Wikipedia Under Fire for Trying to Delete Page on Ukrainian Refugee Iryna Zarutska’s Murder

By Gloriel Howard

Calls are growing louder for accountability at Wikipedia after editors attempted to delete the page on the brutal murder of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The effort, which included temporarily blocking the mention of suspect Decarlos Brown Jr.’s name, has sparked accusations of political bias and selective censorship on the world’s largest online encyclopaedia.

The controversy ignited after editors nominated the article for deletion under Wikipedia’s “NOTNEWS” policy, which allows removal of pages deemed routine or lacking long-term significance.

Critics quickly pointed out that the case had already been covered by international outlets such as BBC News Ukraine and the Independent, as well as national reporting in the New York Post, Breitbart and Fox News.

Yet, conservative outlets are often dismissed outright as “unreliable” under Wikipedia’s editorial rules, according to Breitbart.

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