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{{Infobox website|name=Leftypedia|logo=Leftypedia wordmark.png|type=Online encyclopedia|language=English|founding_date=2019|founder=CyberSynGang|url=leftypedia.org (2019–2022)<br>[https://wiki.leftypol.org wiki.leftypol.org] (2022–)}}
{{Infobox website|name=Leftypedia|logo=Leftypedia wordmark.png|type=Online encyclopedia|language=English|founding_date=2019|founder=CyberSynGang|url=leftypedia.org (2019–2022)<br>[https://wiki.leftypol.org wiki.leftypol.org] (2022–)}}


'''Leftypedia''' is an online collaborative encyclopedia that inspired the creation of [[ProleWiki]]. Unlike ProleWiki, Leftypedia aims to be a big tent organisation, containing views from all sections of "[[leftism]]," whether [[Marxist]] or not.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|newspaper=Leftypedia|title=Main Page|url=https://wiki.leftypol.org/wiki/Main_Page|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015020124/https://wiki.leftypol.org/wiki/Main_Page|archive-date=2022-10-15|retrieved=2022-11-25|quote=Leftypedia aims to document and propagate left-wing theory from a variety of different tendencies, and thus contribute to a more unified leftist movement in which no view is misrepresented}}</ref>  
'''Leftypedia''' is an online collaborative encyclopedia that inspired the creation of [[ProleWiki]]. Unlike ProleWiki, Leftypedia aims to be a big tent organisation, containing views from all sections of "leftism", whether [[Marxist]] or not.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|newspaper=Leftypedia|title=Main Page|url=https://wiki.leftypol.org/wiki/Main_Page|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015020124/https://wiki.leftypol.org/wiki/Main_Page|archive-date=2022-10-15|retrieved=2022-11-25|quote=Leftypedia aims to document and propagate left-wing theory from a variety of different tendencies, and thus contribute to a more unified leftist movement in which no view is misrepresented}}</ref>  


== History ==
== History ==
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Between February and August 2023, administrator Harrystein banned several alt accounts of [[Comrade:Wisconcom|Wisconcom]].<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|newspaper=Leftypedia|title=Blocked users|url=https://wiki.leftypol.org/wiki/Special:BlockList|retrieved=2024-06-18}}</ref>
Between February and August 2023, administrator Harrystein banned several alt accounts of [[Comrade:Wisconcom|Wisconcom]].<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|newspaper=Leftypedia|title=Blocked users|url=https://wiki.leftypol.org/wiki/Special:BlockList|retrieved=2024-06-18}}</ref>


=== Hoxhaist coup attempt ===
=== Anti-revisionist coup ===
RedParabola was promoted to administrator on 18 June 2024. [[MediaWiki]] allows administrators to ban other administrators, including those who appointed them.<ref name=":2">{{Web citation|author=Harrystein|newspaper=Leftypedia|title=Leftypedia:Community hub|date=2024-06-18|url=https://wiki.leftypol.org/index.php?title=Leftypedia:Community_hub&oldid=23019}}</ref> RedParabola banned Harrystein and nine other users over the course of 16 minutes, accusing some of being [[Anarchism|anarchists]], [[Maoism|Maoists]], or [[Left communism|left-communists]] despite the non-sectarian principles of the wiki.<ref name=":1" /> RedParabola then deleted several pages including [[People's Republic of China]], which he described as a "[[Fascism|fascist]] and [[Social-imperialism|social-imperialist]] state,"<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Leftypedia|title=Deletion log|url=https://wiki.leftypol.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=delete&user=&page=&wpdate=&tagfilter=&subtype=delete&wpFormIdentifier=logeventslist|retrieved=2024-06-18}}</ref> before retiring and handing over power to Aussig,<ref>{{Web citation|author=RedParabola|newspaper=Leftypedia|title=User talk:Aussig|date=2024-06-18}}</ref> who then banned four users including RedParabola himself,<ref name=":1" /> and Stalinium Magnus (an alt of either RedParabola or Aussig) changed the wiki's description to be explicitly "[[anti-revisionist]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]]" instead of generically leftist.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Stalinium Magus|newspaper=Leftypedia|title=Leftypedia: Difference between revisions|date=2024-06-18|url=https://wiki.leftypol.org/index.php?title=Leftypedia&type=revision&diff=23011&oldid=20853}}</ref><ref name=":3" />
On 18 June 2024, RedParabola banned Harrystein and nine other users over the course of 16 minutes, accusing some of being [[Anarchism|anarchists]], [[Maoism|Maoists]], or [[Left communism|left-communists]] despite the non-sectarian principles of the wiki.<ref name=":1" /> RedParabola then deleted several pages including [[People's Republic of China]], which he described as a "[[Fascism|fascist]] and [[Social-imperialism|social-imperialist]] state."<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Leftypedia|title=Deletion log|url=https://wiki.leftypol.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=delete&user=&page=&wpdate=&tagfilter=&subtype=delete&wpFormIdentifier=logeventslist|retrieved=2024-06-18}}</ref> Soon after, Aussig banned four users including RedParabola himself,<ref name=":1" /> and the remaining users on the wiki changed its description to be explicitly "[[anti-revisionist]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]]" instead of generically leftist.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Stalinium Magus|newspaper=Leftypedia|title=Leftypedia: Difference between revisions|date=2024-06-18|url=https://wiki.leftypol.org/index.php?title=Leftypedia&type=revision&diff=23011&oldid=20853}}</ref>
 
Discomrade, who had been blocked but not removed from administrator roles, was able to unban themself and temporarily restore admin powers to Harrystein and Capuch1n, allowing Harrystein to permanently ban Aussig and RedParabola, restore the formerly deleted pages, and unblock other users banned during the coup attempt.<ref name=":3">{{Web citation|newspaper=Leftypedia|title=All public logs|url=https://wiki.leftypol.org/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=&user=&offset=&limit=100|retrieved=2024-06-19}}</ref> In a statement after the incident, Harrystein stated that RedParabola was likely an alt account of Wisconcom.<ref name=":2" />


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