THERE’S A WAR GOING ON OVER KAMALA HARRIS’S WIKIPEDIA PAGE, WITH UNFLATTERING ELEMENTS VANISHING

The Intercept ^ | July 2 2020, 4:52 p.m. | Aída Chávez

[conservative98]

CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC SEN. Kamala Harris is widely seen as a frontrunner for a spot on the ticket with presumptive nominee Joe Biden, with vetting well underway.

Presidential vetting operations have entire teams of investigators, but for the public, when the pick is announced, the most common source for information about the person chosen is Wikipedia. And there, a war has broken out over how to talk about Harris’s career.

At least one highly dedicated Wikipedia user has been scrubbing controversial aspects of Harris’s “tough-on-crime” record from her Wikipedia page, her decision not to prosecute Steve Mnuchin for mortgage fraud-related crimes, her strong support of prosecutors in Orange County who engaged in rampant misconduct, and other tidbits — such as her previous assertion that “it is not progressive to be soft on crime” — that could prove unflattering to Harris as the public first gets to know her on the national stage. The edits, according to the page history, have elicited strong pushback from Wikipedia’s volunteer editor brigade, and have drawn the page into controversy, though it’s a fight the pro-Harris editor is currently winning.

In 2016, The Atlantic published an article about Wikipedia edits and how a burst of activity could foreshadow Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential pick, noting that Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine’s page had seen significantly more edits than any other candidate’s in the weeks leading up to the announcement.

[Steve Van Doorn]

page in question
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Kamala_Harris

[SunkenCiv]

At least one highly dedicated Wikipedia user has been scrubbing controversial aspects of Harris’s “tough-on-crime” record from her Wikipedia page, her decision not to prosecute Steve Mnuchin for mortgage fraud-related crimes, her strong support of prosecutors in Orange County who engaged in rampant misconduct, and other tidbits — such as her previous assertion that “it is not progressive to be soft on crime” — that could prove unflattering to Harris as the public first gets to know her on the national stage. The edits, according to the page history, have elicited strong pushback from Wikipedia’s volunteer editor brigade, and have drawn the page into controversy, though it’s a fight the pro-Harris editor is currently winning.

IOW, the edits have the complete support and blessing of thw Wikiholes who run wikiwackypedia. If that were not the case, the page would be restored to the full form and LOCKED against further changes, probably with a note telling WHY. Wikipedia is just another shill for the DNC.

[Fishtalk]

Well it made me chuckle.

[Secret Agent Man]

Her parents were not here long enough for her to be considered a natural born american.

[SunkenCiv]

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[DesertRhino]

https://www.conservapedia.com/Kamala_Harris

Try conservapedia instead of wikipedia.

[EvilCapitalist]

Now there’s a double entendre.

[Starcitizen]

Conservapedia missed all the Cameltoe Harris support for H1B Indian trash and their disgusting H4EAD Indian wives.

[Afterguard]

Heels Up!

[dp0622]

I read it. It looks like a pages long campaign ad :-)

[JoeA]

It doesn’t matter. She is constitutionally unqualified as Vice President, since she could not assume the office of President if something were to happen to the nominee, Biden, as she is not a Natural Born Citizen.

[SamAdams76]

We threw that all away when we elected Obama twice.

[doorgunner69]

Biden will pick the one with the best smelling hair.

So, the sweaty ghettopotamus is out of the running?

[nesnah]

Biden will pick the one with the best smelling hair.

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So, the sweaty ghettopotamus is out of the running?

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Joe likes the smell of bacon grease?

[Lurkinanloomin]

Yes, both parties abrogated the Constitution. it really is an illusion at this point.

[daniel1212]

What else is new. Try to find much of anything really negative on Lyndon B Johnson on the WP page on him.

[ridesthemiles]

Her ‘career’ is n’t the main problem.

She is NOT ELIGIBLE to be President or to hold any position that can succeed President.

Her daddy is from Jamaica.

Her mommy is from India.

They met in the USA, got married, had Kamala. Neither parent was an AMERICAN citizen when Kamala was born.

Kamala is an anchor baby -—nothing more.

[ridesthemiles]

Obama wasn’t eligible, either, but Howard Dean & the DNC didn’t vet him properly.