry on The Twitter Files, a trove of internal communications at Twitter released by Elon Musk last week that revealed a deep censorship collusion between previous Twitter management and the Biden team.
Perhaps the most well-known and impactful content that was censored by Twitter was the New York Post’s exposé on the Biden family’s corruption, which was published in the heat of the presidential election. Then–White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany was suspended from Twitter for sharing the story. Twitter executives also blocked the story being shared via direct message, previously a tool reserved for blocking child pornography.
Almost 50 percent of Biden voters knew nothing of the Hunter Biden laptop story at the time of the election and about 16 percent said they would not have voted for Biden had they known, according to a survey from The Media Research Center.
The Twitter Files scandal is currently the subject of a Wikipedia article titled, “Twitter Files Investigation”. However, as of this report, Wikipedia notes above the entry that “this article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy.” It also notes that a discussion is taking place among contributors as to whether the article should be deleted. Wikipedia administrators will make a decision based on a “rough consensus”.
Some arguments for the page’s deletion are vague and do not appear to offer concrete reasoning. One contributor admitted they can’t explain it. “I don't know where to start explaining why this should be deleted. It's a disaster. Maybe we can have a Twitter Files article, but not this one.”
Other contributors argued that because some mainstream media outlets such as the New York Times refused to report on The Twitter Files, as detailed by Frontline News, it should not be given credibility. “This ‘event’ was a dud rather than a smoking gun. Many news networks avoided covering this as there is no ‘there’ there. (For instance, the New York Times as of now has published nothing on this.).”
Another contributor similarly wrote that “this self-published blogpost (with a grandiose title) lacks significant coverage in reliable sources.”
“This was generally ignored by the media (with good reason) and thus failed to establish notability,” wrote another.
Other contributors pushed back and argued for keeping the article, pointing out that the very fact the corporate media are conspicuously avoiding the story ties into the censorship exposed by The Twitter Files.
Wikipedia censors are a new project of the Biden administration, as reported by Frontline News this week.
The Biden administration has commissioned a group of journalists called Hacks/Hackers to organize a group of Wikipedia censors called “Research Coordinators” for a project called NewsQ. These censors will list which sources of vaccine information are “credible sources” and which are “unreliable”. Job applicants need not have a medical background or expertise in a medical field to become a Research Coordinator.
“That list is already taking shape on Wikipedia, with liberal outlets such as The New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, and The Atlantic all marked ‘reliable,’” reports The Daily Wire. “Conservative sites, including The Daily Wire, Daily Mail, Epoch Times, and The Federalist, are all classified as either ‘unreliable’ or ‘conspiracy'.”
