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According to a 2016 VICE News article, Wikipedia is reportedly being notorious for being an unwelcome place for newcomers while having a dizzying list of guidelines, principles, and rules that are disproportionately applied across the site. Many individuals who edited Wikipedia shared the concern, including Kevin Forsyth who reportedly quitted the site due to "constant harassment from his fellow editors and lack of consequences for those who were openly combative on the site." Because of that, there was even a suicide attempt which was averted thanks to interventions by the authorities.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Koebler |first1=Jason |title=Wikipedia Editor Says Site’s Toxic Community Has Him Contemplating Suicide |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/wikipedia-editor-says-sites-toxic-community-has-him-contemplating-suicide/ |website=VICE |access-date=21 November 2025 |date=17 May 2016}}</ref> | According to a 2016 VICE News article, Wikipedia is reportedly being notorious for being an unwelcome place for newcomers while having a dizzying list of guidelines, principles, and rules that are disproportionately applied across the site. Many individuals who edited Wikipedia shared the concern, including Kevin Forsyth who reportedly quitted the site due to "constant harassment from his fellow editors and lack of consequences for those who were openly combative on the site." Because of that, there was even a suicide attempt which was averted thanks to interventions by the authorities.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Koebler |first1=Jason |title=Wikipedia Editor Says Site’s Toxic Community Has Him Contemplating Suicide |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/wikipedia-editor-says-sites-toxic-community-has-him-contemplating-suicide/ |website=VICE |access-date=21 November 2025 |date=17 May 2016}}</ref> | ||
===Deletionism=== | ===Deletionism=== | ||
Wikipedia has been reported by some sources as being grappled by deletionism, causing the absence of coverage of many obscure and niche topics and a decline of participation activities among experts and high-value editors.<ref>{{cite web |title=In Defense of Inclusionism |url=https://gwern.net/inclusionism |access-date=21 November 2025 |language=en-us |date=15 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=James |first1=Andrea |title=Watching Wikipedia's extinction event from a distance |url=https://boingboing.net/2017/02/14/watching-wikipedias-extincti.html |website=Boing Boing |access-date=21 November 2025 |date=14 February 2017}}</ref> | Wikipedia has been reported by some sources as being grappled by deletionism, causing the absence of coverage of many obscure and niche topics and a decline of participation activities among experts and high-value editors.<ref>{{cite web |title=In Defense of Inclusionism |url=https://gwern.net/inclusionism |access-date=21 November 2025 |language=en-us |date=15 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=James |first1=Andrea |title=Watching Wikipedia's extinction event from a distance |url=https://boingboing.net/2017/02/14/watching-wikipedias-extincti.html |website=Boing Boing |access-date=21 November 2025 |date=14 February 2017}}</ref> | ||