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'''N.B. there are certain [[evil trolls]] who assert that Wikimedia may not be corrupt. Take care while reading this page to not fall prey to their [[propaganda]].'''

[[[[Wikipedia]] is the largest [[GFDL corpus access provider]]. It was [[usurper|usurped]] by [[Wikimedia]] in 2003. Since then it has been '''alleged''' to have become increasingly corrupt and unresponsive to contributors and users. Evidence of '''Wikimedia corruption''' includes:

[[Wikipedia]] is the largest [[GFDL corpus access provider]]. It was [[usurper|usurped]] by [[Wikimedia]] in 2003. Since then it has been '''alleged''' to have become increasingly corrupt and unresponsive to contributors and users. Evidence of '''Wikimedia corruption''' includes:

=== structural corruption ===

*many [[GFDL violation]]s notably re [[attribution]] and access to source text and all improvements. ''See [[text liberation]] for more on this issue

*no actual end user (as opposed to "developer" or "sysop" or "editor") rep on the "board"; ~~no [[independent board]] members not affiliated with operations~~

*no actual end user (as opposed to "developer" or "sysop" or "editor") rep on the "board";

*'''Wikimedia Foundation''' not consulted when legally important decisions made, e.g. [http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2004-June/000384.html in response to Wikipedia being blocked in China], which is the biggest issue it has ever faced, the Jimmy Wales unilaterally "hereby authorize [[Andrew Lih]] to make a statement on our behalf", based on [[usual happy NPOV talk]]. This was less than one day after the "election" of [[Wikimedia Board of Trustees]] who evidently had no opinion that mattered, on this all-important question.

*false claims added to [[Wikimedia]] article here, and true claims removed; several attempts to revert these claims without answering to them, proving there is no adequate response

*[[technological escalation]] against [[Recyclopedia]] and threatened, according to some, against [[Wikinfo]] - attempted coverup with extremely selective event reporting in [[Wikipedia]], false claims in article nominally about Recyclopedia but seeming to serve only to spread the story that did not include [[denial of service attack]]s with [[vandalbot]]s

*[[technological escalation]] against [[Recyclopedia]] and threatened against [[Wikinfo]] - attempted coverup with extremely selective event reporting in [[Wikipedia]], false claims in article nominally about Recyclopedia but seeming to serve only to spread the story that did not include [[denial of service attack]]s with [[vandalbot]]s

*users not consulted when user environment changes - suggesting only certain kinds or status of users "count"

*solicitation of donations beyond Florida state lines - may violate US federal law

*[[outing]] and concomitant [[libel]] based on [[echo chamber]] claims

*tolerance of extensive [[sysop vandalism~~]] most notably by [[Auntie Angela]] and [[Hephaestos~~]]

*tolerance of extensive [[sysop vandalism]]

*tolerance of extensive [[sysop vigilantiism]] and contemplation of more serious [[developer vigilantiism]]

*[[ad hominem delete]] without process, recently spread to [[Meta-Wikipedia]]

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=== individual corruption by officers ===

*Wales intimidating [[English Wikipedia User Secretlondon]] for being "too anti-American"

*[[libel chill]] by Wales, attempting to silence critics of his decisions and appointments, or even just those who point out [[GFDL violation]]s by Wikimedia, e.g. accusing people who say [[Wikipedia violates GFDL]] as being guilty of '''libel against Wikimedia''' on the [[Wikipedia mailing list]]

*[[Daniel Mayer]] was appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer on July 4, 2004; this individual is hardly credible as a reporter of facts or a guardian of any principles, given his long standing participation in [[echo chamber]] and [[libel pit]] activities; it strongly detracts from credibility of [[Wikimedia]] and [[Wikipedia]] when such a person is in charge of the books

''For issues with developers and others without official status, see [[Talk:alleged Wikimedia corruption]].''