Yesterday, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales issued a challenge to pro-GamerGate forces to write a Wikipedia article on the controversy that met the online encyclopedia’s standards:

I have an idea for pro #gamergate folks of good will. Go to http://t.co/JWgH4Ur5fG and write what you think is an appropriate article. — Jimmy Wales (@jimmy_wales) November 12, 2014

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As anti-GamerGater Chris Kluwe noted:

The head guy of Wikipedia tells #GruntingGrub to write their own article, only it has to meet wiki standards. FETCH ME MY POPCORN. — Chris Kluwe (@ChrisWarcraft) November 13, 2014

The pro-GamerGaters were more optimistic, though, and got off to a good start:

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David Pakman thought he might be up to the task:

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@gameragodzilla @jimmy_wales I would love to add my thoughts to this if Mr. Wales found them valuable based on the coverage I've done. — David Pakman Show (@davidpakmanshow) November 12, 2014

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But others were less enthused, in part because they didn’t understand what was being asked of them:

@RanGa996 @jimmy_wales Are you nuts? @dpakman has just recently learned about GG and is not even proGG and @redlianak? lolwut — Chaz #1041 (@ChazDM) November 12, 2014

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@RanGa996 Wales said this idea was for proGG, hopefully someone with knowledge of the issues and with no biases — Chaz #1041 (@ChazDM) November 12, 2014

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While others found a new, related cause to champion:

Activist editing has been a problem for a very long time. It needs serious addressing. @Nikozmo @gameragodzilla @davidpakmanshow — Kelly Maxwell (@CriticalKelly) November 12, 2014

Which is not to say that some didn’t try to rein their peers in:

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@ChazDM for us to write a neutral piece. not to replace their propaganda with our own — Conor (@RanGa996) November 12, 2014

@ChazDM @elhoxo5 Which is why we should just stick to provable facts and sources (Not use blogs as sources like some people) lel ^.^ — Conor (@RanGa996) November 12, 2014

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But to no effect:

@jimmy_wales @ChrisWarcraft So far this doesn't look very moderated. All harassment of pro-GG is factual; all anti-GG is "alleged." — SocialJusticeWarlock (@dreveillark) November 13, 2014

Wales himself seemed to agree:

@gameragodzilla So far, I am entirely unimpressed. — Jimmy Wales (@jimmy_wales) November 12, 2014

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Not that some GamerGaters cared:

@jimmy_wales @gameragodzilla We're not out to impress you, Jimmy, we're out to get spread the truth. Something you used to care about. — Commissar #1383 (@CommissarOfGG) November 13, 2014

Others, however, promised they could do better:

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@jimmy_wales @gameragodzilla We've had less than a day to work on it. Give #GamerGate a bit of time. Remember, Wiki has had almost 3 months. — Balinor (@balinor41) November 13, 2014

And then, as things on the Internet will, it just deteriorated:

@dreveillark 95% of pro gg people are civil. 95% of sjws are raving loonies. @jimmy_wales @ChrisWarcraft — The Jackal (@TheJackal711) November 13, 2014

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@dreveillark I have enough proof of loonies on your side advocating harassment and calling for genocide. @jimmy_wales @ChrisWarcraft — The Jackal (@TheJackal711) November 13, 2014

Which is another way of saying, as Kluwe later tweeted:

Watching the #GrundleGrabbers try and create this Wikipedia entry is every bit as entertaining as I hoped it would be. — Chris Kluwe (@ChrisWarcraft) November 13, 2014

Raw Story noticed that Kluwe was accused of advocating genocide by some of the GamerGaters, and asked him a simple question — which people are you trying to wipe from the face of the Earth and why?