--- title: Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales Rebuts Change.org Holistic Healing Petition description: Jimmy Wales rejected a Change.org petition calling for more information on holistic medicinal therapies. "Every single person who signed this petition needs to...think harder about what it means to be honest, factual, truthful," he said canonical: https://time.com/36938/wikipedia-founder-sticks-it-to-lunatic-holistic-healers/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-25T15:48:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T06:56:57.974Z article:section: Health og:title: Jimmy Wales responds unapologetically to Change.org holistic healing petition og:description: Jimmy Wales rejected a Change.org petition calling for more information on holistic medicinal therapies. "Every single person who signed this petition needs to...think harder about what it means to be honest, factual, truthful," he said og:url: https://time.com/36938/wikipedia-founder-sticks-it-to-lunatic-holistic-healers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20534c77e9ca215f/698687191eebf71909370021/jimmy-wales-wikiperdia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales gives a lecture in Hanover, Germany, March 14, 2014. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Wales responds unapologetically to Change.org holistic healing petition twitter:description: Jimmy Wales rejected a Change.org petition calling for more information on holistic medicinal therapies. 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Christoph Schmidt—Zumapress by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Mar 25, 2014 3:48 PM UTC Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales responded definitively to a [Change.org petition](http://www.change.org/petitions/jimmy-wales-founder-of-wikipedia-create-and-enforce-new-policies-that-allow-for-true-scientific-discourse-about-holistic-approaches-to-healing) from holistic healing supporters to “allow for true scientific discourse” on the online encyclopedia. The petitioners say the representation of holistic healing on Wikipedia is biased, and they have not been allowed to amend the information. The petition, which has over 7,790 supporters, states: --- > “” --- Wales responded to the petition on Sunday, and was unapologetic for the way holistic medicine is covered on Wikipedia, saying it will only publish evidence rooted in science. 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