Wed. 01/25 - Wikipedia as a Model for the Rest of the Internet

Cool Stuff Daily · Jan 25, 2023 · 21m

How Wikipedia editors are bringing more nuance into their decisions and what ripple effects that can have on a website that increasingly defines our shared reality. Plus, how do you refer to historical figures who may have been trans? And a veritable laundry list of attempted Wikipedia hoaxes––including the recent discovery of what is most likely Representative George Santos’ Wikipedia user bio from over a decade ago, and its many, many creative lies.

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The Culture Wars Look Different on Wikipedia (The Atlantic)

My video on talking about potentially trans people from history (Jackson…