Jimmy Wales calls for a 'neutral approach' to the page, which referred to the 'ongoing, intentional, and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people'.
Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales has blocked editing access to the site’s Gaza genocide page, saying it fails to meet the company’s “high standards” and “needs immediate attention”.
In a statement on the page’s discussion section on Sunday when all further editing was blocked, Wales said he had been asked in a “high-profile media interview” about the page, which stated in its first line that the genocide was an “ongoing, intentional, and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip carried out by Israel during the Gaza war”.
Wales said the article breached Wikipedia’s neutral point of view, calling it “particularly egregious”. He added that he was writing the statement in his personal capacity and not on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation, which runs the site.
According to a note on the page, the page has been locked from editing until Tuesday at 21:47 GMT or “until editing disputes have been resolved”.
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