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Wikipedia Page for Obama Official Now In Charge of Wikimedia Foundation Was Created by Paid Editor

The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, selected Bernadette Meehan, a former Obama Foundation executive and Ambassador to Chile for Joe Biden, as its new CEO last year. Shortly after her selection, editors found the Wikipedia article on Meehan was created in early 2015 by an account later banned on suspicion of undisclosed paid editing, a violation of the site’s Terms of Use. In an interview with an in-house newsletter, Meehan denied knowledge of the account.

Wikipedia boss Bernadette Meehan

Wikipedia Featured Article Mocking Charlie Kirk Tribute Song on Front Page as ‘Good Article’

Wikipedia’s article about the tribute song “We Are Charlie Kirk” was included in the front page’s “Did you know” section in mid-May after receiving “Good article” status, one of the site’s highest quality rankings. Its front page entry noted an outlet calling it the “worst song” of 2025. The Wikipedia article about the song memorializing Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk following his assassination last year denigrates conservatives who appreciated the song’s tribute to Kirk with particular focus on its suspected AI origins.

Charlie Kirk on the day of his assassination (1)

Wikipedia Editors Mock, Denigrate Co-Founder Larry Sanger Following Ban

Following Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger’s ban from the site he helped establish and sought to reform, site editors took to maligning him on his personal discussion page in what is commonly called “grave-dancing” on Wikipedia. Some editors argued Sanger’s proposed reforms should be discarded with his ban. Other editors expressing support for Sanger received mocking responses, including comments related to Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s assassination last year.

anti-hate protest

‘Show Trial’: Wikipedia Bans Co-Founder Larry Sanger After He Advocates for Intellectual Diversity

Larry Sanger, the co-founder of Wikipedia, was banned indefinitely this week from the site he helped establish in what one editor likened to a “show trial” over Sanger’s efforts to form a group on the site that would advocate for policy reforms promoting intellectual diversity. Leftist editors accused him of attempting to rig discussion about the group after he discussed it on social media and in a news interview.

Larry Sanger banned from Wikipedia