Allegations of unfair treatment of Giuliani supporters In 2007, moderators removed the posting privileges of many members who supported the presidential campaign of current Republican front-runner Rudy Giuliani. The New York Observer reported: Over the past few weeks, chaos has reigned in the "Freeper" community as members sympathetic to the former mayor's candidacy claim to have suffered banishment from the site. They were victimized, they say, by a wave of purges designed to weed out any remaining support for the Giuliani campaign... [72]
Well, it could be. I certainly remember Howlin and Peach over many years here. I also vaguely remember several people saying they were leaving—voluntarily—but of course I don’t know what may have gone on behind the scenes.
On the other hand, I wouldn’t necessarily trust Wikipedia on political matters. They tend to get their final editing from a leftist perspective.