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Letters Contrary to recent op-ed’s conclusions, ADL report on antisemitism on Wikipedia is accurate
A historian disputes his former co-author's characterization of ADL report
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Opinion Is Wikipedia a cesspool of antisemitism? Don’t trust the ADL’s answer.
The ADL misinterpreted my research to denounce the crowdsourced online encyclopedia
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News Edit wars over Israel spur rare ban of 8 Wikipedia editors — from both sides
Wikipedia’s credibility is under attack from pro-Israel critics and right-wing voices such as Elon Musk
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News Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors
The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism
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Fast Forward Wikipedia’s operator rejects Jewish groups’ call to override editors on ADL trustworthiness
More than 40 Jewish groups told the Wikimedia Foundation that the decision to label the Anti-Defamation League “unreliable” makes the Jewish community less safe
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Opinion ‘Does anybody question the NAACP?’: The ADL head thinks Wikipedia is biased. Is he right?
Jonathan Greenblatt speaks out over the site’s controversial decision to question his organization's reliability as a source
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Opinion Wikipedia called the ADL ‘unreliable.’ It’s a wake-up call the civil rights organization badly needs
The designation reveals long-standing contradictions in one of the most storied American civil rights organizations
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Fast Forward ADL faces Wikipedia ban over reliability concerns on Israel, antisemitism
Wikipedia editors argued that ADL tends to label legitimate criticism of Israel as antisemitism
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