How Wikimedia Foundation violates its own policies and makes editorial decisions for Wikipedia

Wikipedia and its content is controlled in their entirety by the Wikimedia Foundation, even though the latter claims to not interfere in the editorial decision-making process, reported Pirate Wires. Attempts to portray herself as a victim in the aftermath of the #MeToo Movement also drew support for Hale from the Wikipedia faction ‘Women in Red’ But soon accusations surfaced about how Maria Sefidaris might have influenced her position in the Wikimedia Foundation to enforce the ban on ‘Fram’ over his confrontation with Sefidaris’ love interest Hale. Wikipedia admins serving personal interests In 2021, Maria Sefidaris stepped down from the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation to become a ‘paid consultant’ at ‘The Movement Strategy.’ This created a hullabaloo among the Wikipedia community about ‘self-dealing.’ The General Counsel of the Wikimedia Foundation, Amanda Keton, came to her rescue and attempted to rationalise the decision. According to Pirate Wires, ‘The Movement Strategy’ was launched in 2017 to veer Wikipedia from an alleged ‘decentralised knowledge platform’ to one with a ‘hyper-centralised space of top-down justice activism and advocacy’ by 2030. Wikipedia eventually violated its ‘No Original Research’ policy to promote pages such as ‘Black Lives Matter,’ ‘Police Brutality in the United States,’ ‘Racism in Oregon’ and ‘US National Anthem Protests.’ Pirate Wires noted, “Instead of aggregating information from other sources, Wikipedia editors began both going to protests and proactively reaching out to photographers who would be willing to allow Creative Commons use of protest photography.” The Movement Strategy also served another purpose.