Wikipedia Blocks Users from Posting Criticism of Obama
FROM THE REAL BARACK OBAMA Klein: Eligibility issue sparks ‘edit war’. Wikipedia blocks users from posting criticism of Obama In a follow-up to his March 8 post, Wikipedia scrubs Obama eligibility. Mention of citizenship issues deleted within minutes, ‘offending’ users banned from website, Aaron Klein, Jerusalem bureau chief for World Net Daily, wrote last evening, March 9: A WND article reporting yesterday that Wikipedia had been scrubbing President Obama’s biography of criticism has resulted in an “edit war” on the website in which a large number of users were barred from posting on key issues, including any mention of challenges to Obama’s eligibility. Ultimately, administrators at Wikipedia, the online “free encyclopedia” mega-site written and edited by its users, entirely locked Obama’s page so that only top editors could make changes to the entry – and only if a change is supported by a consensus of editors. A perusal through Obama’s Wikipedia entry yesterday found a heavily guar...