Wikipedia Editors 'downplaying' Iryna Zarutska's Murder By Trying To Sneakily Remove Article
Wikipedia has been accused of trying to downplay the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian woman on a
North Carolina train after users tried to delete and edited the article.
Iryna Zarutska, 23, died on August 22 after being
attacked with no warning by a man sitting behind her on the light rail in an onslaught captured on surveillance video.
She was
stabbed three times in the neck by Decarlos Brown Jr, a 34-year-old career criminal who now faces the death penalty after his charges were upgraded to federal terrorism charges.
But a Wikipedia editor on Sunday tried to delete the entry about her death, alleging the incident did not meet the website's 'notability' requirements,
The Free Press reports.
The notability requirements, which are written by volunteers, state a topic must receive 'significant coverage' in multiple 'reliable' outlets before it is eligible to receive its own Wikipedia page.
Wikipedia's editors are accused of having removed the name of Zarutska's alleged attacker from the article, as well as references to his race and the phrase 'career criminal'.
Editors also argued whether the incident should be described as a 'killing' or 'murder', according to the newspaper.
As of Wednesday morning, the article detailing the Ukrainian's death is titled the 'Killing of Iryna Zarutska'. Brown's name remains removed from the text, but details of his prior crimes are still included.
The article received nearly 350 revisions in just 24 hours and editors debated about deleting it altogether,
Wikipedia states.
One editor reportedly argued the article should be mentioned briefly under a transit controversy section. They claimed it was a 'wrong place, wrong time' story that would typically only be covered in local media.
Wikipedia has been accused of trying to downplay the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska by allegedly editing the article.
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