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On June 10, 2019 the Trust and Safety Team of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] banned a [[Wikipedia admin|Wikipedia admin]] named "Fram" from the [[English Wikipedia]] for one year. They also removed Fram's administrator status on the English Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=rights&user=WMFOffice&page=User%3AFram%40enwiki&wpdate=&tagfilter=&subtype=|date=|accessdate=|publisher=Meta-Wiki|title=User rights log: Fram}}</ref>. People on and outside Wikipedia have talked about this a lot. 

The Wikimedia Foundation did not say right away what Fram did that made them want to issue the punishment Fram.  They said they couldn't tell because there were privacy issues.  In a public statement,y were worried about someone's privacy.  They did not say whose.  Fram said the Wikimedia Foundation had sent Fram one warning about breaking the English Wikipedia's rules about [[WP:POLITE|being polite]] and another warning telling Fram to stay away from another person called Laura.<ref name="FramSaid">{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_response_to_the_Wikimedia_Foundation%27s_ban_of_Fram/Summary#What_has_Fram_told_us?|title=Community response to the Wikimedia Foundation's ban of Fram||publisher=English Wikipedia|a(contracted; show full)

A Breitbart report by T.D. Adler said that the Foundation is probably trying to change the "[[toxic]]" culture at Wikipedia. Wikipedia has been criticized for the fact that [[gender gap|many more men than women write on Wikipedia]]. This is called a gender gap. Some people believe that this gender gap encourages people to be rude to each other and harass each other on Wikipedia.<ref>
{{cite web|publisher=Breitbart|date=June 28, 2019|author=T.D. Adler|accessdate=|url=https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/06/28/wikipedia-editors-revolt-over-sites-ban-of-veteran-administrator/|title=Wikipedia Editors Revolt over Site’s Ban of Veteran Administrator}}</ref>

As a protest, 21 English Wikipedia admins decided to resign {{fact|date=November 2019}}. Others discussed whether Fram should be unbanned by another admin. [[Jimmy Wales]], founder of Wikipedia, asked them to wait until the Foundation's [[executive director]], [[Katherine Maher]], and the Foundation's [[Board of Trustees]] had a chance to decide what to do. On June 11 2019 at 7:39 p.m., an administrator called Floquenbeam unblocked Fram.<ref name="wheelwar1">{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=block&user=&page=User%3AFram&wpdate=&tagfilter=|publisher=Wikipedia|accessdate=|date=|title=Block log: Fram|author=}}</ref> On June 12 at 12:32 a.m., the Foundation re-blocked Fram<ref name="wheelwar1></ref> and desysopped Floquenbeam, which means they took away Floquenbeam's admin powers and access.<ref> name=
"UserF">{{cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=rights&user=WMFOffice&page=User%3AFloquenbeam%40enwiki&wpdate=&tagfilter=|publisher=Meta Wiki|title=User rights log: Floquenbeam|date=|accessdate=|author=}}</ref> Later on June 12 at 7:20 am, an administrator called Bishonen unblocked Fram again<ref name="wheelwar1"></ref> and made Floquenbeam an admin again<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=rights&user=&page=User%3AFloquenbeam&wpdate=&tagfilter=&subtype=</ref name="UserF"/>. This banning and unbanning made some people worried, because when two more admins go back and forth and undo each other's actions, it doesn't help Wikipedia grow.  This is called "wheel warring" on the English Wikipedia.

==Background==
(contracted; show full)rs who are sometimes involved in a toxic environment. Joseph Bernstein of [[BuzzFeed News]] said: "The Wikimedia Foundation said that it had 'leveled the ban to maintain respect and civility on the platform. Uncivil behavior, including harassment, threats, stalking, spamming, or vandalism, is against our Terms of Use, which are applicable to anyone who edits on our projects'" <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/wikipedia-ban-editor-culture-war|
t|websitle=Wikipedia Has Been A Safe Haven From The Online Culture Wars. That Time May Be Over.|website=BuzzFeed NewsBuzzFeed News|date=June 27, 2019|author=Joseph Bernstein|title=The Culture War Has Finally Come for Wikipedia|accessdate=}}</ref>

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