Wikipediocracy

Wikipediocracy
	Screenshot taken 10 October 2019
Type of site	Blog and forum
Available in	English
URL	wikipediocracy.com
Commercial	No
Registration	Optional, required for some features
Users	1422
Launched	March 16, 2012
Current status	Active
Content license	Copyright retained by authors

Wikipediocracy is a website for discussion and criticism of Wikipedia.^[2]^[3] Its members have brought information about Wikipedia's controversies to the attention of the media. The site was founded in March 2012 by users of Wikipedia Review,^[4] another site dedicated to criticism of Wikipedia.^[5]^[6]

The site is "known for digging up dirt on Wikipedia's top brass", wrote reporter Kevin Morris in the Daily Dot.^[7] Novelist Amanda Filipacchi wrote in The Wall Street Journal that the site "intelligently discusses and entertainingly lambastes Wikipedia’s problematic practices".^[8]

^ "Wikipediocracy – Index Page". wikipediocracy.com. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ Cite error: The named reference Qworty was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Murphy, Dan (1 August 2013). "In UK, rising chorus of outrage over online misogyny: Recent events in Britain draw more attention to endemic hostility towards women online". The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on 17 August 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
^ Hersch (15 March 2012). "Welcome". Mission statement and welcome to the public. Wikipediocracy. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
^ LaPlante, Alice (14 July 2006). "Spawn Of Wikipedia". InformationWeek. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
^ Shankbone, David (June 2008). "Nobody's safe in cyberspace". The Brooklyn Rail. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
^ Cite error: The named reference vandalizing was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Filipacchi, Amanda (10 July 2013). "My Strange Addiction: Wikipedia". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2013.

[1] "Wikipediocracy – Index Page". wikipediocracy.com. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

[Qworty-2] Cite error: The named reference Qworty was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[misogyny-3] Murphy, Dan (1 August 2013). "In UK, rising chorus of outrage over online misogyny: Recent events in Britain draw more attention to endemic hostility towards women online". The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on 17 August 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

[HerschWelcome-4] Hersch (15 March 2012). "Welcome". Mission statement and welcome to the public. Wikipediocracy. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

[spawn-5] LaPlante, Alice (14 July 2006). "Spawn Of Wikipedia". InformationWeek. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2012.

[6] Shankbone, David (June 2008). "Nobody's safe in cyberspace". The Brooklyn Rail. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008.

[vandalizing-7] Cite error: The named reference vandalizing was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Amanda1-8] Filipacchi, Amanda (10 July 2013). "My Strange Addiction: Wikipedia". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2013.

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