Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record - eviltoast
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    While by Wikipedia’s nature, nobody can precisely claim to speak or act on behalf of the site as a whole, Gerard comes about as close as anyone really could. He’s been a volunteer Wikipedia administrator since 2004, has edited the site more than 200,000 times, and even served off and on as the site’s UK spokesman.

    …in addition to volunteering as a Wikipedia administrator, Gerard is the system administrator and owner of the Twitter account for RationalWiki

    Wikipedia ties with RationalWiki is a cause for concern