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

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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.

Links:

The Culture Wars Look Different on Wikipedia (The Atlantic)
  • My video on talking about potentially trans people from history (Jackson Bird, YouTube) 
  • The debate over George Jetson's birthday (Cool Stuff Ride Home) 
  • The Mr. Pringles hoax (Cool Stuff Ride Home) 
  • The fabricated Scots Wikipedia pages (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
  • George Santos appears to admit drag queen past in Wiki post (Politico)
  • The High Five Wikipedia page love story (Cool Stuff Ride Home) 
  • Depths of Wiki on Twitter
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter

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