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=== Hoxhaist coup attempt === | === Hoxhaist coup attempt === | ||
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 | 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> 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 | 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>{{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" /> | ||
== Comparison to ProleWiki == | == Comparison to ProleWiki == | ||