Story so far: Earlier in November, the page titled ‘Gaza Genocide ’, hosted on Wikipedia, was locked. A small lock icon at the top right corner of the page restricted users from making edits to the page’s contents. The locked-down page made waves when Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales posted a statement disagreeing on how the term ‘genocide’ was applied to Gaza. He claimed, in his personal capacity, that the page failed to meet Wikipedia’s high standards and needed immediate attention. While the page exists on the platform in its locked-down form, debates continue across the world on how to classify the conflict.

Why was Wikipedia’s Gaza genocide page locked?

The ‘Gaza Genocide’ page begins by stating: “The Gaza genocide is the ongoing, intentional, and systematic destruction of the

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