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To: SeekAndFind
Checked Wiki and it's true. They set up a serious firewall to keep this story off his biography page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Neil+deGrasse+Tyson

05:19, 30 September 2014 CambridgeBayWeather (talk | contribs) changed protection level of Neil deGrasse Tyson‎ ‎[edit=sysop] (expires 05:19, 7 October 2014 (UTC))‎[move=sysop] (expires 05:19, 7 October 2014 (UTC)) (Edit warring / content dispute: Fixing edit summary) (hist)

03:00, 30 September 2014 CambridgeBayWeather (talk | contribs) protected Neil deGrasse Tyson‎ ‎[edit=sysop] (expires 03:00, 7 October 2014 (UTC))‎[move=sysop] (expires 03:00, 7 October 2014 (UTC)) (Violations of the biographies of living persons policy) (hist)

20:03, 28 September 2014 Jimbo Wales (talk | contribs) changed protection level of Neil deGrasse Tyson‎ ‎[edit=sysop] (expires 20:03, 29 September 2014 (UTC))‎[move=sysop] (expires 20:03, 29 September 2014 (UTC)) (Shortening length of protection due to recent developments in this story) (hist)

06:49, 20 September 2014 CambridgeBayWeather (talk | contribs) protected Neil deGrasse Tyson‎ ‎[edit=sysop] (expires 06:49, 11 October 2014 (UTC))‎[move=sysop] (expires 06:49, 11 October 2014 (UTC)) (Edit warring / content dispute) (hist)

01:09, 15 October 2013 Mark Arsten (talk | contribs) configured pending changes settings for Neil deGrasse Tyson [Auto-accept: require "autoconfirmed" permission] (Persistent vandalism) (hist)

00:30, 26 August 2013 Legoktm (talk | contribs) changed visibility of a revision on page Neil deGrasse Tyson: content hidden (RD2: Violations of the biographies of living persons policy)

07:55, 12 July 2013 Lectonar (talk | contribs) protected Neil deGrasse Tyson‎ ‎[edit=autoconfirmed] (expires 07:55, 26 July 2013 (UTC)) ‎[move=autoconfirmed] (expires 07:55, 26 July 2013 (UTC)) (Persistent vandalism) (hist)

05:19, 17 February 2013 Someguy1221 (talk | contribs) changed visibility of a revision on page Neil deGrasse Tyson: content hidden and edit summary hidden (RD3: Purely disruptive material)

05:04, 17 February 2013 J.delanoy (talk | contribs) changed visibility of a revision on page Neil deGrasse Tyson: content hidden and edit summary hidden (Non-public identifying or personal information)

19:04, 2 August 2012 Spellcast (talk | contribs) protected Neil deGrasse Tyson‎ ‎[edit=autoconfirmed] (expires 19:04, 16 August 2012 (UTC)) ‎[move=autoconfirmed] (expires 19:04, 16 August 2012 (UTC)) (same vandalism) (hist)

21:30, 25 July 2012 Acalamari (talk | contribs) protected Neil deGrasse Tyson‎ ‎[edit=autoconfirmed] (expires 21:30, 1 August 2012 (UTC)) ‎[move=autoconfirmed] (expires 21:30, 1 August 2012 (UTC)) (Sudden rush of vandalism) (hist)

Note that they deleted any reference to the controversy under their "Violations of the biographies of living persons policy" despite the fact that none of the facts in the matter are in dispute. Just for comparison, I went to Pat Buchanan's page (picking someone I knew they would hate) and sure enough they even have an anti-semetic quote which he is alleged to have said but which he claims is fabricated and for which there is no evidence at all hat he said it.

Strip away the newspeak and their policy should be called "Violations of the biographies of living obama Supporters".

9 posted on 09/30/2014 7:54:21 AM PDT by edwinland
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To: edwinland

I’m a retired university professor who refused to let students slide by with Wikipedia as a source for just this type of situation.


21 posted on 09/30/2014 9:32:46 AM PDT by Makana
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