(HEATSTREET) — Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales bravely rode into battle against fake news this week, announcing a new media venture called Wikitribune.

He said it would harness the powers of the crowd and be above the failings of most news outlets, enabling readers to really trust it.

But how does Wales’s own record on unvarnished truth-telling stack up?

Heat Street is reminded of one unedifying incident from early in Wikipedia’s history, which saw Wales purge his own profile of X-rated details he didn’t like.

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