[WikiEN-l] Discrimination on Wikipedia

Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax at gmail.com
Tue Dec 5 14:55:20 UTC 2006


Gregory Kohs wrote:
> Jim Schuler wisely stated:
> 
>> Might depend on tax law.  If I remember correctly (it's been 15 years since
>> I dealt with this), 501(c) and 501(c)(3) tax-exempt and private foundations
>> can run afoul of the IRS if there is a clear indication of active
>> discrimination.
> 
> But then also stated:
> 
>> In this case, I don't see any evidence of an active policy
>> of discrimination...
> 
> There actually *is* a fairly active policy of discrimination that's been
> carried out for the
> past few months.
> 
> Employees of public relations firms are not allowed to edit Wikipedia.
> 

Wrong. Spam and POV hagiographies are banned, *regardless* of who posts
them.

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