{"id":2388225,"date":"2025-01-09T09:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T14:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-group-targets-rogue-wikipedia-editors-report\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T09:50:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T14:50:18","slug":"pro-trump-group-targets-rogue-wikipedia-editors-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-group-targets-rogue-wikipedia-editors-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Trump Group Targets Rogue Wikipedia Editors: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpro-trump-group-targets-rogue-wikipedia-editors-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2388225&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Heritage Foundation has initiated a project aimed at identifying and targeting Wikipedia editors who are believed to be publishing antisemitic content. According to a report from the Forward, the conservative think tank communicated its intentions to several Jewish organizations, detailing plans to monitor editing patterns and biases on Wikipedia. The initiative, part of Project Esther, aims to counter antisemitism in the United States and involves tracking phrases and topics that editors frequently engage \u2063wiht, notably those opposing Zionism or promoting antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal\u200d included\u200c tactics such as creating fake accounts to reveal bias patterns among editors. While the Heritage Foundation declined to elaborate on the project, the Wikimedia Foundation,\u2063 wich oversees Wikipedia, did not comment on the matter.\u2063 This campaign comes amid ongoing criticisms of Wikipedia for alleged ideological bias, particularly a perceived leftist slant, as highlighted by a study from the Manhattan Institute. The study found a correlation between the political \u200balignment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-finally-discovers-china-uses-u-s-media-to-attack-the-united-states\/\" title=\"CNN Finally Discovers China Uses U.S. Media To Attack The United States\">public figures<\/a> and the emotional\u200c sentiment \u200bassociated with them in Wikipedia entries, suggesting that\u2063 the platform may not fully \u200duphold its policy of neutrality.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Heritage Foundation launched a new effort to track down volunteer editors on Wikipedia who are publishing what they believe to be antisemitic content.<\/p>\n<p>The conservative think tank sent documents to various Jewish foundations detailing its intentions to &ldquo;identify and target Wikipedia editors abusing their position,&rdquo; according to a Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/forward.com\/news\/686797\/heritage-foundation-wikipedia-antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the Forward, a Jewish nonprofit news outlet.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/forward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Heritage-Wikipedia-Oversight-Project-Forward.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pitch deck<\/a> sent to the entities said the Heritage Foundation, which created the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-project-2025-director-trump-campaign-issues-ominous-warning-afterwards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project 2025<\/a> policy recommendation blueprint for President-elect Donald Trump, would track repeated phrases and content patterns, edit frequency, topic focus, and similarities across articles on the free online encyclopedia to identify biased editors.<\/p>\n<p>Heritage staff members told the Jewish foundations that the initiative would try to identify editors consistently opposing Zionism or promoting antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is part of Project Esther, a national <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/progressivism\/report\/project-esther-national-strategy-combat-antisemitism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strategy<\/a> from the Heritage Foundation to &ldquo;counter antisemitism in the United States and ensure the security and prosperity of all Americans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Other tactics mentioned in the pitch deck included making &ldquo;curated sock puppet accounts to reveal patterns and provoke reactions,&rdquo; as well as pushing &ldquo;specific topics to expose more identity related details.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Heritage told the Forward that she could not respond to inquiries about the project, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-triggers-wikipedia-founder-5-word-tweet-amid-recession-definition-feud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Foundation<\/a>, the parent organization for Wikipedia, declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>The revelation about the new campaign comes as Wikipedia, which is one of the most popular websites in the world, receives criticism for leftist bias across its content.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1871443771424116954\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">encouraged<\/a> social media users to &ldquo;stop donating to Wokepedia until they restore balance to their editing authority&rdquo; last month after Libs of TikTok <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1871312751840407668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> that the website spent $50 million of its $177 million budget from 2023 to 2024 on diversity initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>The Manhattan Institute published a <a href=\"https:\/\/manhattan.institute\/article\/is-wikipedia-politically-biased\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> last year which found that there indeed exists &ldquo;a mild to moderate tendency in Wikipedia articles to associate public figures ideologically aligned right-of-center with more negative sentiment than <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">public figures ideologically aligned left-<\/a>of-center.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The site has &ldquo;prevailing associations of negative emotions&rdquo; such as disgust with respect to right<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jan-6-committee-requests-records-from-dozens-trump-white-house-right-wing-journalist-meme-creator\/\" title=\"Jan. 6 Committee Requests Records From Dozens: Trump White House, Right-Wing Journalist, Meme-Creator\">-wing figures<\/a>, but &ldquo;positive emotions&rdquo; such as joy with respect to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-tom-cotton-lefts-bureaucratic-mindset-laid-bare-when-childless-activists-undermine-parents\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Tom Cotton: Left&#039;s &#039;Bureaucratic Mindset&#039; Laid Bare When Childless Activists Undermine Parents\">left-wing figures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our findings suggest that Wikipedia is not entirely living up to its neutral point of view policy, which aims to ensure that content is presented in an unbiased and balanced manner,&rdquo; the analysis added.<\/p>\n<p>The organization said their findings about political bias on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wikipedia-co-founder-calls-site-noticing-disturbing-trend-communist-pages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a> were &ldquo;concerning&rdquo; 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The conservative think tank provided documents to several Jewish organizations outlining their goal to &#8220;identify and target Wikipedia editors misusing their authority,&#8221; as reported by the Forward, a Jewish nonprofit news outlet. A presentation shared with these organizations indicated that the Heritage Foundation, known for its Project 2025 policy recommendations for President-elect Donald Trump, plans to analyze recurring phrases, editing patterns, topic focus, and article similarities on Wikipedia to pinpoint biased editors. Staff members mentioned that the initiative aims to identify those who consistently oppose Zionism or promote antisemitism as part of Project Esther\u2014a national strategy aimed at combating antisemitism in the U.S. and ensuring safety for all Americans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2388226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wikipedia.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[48201],"class_list":["post-2388225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-protrump-wikipedia-mediabias-onlinecensorship-politicalactivism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wikipedia.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2388225"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2388234,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388225\/revisions\/2388234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}