Wikipedia Volunteers Stop Gunman at Conference

A potential tragedy was averted at a Wikipedia conference in Manhattan when two volunteer editors, Richard Knipel and Andrew Lih, tackled an armed man who threatened to kill himself during a keynote speech. The gunman, protesting Wikipedia’s policy on self-identified pedophiles, was disarmed and taken into custody after community members intervened, preventing a possible bloodshed.

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