It is a community run site. It has warts, like anything. I can't really think of a better example of how something on the internet has been run than Wikipedia, can you? And no one is saying it is perfect.
Are you sure? Why? Because they told you it is? Because you donated? Because you see the people that make edits and articles?
What if it a community labor site? How would you as an outsider be able to tell the difference?
It's also possible I misunderstood and was only seeing the removed edits because of HTTP caching, but I did know about that at the time...
Or maybe you were so annoying you'd got yourself added to the automated filter list? I guess that's unlikely for a random twerp but who knows.
Are you trying to make the point that it is impossible to deceive you that Wikipedia could be ideologically and politically manipulated?
You’ve made an excellent point for me. Is entirely likely, that at Wikipedia is some level deceiving its users and we can’t know.