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Wikipedocracy contributors have investigated problems, conflicts, and controversies associated with Wikipedia, some being reported by mainstream media. The site's stated mission is "to shine the light of scrutiny into the dark crevices of Wikipedia" and related projects. In a [[doctoral thesis]], internet policy and law specialist [[Heather Ford]] commented on Wikipediocracy's role, saying, "as Wikipedia's authority grows, and more groups feel disenfranchised by its processes, the growth of watchdog groups like Wikipediocracy who act as translators of Wikipedia's complex structures, rules and norms for mainstream media and who begin to give voice to those who feel that they have been excluded from Wikipedia's representational structures will continue."<ref>Ford, Heather, "[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282643334_Fact_factories_Wikipedia_and_the_power_to_represent Fact factories: Wikipedia and the power to represent]", [[Kellogg College, Oxford]], August 2015, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4068.9361 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126113811/http://www.researchgate.net/publication/282643334_Fact_factories_Wikipedia_and_the_power_to_represent |date=November 26, November 2015 }}</ref>

In late 2020, Wikipediocracy raised issues about the accuracy of the Wikipedia page of [[Nicholas Alahverdian]].<ref name="provj2020">{{Cite web|last=Mooney|first=Tom|title=He was reported dead, but the state police kept looking for Nick Alahverdian|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2021/01/27/nicholas-alahverdian-dcyf-critic-death-got-attention-state-police/4258174001/|access-date=27 January 2021-01-27|website=The Providence Journal|language=en-US|archive-date=27 January 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127155751/https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2021/01/27/nicholas-alahverdian-dcyf-critic-death-got-attention-state-police/4258174001/|url-status=live}}</ref> A Wikipediocracy blog team member said that multiple Wikipedia accounts created by Alahverdian edited his Wikipedia page, and that one of these accounts had tried to remove Alahverdian's image, replacing it with an image of another person.<ref name="provj2020" /> A notice was added to Wikipedia that acknowledged that the "truthfulness of this article has been questioned".<ref name="provj2020" /> In January 2021, ''[[The Providence Journal]]'' reported that American authorities in July 2020 investigated whether Alahverdian had really died in February 2020 as reported in the media.<ref name="provj2020"/> Alahverdian was subsequently found alive in [[Scotland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/01/12/ri-nick-alahverdian-suspected-faking-death-found-scotland/9188170002/|title=Nicholas Alahverdian, suspected of faking his death, was found in Scotland. What we know|first=Tom|last=Mooney|website=The Providence Journal|access-date=2022-01-26 January 2022|archive-date=2022-01-13 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113041954/https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/01/12/ri-nick-alahverdian-suspected-faking-death-found-scotland/9188170002/|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [http://fullmeasure.news/news/cover-story/the-dark-side-of-wikipedia "The Dark Side of Wikipedia,"] ''[[Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson]]'', April 17, April 2016. <small>(Includes video.)</small>