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The '''Wikipedia incel article''' on [[Wikipedia|the world's third largest online encyclopedia]] ''should'' cover the topic of [[involuntary celibacy]], i.e. the condition of not being able to get laid, but in its current state, it is, in fact, the highest-profile [[virgin-shaming]] article on the world wide web, beating even Encyclopedia Dramatica's incel article in terms of sensationalism. It is typically the first or second search result on Google when searching 'incel' in Anglo-Saxon countries. The politically [[apex fallacy|biased]] representation of incels, broad-brushing them as terrorists and [[misogyny|misogynists]], lead to the creation of this wiki which aims to provide actual information on inceldom. | The '''Wikipedia incel article''' on [[Wikipedia|the world's third largest online encyclopedia]] ''should'' cover the topic of [[involuntary celibacy]], i.e. the condition of not being able to get laid, but in its current state (2021), it is, in fact, the highest-profile [[virgin-shaming]] article on the world wide web, beating even Encyclopedia Dramatica's incel article in terms of sensationalism. It is typically the first or second search result on Google when searching 'incel' in Anglo-Saxon countries. The politically [[apex fallacy|biased]] representation of incels, broad-brushing them as terrorists and [[misogyny|misogynists]], lead to the creation of this wiki which aims to provide actual information on inceldom. | ||
Wikipedia's incel article used to be more on-topic and accurate, but the tone shifted substantially and useful information and references have been removed since 2010: | Wikipedia's incel article used to be more on-topic and accurate, but the tone shifted substantially and useful information and references have been removed since 2010: | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel Incel article from {{CURRENTYEAR}}] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel Incel article from {{CURRENTYEAR}}] | ||
{{quote|When academic sources are brought forth as possible citations [the effective owner of the page] calls them 'fringe' and 'undue weight.' Then she and her programmer buddies explain that the article is negative because that's what the 'reliable sources' say."<ref>http://wikirev.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=2045&p=3726&hilit=incel#p3726</ref>}} | {{quote|When academic sources are brought forth as possible citations [the effective owner of the page] calls them 'fringe' and 'undue weight.' Then she and her programmer buddies explain that the article is negative because that's what the 'reliable sources' say."<ref>http://wikirev.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=2045&p=3726&hilit=incel#p3726</ref>}} | ||
The Wikipedia article on inceldom is by far not the only one that has recently been effectively ''captured'' by politically motivated moderators. In fact, in an 2021 interview, Wikipedia's co-founder, Larry Sanger, said that he could "no longer trust the website [he] created".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0P4Cf0UCwU</ref> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The first English Wikipedia article on Incel came about half-a-decade after the very beginnings of the self-identified community back in the late 90s. Wikipedia debuted on Jan. 15, 2001 and the Incel page was made on July 29, 2004.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040729080456/http://en.wikipedia.org:80/wiki/Involuntary_celibacy</ref> Using archive.org, you can see that the idea of Incel was presented as a neutral term as well as gender-neutral. It was nicely unbiased. For the next decade, incels could find [[IncelSupport]] through Wikipedia and see that it was a place for anyone. Here is an example from 2006: "Yes, hickoryridge, Cernan posted a link to this site on Wikipedia! He's doing a great job, isn't he?"<ref>http://z15.invisionfree.com/IncelSupport/ar/t42.htm</ref> | The first English Wikipedia article on Incel came about half-a-decade after the very beginnings of the self-identified community back in the late 90s. Wikipedia debuted on Jan. 15, 2001 and the Incel page was made on July 29, 2004.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040729080456/http://en.wikipedia.org:80/wiki/Involuntary_celibacy</ref> Using archive.org, you can see that the idea of Incel was presented as a neutral term as well as gender-neutral. It was nicely unbiased. For the next decade, incels could find [[IncelSupport]] through Wikipedia and see that it was a place for anyone. Here is an example from 2006: "Yes, hickoryridge, Cernan posted a link to this site on Wikipedia! He's doing a great job, isn't he?"<ref>http://z15.invisionfree.com/IncelSupport/ar/t42.htm</ref> | ||