Editing ProleWiki

<blockquote>''This article is about the history and destacable events that had happened in within the Wiki. For the description the wiki, see [[ProleWiki:About|the about page]].''</blockquote>

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| founding_date = 30 September, 2020
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| founder = [[Comrade:Forte|Comrade Forte]]
| key_people = [[Comrade:CriticalResist|CriticalResist]], [[Comrade:MxAsh|MxAsh]] 
| num_users = 23 [[Special:ActiveUsers|active users]]<br>{{NUMBEROFUSERS}} registered users
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'''ProleWiki''' is a free, collaborative [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] encyclopedia founded in September 2020 aiming to build an [[Anti-imperialism|anti-imperialist]] [[Proletariat|proletarian]] online collection of pages and essays with information on history, current events, [[Communist party|communist parties]] worldwide, and countries, as well as hosting a [[ProleWiki:Library|library]] of texts important to the international proletarian movement. 

ProleWiki was conceived and created in the community of [[Lemmygrad]], which is a communist community using the [[Free and open-source software|open-source]] software [[Lemmy]]. As of October 2022, ProleWiki is available in seven languages and has over 1,700 articles and 530,000 page views.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=ProleWiki|title=Statistics|url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Special:Statistics|retrieved=2022-10-09}}</ref>

== History ==

=== Founding ===
[[File:Prolewiki logo.png|thumb|203x203px|Old logo of ProleWiki used until February 2022]]
ProleWiki was created on 30 September 2020 by current ProleWiki administrator [[Comrade:Forte|Forte]]. The project began under his sole administration for some time, receiving a casual help from several contributors on technical aspects, the most important of which was [[Comrade:MxAsh|MxAsh]]. She helped with organizing the database, maintaining the server and establishing regular backups if needed.

On 1 November 2020, user [[Comrade:Jucheguevara|Jucheguevara]] joined ProleWiki and later become an administrator. In the month of November, ProleWiki received a mass influx of account creations and spam accounts,<ref name=":0">[https://en.prolewiki.org/index.php?title=Special:Log&offset=&limit=500&type=newusers&user=&page=&wpdate=&tagfilter=&subtype= ProleWiki logs on user creation]</ref> prompting the administration to implement an account request system.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Camarada Forte|newspaper=Lemmygrad|title=Enjoy ProleWiki's first spam attack|date=2020-11-16|url=https://lemmygrad.ml/post/9176|quote=}}</ref> On 16 November, current ProleWiki administrator [[Comrade:CriticalResist|CriticalResist]] joined the project.<ref name=":0" /> Jucheguevara and CriticalResist became administrators on 30 November and 5 February 2021, respectively, along with several other members of ProleWiki, in an effort to diminish the centralization of tasks into a single person.<ref name=":1">[https://en.prolewiki.org/index.php?title=Special:Log&offset=&limit=500&type=rights&user=&page=&wpdate=&tagfilter=&subtype= ProleWiki logs on user rights]</ref> Eventually, the effort was ineffective as the administration group suffered with absenteeism, and eventually the administrators would have their functions revoked months later.<ref name=":1" /> The administrators who remained committed to the project at this time were Jucheguevara, Forte and CriticalResist.

On 29 December 2021, ProleWiki editor [[Comrade:Ledlecreeper27|Ledlecreeper27]] joined the project.<ref name=":0" /> He brought the project to new heights through his extremely quality contributions spanning several subjects. As of 2022, he is the most prolific editor of ProleWiki.<ref name=":2">[[Special:ContributionScores|ProleWiki contribution scores]]</ref>

=== Purge of patriotic socialists ===
In September 2022, Jucheguevara worked with [[Infrared]] in an attempt to infiltrate ProleWiki with [[MAGACommunism|MAGA communists]] and [[Patriotic socialism|patriotic socialists]]. He was banned on 27 September 2022.<ref>{{Web citation|author=@felipeforte|newspaper=[[Lemmygrad]]|title=Jucheguevara has been removed from administrative positions|date=2022-09-27|url=https://lemmygrad.ml/post/391777}}</ref> Following the purge of patsocs, banned members of ProleWiki created [[InfraWiki]] on 13 October to promote [[settler colonialism]] and [[social conservatism]].<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=InfraWiki|title=InfraWiki|date=2022-11-21|url=https://infrawiki.us/index.php/InfraWiki|retrieved=2022-11-25}}</ref> On 22 October, ProleWiki added opposition to chauvinism and patriotic socialism to its [[ProleWiki:Principles|principles]].

=== Wisconcom incident ===
In June 2022, self-declared [[Hoxhaism|Hoxhaist]] user [[Comrade:Wisconcom|Wisconcom]] joined ProleWiki. He was a competent editor and overall improved many articles on ProleWiki, reaching 4th in all time edits up until the end of 2022.<ref name=":2" /> However, in ProleWiki's [[Discord]] server, Wisconcom had conflicts with editors related to his behavior in addition to ideological conflict, but due to his prolific editing he was allowed to stay. For the most part he respected the line of ProleWiki, even though he did not agree with it.

In August 2022, Wisconcom began to oppose ProleWiki's [[ProleWiki:Principles|principles]] in the talk page of the ''[[Socialist market economy]]'' article.<ref>[[Topic:X1agp9ljig0tt2cj|Topic on ''Socialist market economy'' talk page]]</ref> The discussion was shared in [[Lemmygrad]], where Wisconcom engaged with others sometimes insulting them.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Camarada Forte|newspaper=Lemmygrad|title=Discussion about socialist market economy. Does socialism have commodity production? Is China a capitalist country because it has commodity production?|date=2022-08-16|url=https://lemmygrad.ml/post/353032}}</ref> Because of his behavior, he was eventually banned from Lemmygrad, but later created another account to evade his ban.

After creating a community for [[Hoxhaism]] in Lemmygrad dedicated exclusively to anti-[[People's Republic of China|China]] propaganda, Lemmygrad administrators called for a collective debate on the issue in the People's Court of Lemmygrad,<ref>{{Web citation|author=Black Tulip|newspaper=Lemmygrad|title=The Admins want your opinion on the Hoxhaism community. [RESOLVED]|date=2022-08-26|url=https://lemmygrad.ml/post/362912}}</ref> and it was decided that Wisconcom would be banned for ban-evading and [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] propaganda. Even though he was banned in Lemmygrad, he was allowed to continue in ProleWiki. What started with honest engagements with ProleWiki's editors would gradually evolve to name-calling and general disruptive behavior. Wisconcom would then edit articles to oppose the consensus of the editors without consultation and also engage in a dishonest manner with others, even resorting to lying and editing his messages after sending it to make it look like he said something different.

He retired on 17 October after being severely criticized for his behavior. Just 3 days later, he came back demanding that he had a higher authority over ProleWiki "to ensure that no unfair rejections of [[Anti-revisionism|anti-revisionists]] takes place."<ref>[[Topic:X5dlyp67d28sfwgz|Topic on the talk page of ProleWiki administrator Forte]]</ref> After arguing with administrators and condemning ProleWiki and Lemmygrad, he was banned on 21 October.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=ProleWiki|title=Blocked users|url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Special:BlockList?wpTarget=&wpOptions%5B%5D=addressblocks&wpOptions%5B%5D=rangeblocks&blockType=&limit=50&wpFormIdentifier=blocklist|retrieved=2022-11-26}}</ref> Following his ban, he has attempted infiltrating ProleWiki through several means and even manage to deface some ProleWiki articles in German. He has denounced ProleWiki as promoting "Dengist [[Revisionism|revisionist]] ideology."<ref name=":3">{{Web citation|author=Wisconcom|newspaper=Substack|title=On ProleWiki|date=2022-11-13|url=https://wisconcom.substack.com/p/on-prolewiki}}</ref>

He used his account in [[RationalWiki]] to spread anti-China propaganda and denounce ProleWiki as "[[tankie]]", "pro-[[Communist Party of China|CCP]]", "whitewashing Chinese [[imperialism]]".<ref>{{Web citation|author=Wisconcom|newspaper=RationalWiki|title=Revision of the page "Wiki" as of 02:08, 3 November 2022|date=2022-11-03|url=https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Wiki&diff=prev&oldid=2497774}}</ref> He even called China a [[Fascism|fascist]] state.<ref name=":3" /> This event was shared on Lemmygrad,<ref>{{Web citation|author=@felipeforte|newspaper=Lemmygrad|title=Wisconcom has made edits on RationalWiki claiming we are "pro-CCP" propaganda|date=2022-11-13|url=https://lemmygrad.ml/post/434221|retrieved=2022-11-26}}</ref> and in response to this, Wisconcom briefly renamed his account on RationalWiki to "Fiscornus",<ref>{{Web citation|date=2022-11-03|title=Revision of the page "RationalWiki:Requests to change username" as of 20:20, 13 November 2022|url=https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Wiki&diff=prev&oldid=2497774|newspaper=RationalWiki|author=Wisconcom|quote=I request to have my username changed to "Fiscornus", [my] present username just doesn't feel right for me.}}</ref> created another fake account on Lemmygrad claiming the edits weren't made by him.<ref>{{Web citation|author=@Leninimusundthings (Wisconcom)|newspaper=Lemmygrad|title=Comment on "Wisconcom has made edits on RationalWiki claiming we are "pro-CCP" propaganda"|date=2022-11-13|url=https://lemmygrad.ml/post/434221/comment/320477|retrieved=2022-11-27}}</ref> He later renamed his account back to Wisconcom on RationalWiki following this event.<ref>{{Web citation|date=2022-11-20|title=Revision of the page "RationalWiki:Requests to change username" as of 03:44, 20 November 2022|url=https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Wiki&diff=prev&oldid=2497774|newspaper=RationalWiki|author=Wisconcom|quote=I temporally changed my username due to security reasons, however, those reasons no longer exist. I request my username be changed back to Wisconcom, sorry for the confusion.}}</ref>
== Working principles (To me moved) ==

=== International solidarity ===
The name chosen for ProleWiki was based on the term "proletariat", whose root ''"prole"'' you may find in common with very different Western languages: ''proletariat, proletariado, prolétariat, proletariato, proletariaat, etc.''. This linguistic phenomenon accurately reflects the [[Proletarian internationalism|internationalist]] aim of the encyclopedia.

=== Free encyclopedia ===
ProleWiki is a free encyclopedia, in more ways than one.

Firstly, the encyclopedia has no price attached. It is free to access without payment as well as copy for private use.

Secondly, the encyclopedia is free because any comrade is eligible to apply for an account (a measure installed to combat spam) and start editing.

Finally, ProleWiki is free in the sense of free software. The content found on ProleWiki is generally free to use by anyone for their own needs.

=== Collaborative work ===
ProleWiki is also a collaborative project, meaning that most everyone is welcome to make an account and start editing. The encyclopedia does not belong to one person specifically, and relies instead on the labour of many editors who also give their inputs on decisions regarding the direction ProleWiki takes.

== References ==
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