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'''Wikipedia's''' article on  Dictator  '''Josip Broz Tito''', <ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josip_Broz_Tito|title=Josip Broz Tito, 2011. Mon. 10 Jan. 2011. |date=[[2011]]|accessdate=2011-01-10}}</ref> '''Titoism''' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titoism|title=Titoism, 2011. Mon. 10 Jan. 2011. |date=[[2011]]|accessdate=2011-01-10}}</ref> and '''Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia''' is mostly [[Communists|Communist]] propaganda of the now defunct Communist Party of the former Yugoslavia. As it turns out [[Criticism of Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Wales]] has provided a perfect vehicle for propaganda of this type. The articles are mainly written by Editors from [[Croatia]] (Communists extremists) and supported by other Editors and Wikipedia-Administrators who have communist leanings. It is written in a non-encyclopaedic fashion and does not represent contemporary views. Sections of these  articles are written in a child-like manner, similar to the Yugoslav primary school textbooks from the 1970s.  

'''Wikipedia's''' article on  Dictator  '''Josip Broz Tito''', <ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josip_Broz_Tito|title=Josip Broz Tito, 2011. Mon. 10 Jan. 2011. |date=[[2011]]|accessdate=2011-01-10}}</ref> '''Titoism''' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titoism|title=Titoism, 2011. Mon. 10 Jan. 2011. |date=[[2011]]|accessdate=2011-01-10}}</ref> and '''Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia''' is mostly [[Communists|Communist]] propaganda of the now defunct Communist Party of the former Yugoslavia. As it turns out [[Criticism of Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Wales]] has provided a perfect vehicle for propaganda of this type. The articles are mainly written by Editors from [[Croatia]] (Communists extremists) and supported by other Editors and Wikipedia-Administrators who have communist leanings. It is written in a '''bias''' non-encyclopaedic fashion and does not represent contemporary views. Sections of these  articles are written in a child-like manner, similar to the Yugoslav primary school textbooks from the 1970s.  

After the fall of the '''Berlin Wall''' and the collapse of Yugoslavia, factual evidence has emerged that Dictator [[Directory:Josip Broz Tito| Josip Broz Tito]] and his regime (former Yugoslavia)  were responsible for executing mass murders, arrests and torture.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/partisan_fighters_01.shtml#six '''BBC-History Partisans''':] War in the Balkans 1941-1945. '''Dr Stephen A Hart''' is senior lecturer in war studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He is the author of The Road to Falaise: Operations "Totalize" & "Tractable" (Alan Sutton, 2004), "Montgomery " and "Colossal Cracks": The 21st Army Group in Northwest Europe, 1944-45 (Praeger, 2000).

After the fall of the '''Berlin Wall''' and the collapse of Yugoslavia, factual evidence has emerged that Dictator [[Directory:Josip Broz Tito| Josip Broz Tito]] and his regime (former Yugoslavia)  were responsible for executing mass murders, arrests and torture.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/partisan_fighters_01.shtml#six '''BBC-History Partisans''':] War in the Balkans 1941-1945. '''Dr Stephen A Hart''' is senior lecturer in war studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He is the author of The Road to Falaise: Operations "Totalize" & "Tractable" (Alan Sutton, 2004), "Montgomery " and "Colossal Cracks": The 21st Army Group in Northwest Europe, 1944-45 (Praeger, 2000).

The usage of [[Wikipedia]] as a tool for promoting this type of propaganda is second only to Google itself. This exposes a major flaw in Wikipedia which is that a group of editors ''can learn to work the system so they can promote their own point of view'', so that the article will become a stated Wiki fact, and itself a piece of history.  

The usage of [[Wikipedia]] as a tool for promoting this type of propaganda is second only to Google itself. This exposes a major flaw in Wikipedia which is that a group of editors ''can learn to work the system so they can promote their own point of view'', so that the article will become a stated Wiki fact, and itself a piece of history.  

Is Wikipedia taking on a darker tone? Where are the '''ethical''' and moral issues involved in creating a feel good story about Dictator Josip Broz Tito.  

Where are the '''ethical''' and moral issues involved in creating a feel good story about Dictator Josip Broz Tito. Why is Wikipedia supporting a bias dated view of a regime that was responsible for executing mass murders, arrests and torture? Is Wikipedia taking on a darker tone?

* Statement by a Wikipedian Editor DIREKTOR (21 October 2009):{{Cquote| ''However, as was pointed out to this persistent POV-pusher on numerous, numerous occasions by many users: they have absolutely nothing to do with Josip Broz Tito'' <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/Noticeboard/Archive_9#Summary_of_Josip_Broz_Tito_Article Wikipedia-Neutral point of view/Noticeboard:] Archive 9. Summary of Josip Broz Tito Article</ref>}}

* Statement by a Wikipedian Editor DIREKTOR (21 October 2009):{{Cquote| ''However, as was pointed out to this persistent POV-pusher on numerous, numerous occasions by many users: they have absolutely nothing to do with Josip Broz Tito'' <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/Noticeboard/Archive_9#Summary_of_Josip_Broz_Tito_Article Wikipedia-Neutral point of view/Noticeboard:] Archive 9. Summary of Josip Broz Tito Article</ref>}}

Aleksandar Rankovic, the Interior Minister and the head of the military and secret police of Yugoslavia at a Belgrade meeting stated: {{Cquote|''Through our prisons has passed between 1945 and 1951, 3 777 776 prisoners, while we killed 586 000 enemies of the people.'' Taken from ''Politik''a, Belgrade/1 February 1951 (p.1)  <ref>[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7laAd_LLA6YJ:www.hic.hr/images/komunisticke-zlocinci-nisu-antifasizma.pdf+Zločina+počinjenih+od+strane+totalitarnih+režima+su+izvješća+i+postupak+Europske+javne+rasprave+u+organizaciji+slovenskog+predsjedništva+Vijeća&cd=4&hl=hr&ct=clnk&lr=lang_hr&source=www.google.com  Communist Crime is not Antifascism] Released on International Human Rights Day, 10 DECEMBER 2008. On behalf of the participants in public meetings Maja Runje, a member of the Steering Committee- Zagreb (p. 19). Article is in Croatian: ''KOMUNISTIČKI ZLOČINI NISU ANTIFAŠIZAM] POVODOM MEĐUNARODNOG DANA LJUDSKIH PRAVA,10. PROSINCA 2008. U ime sudionika javnog okupljanja Maja Runje, članica Koordinacijskog odbora Kruga za trg10 000 Zagreb, Jurjevska 47a (str. 19)'' </ref>}}

Aleksandar Rankovic, the Interior Minister and the head of the military and secret police of Yugoslavia at a Belgrade meeting stated: {{Cquote|''Through our prisons has passed between 1945 and 1951, 3 777 776 prisoners, while we killed 586 000 enemies of the people.'' Taken from ''Politik''a, Belgrade/1 February 1951 (p.1)  <ref>[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7laAd_LLA6YJ:www.hic.hr/images/komunisticke-zlocinci-nisu-antifasizma.pdf+Zločina+počinjenih+od+strane+totalitarnih+režima+su+izvješća+i+postupak+Europske+javne+rasprave+u+organizaciji+slovenskog+predsjedništva+Vijeća&cd=4&hl=hr&ct=clnk&lr=lang_hr&source=www.google.com  Communist Crime is not Antifascism] Released on International Human Rights Day, 10 DECEMBER 2008. On behalf of the participants in public meetings Maja Runje, a member of the Steering Committee- Zagreb (p. 19). Article is in Croatian: ''KOMUNISTIČKI ZLOČINI NISU ANTIFAŠIZAM] POVODOM MEĐUNARODNOG DANA LJUDSKIH PRAVA,10. PROSINCA 2008. U ime sudionika javnog okupljanja Maja Runje, članica Koordinacijskog odbora Kruga za trg10 000 Zagreb, Jurjevska 47a (str. 19)'' </ref>}}