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

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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