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Wikipedia isn't perfect and the majority of editors may very well lean on the socially liberal side of the spectrum (though economically both sides are probably represented), but Wikipedia is by design always a work in progress which aims for articles to eventually state a correct position, through dialogue, and nearly everyone will agree, no matter their political affiliation, that somehow all those volunteers have aggregated probably one of the most useful accumulations of free knowledge in the world.
In this case, they seem to have gotten there somewhat, as this is currently the second paragraph of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recession
[quote] Although the definition of a recession varies between different countries and scholars, two consecutive quarters of decline in a country's real gross domestic product (real GDP) is commonly used as a practical definition of a recession.[3][4][5] In the United States, a recession is defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) as "a significant decline in economic activity spread across the market, lasting more than a few months, normally visible in real GDP, real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales".[6] In the United Kingdom and most other countries, it is defined as negative economic growth for two consecutive quarters.[7][8] [/quote]
In the US section, they also explain and link to seemingly new policy of NBER:
[quote]In July 2022, the NBER released a statement regarding declaring a recession following a second consecutive quarter of shrinking GDP, "There is no fixed rule about what measures contribute information to the process or how they are weighted in our decisions".[95][/quote]
Are you expecting them to condemn or start a 'controversy' section about the definition? Or just to pretend the NBER has said nothing?
https://www.outkick.com/wikipedias-bans-edits-to-recession-page/
Does anyone need any more evidence of liberal bias and hypocrisy?