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The scientific community and the media are actively studying and debating the presence of ideological biases in Wikipedia and how they affect its neutrality. This research has implications beyond Wikipedia, as the online encyclopedia is seen as a testing ground for understanding how knowledge is collectively constructed and managed on the internet. Wikipedia's comprehensive record of all content changes enables researchers to examine user behavior using statistical methods.

One area of study focuses on the integrity and reliability of Wikipedia's content. Researchers aim to determine the extent to which political, religious, or other ideologies held by volunteer editors distort the content and the potential impact on the encyclopedia's reliability.

Wikipedia has a guideline emphasizing the importance of a neutral point of view in article writing. It requires the representation of all significant perspectives published by reputable sources on a given topic in a balanced manner, without editorial bias.

Individual viewpoints can be intentionally or unintentionally distorted. Wikipedia operates on the assumption that a large number of independent contributions will help eliminate individual biases and produce a balanced and neutral outcome.

Existing research generally suggests that Wikipedia entries edited by a diverse group of users with opposing ideological views are at least as neutral as other similar sources. However, entries with fewer edits or contributions from a smaller number of individuals, especially those with similar ideologies, are more likely to exhibit ideological bias.

Wikipedia is susceptible to disinformation attacks through content manipulation. Its strength lies in the transparency of its content production process.