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The Wikipedia article on inceldom is by far not the only one that has recently been effectively ''captured'' by politically motivated admins. | The Wikipedia article on inceldom is by far not the only one that has recently been effectively ''captured'' by politically motivated admins. | ||
In a 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> However, it must be noted that all of Sanger's | In a 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> However, it must be noted that all of Sanger's attempts at competing with Wikipedia since he left Wikipedia in 2002 - one year after Wikipedia's launch - were utter failures, and that he may hold a particular grudge against Wikipedia. | ||
==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> | ||