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I love Wikipedia. In the last decade-or-so Ive made thousands of edits to Wikipedia one some extremely niche subjects that are important to me. Well, there are few subjects more important to me than Hispanic diversity in American newsrooms. Thats why I started listing Latinas employed in mainstream U.S. newsrooms in the sandbox of a couple of collaborative Wikipedia accounts so that multiple users could add names as they came in from the various newsrooms.

That draft (or sandbox) has been removed from two accounts. Why?

Our list of Latinas in U.S. newsrooms wasnt even published yet. We were keeping it in whats called the Sandbox of a couple of Wikipedia accounts. The Sandbox is where you can work on draft Wikipedia pages, or so we thought...

Now, why is this important?

I suspect Latinas are the least-represented major workforce segment in U.S. American newsrooms...but to Wikipedia, thats beside the point. Wikipedia is not activism. That much is very clear in the rules of Wikipedia, which are clear about little else.

The problem here is Wikipedias double-standard. The editors have not only deleted our extensive list of U.S. Latinas working in mainstream newsrooms but theyve disabled the accounts where the lists were being compiled. Why? Whats different about listing Latinas working in newsrooms as opposed to other groups?

Weve tweeted at Wikipedia founder Jimmy Jimbo Wales and hope we can get this resolved. Like I said, I love Wikipedia, but this is pretty messed up. We want our list back, even if Wikipedia doesnt believe theres a place for it on their platform.

Let us know, Jimbo. Thank you, sir. Here are the latest posts in this series, for reference:

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Wikipedia Deletes Index Of Latinas In Mainstream U.S. Newsrooms - HuffPost