The editors issued these blocks as part of their commitment to ensuring Wikipedia is an accurate, reliable, and neutral knowledge resource for everyone," Foundation members Ed Erhart and Juliet Barbara wrote in a blog post.
An open-source service that anyone with a Web connection and a keyboard can edit, Wikipedia relies heavily on volunteer editors to stay vigilant against folks distorting the truth—intentional or not. If an inappropriate edit makes its way in, efforts are made to quickly squash it.
In this case, editors not only blocked 381 so-called "sockpuppet" accounts (those used in misleading or deceptive ways), but also deleted 210 articles created by the same accounts.