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This article has been mentioned by multiple media organizations:

Hava Mendelle (November 2, 2023). "Wikipedia at war". Spectator Australia. Retrieved November 2, 2023. Wikipedia itself notes its journalistic bias here stating that sources are predominately derived from liberal news sources.
Sarah Grevy Gotfredsen (January 30, 2025). "The Right Takes Aim at Wikipedia". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved January 30, 2025. The site even has its own standalone pages about "ideological bias on Wikipedia" and suffers from a pretty drastic gender imbalance among its volunteer editors, 90 percent of whom are men.
Sharon Khenemui (April 28, 2025). "U.S. Attorney Targets Wikipedia for Disinformation, Spread of Propaganda by Foreign Sources". The New York Sun. Retrieved April 28, 2025. Wikipedia has its own entry about its political bias which acknowledges studies showing its tendency to suppress ideological diversity. It offers a guide to editors to improve neutrality and file requests for revisions.