Did Abdul El-Sayed get his Wikipedia page edited to soften controversial sentences before Michigan Senate election? Larry Sanger responds

Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed's Wikipedia page was allegedly edited over several months to soften or remove references to controversies surrounding him ahead of the November 3 election, according to an investigation by researchers who tracked changes to the online encyclopedia.The edits were reportedly made by an anonymous Wikipedia contributor using the username "CopyleftEverything", who changed descriptions of El-Sayed's medical credentials, his association with left-wing influencer Hasan Piker and controversies involving Michigan's Jewish community.Investigative journalist Ashley Rindsberg, founder of the online campaign-influence tracker NPOV, and New York-based researcher Yehuda Teitelbaum separately examined the page's revision history and highlighted the changes on X.Rindsberg said the editor had been carrying out what appeared to be a systematic clean-up of El-Sayed's Wikipedia profile in the run-up to the election.One of the changes was made on June 12, when the wording describing El-Sayed's medical qualifications was altered.