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Source: https://jewishinsider.com/2024/06/wikipediai-israeli-palestinian-conflict-zionism-adl-encyclopedia/
Ideologically Motivated Actors Are Working to Shape Knowledge Shared on Wikipedia
(Jewish Insider) Gabby Deutch - Wikipedia's editors voted earlier this month to rate the Anti-Defamation League as an unreliable source on matters related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Central to Wikipedia's mythology is the notion that its vast network of unpaid, anonymous editors have no hidden motive besides expanding access to knowledge. But the decision by several dozen Wikipedia editors to deem the ADL - founded in 1913 to combat antisemitism - an unreliable source raises questions about the motivations driving a handful of highly active, ideologically driven users. More than 40 Jewish organizations, led by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, wrote a letter on Monday to the Wikimedia Foundation, asking the organization to investigate the process that led the ADL to be deemed unreliable. "Fundamentally, Wikipedia is stripping the Jewish community of the right to defend itself from the hatred that targets our community," the groups wrote.