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Union Busting
This page should probably mention that Wikipedia is actively engaging in union-busting activities and retaliatory firings over that. https://wikiworkersunited.org/ and https://medium.com/@jakeorlowitz/wikipedia-is-doing-the-capitalist-thing-56a393232943 are some sources with more information on that. LongBoye (talk) 06:40, 27 May 2026 (UTC)
Not done: Wikipedia is not it's own company, it is the Wikimedia Foundation. And since this is probably a controversial action, please back this up with more reliable sources. "https://wikiworkersunited.org/" is clearly not an independent source and cannot be used. | One Reaction was here. Got a complaint? 19:43, 1 June 2026 (UTC)- This controversy is already mentioned at Wikimedia Foundation#Community tech team disbanding. SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 20:02, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
Edit request: typo
There is one instance of "ofpornographiy" instead of saying "of pornography". This is found in the coverage of topics and systemic bias section. Please fix this. Halfshower423 (talk) 00:43, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
- done. Thanks. That typo (and another) were introduced just a few hours ago by user:OneReaction5890 Meters (talk) 00:50, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
- Thank you Halfshower423 (talk) 01:02, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
- oops! | One Reaction was here. Got a complaint? 11:32, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
Infobox
why is the Infobox so wide??? 1timeuse75 (talk) 12:18, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
Why no TOC?
Is there a reason this article doesn't have a table of contents? It would be handy (as someone who visits relatively often to find updated stats). DrThneed (talk) 23:39, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
- Please look again, thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:40, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
how about fully protected
so this is the article of the free encyclopedia, could we make it fully protected? kIaimi5658 (talk) 20:57, 8 September 2026 (UTC)
- As the linked page says, protection is generally only used to prevent disruption, and only where other measures are ineffective. CMD (talk) 23:21, 8 September 2026 (UTC)
- Well nothing happened yet and the article was made protected even though there's stuff I should fix Monstrasm 05:34, 11 September 2026 (UTC)
- Plenty of stuff has happened, but that stuff has ideally been resolved at the current protection level. Nobody has presented cause to increase to fully protected. It is unfortunate that disruption results in the need to limit some editing, but any desired changes can still be proposed through WP:Edit requests. CMD (talk) 06:36, 11 September 2026 (UTC)
- i was in bed KNM5847478 (talk) 11:49, 11 September 2026 (UTC)
- Plenty of stuff has happened, but that stuff has ideally been resolved at the current protection level. Nobody has presented cause to increase to fully protected. It is unfortunate that disruption results in the need to limit some editing, but any desired changes can still be proposed through WP:Edit requests. CMD (talk) 06:36, 11 September 2026 (UTC)
- Well nothing happened yet and the article was made protected even though there's stuff I should fix Monstrasm 05:34, 11 September 2026 (UTC)
Should we add that Wikipedia is the first article ever?
I was thinking of adding it but to avoid me getting yelled at I want to think if should the fact (.) 14:29, 17 September 2026 (UTC)
History section removal
On September 21, the "History" section was removed.
This causes the layout to be strange as it is starting off with level-3 headings instead of level-2.
Is this consensus based? It hasn't been reverted for two days. TheSilksongPikmin (talk | contribs) 19:06, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
Done, thanks for noticing this good faith removal. Yes, a discussion would be needed, and the benefit of the 'History' section title is that it includes the main link to 'History of Wikipedia'. Thanks again. Randy Kryn (talk) 00:45, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
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