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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Lawl, 1) 25% of Wikipedia in English is unsourced

https://venturebeat.com/ai/how-wikimedia-is-using-machine-learning-to-spot-missing-citations/#:~:text=With%20crowdsourced%20content%2C%20citations%20are,articles%20lack%20a%20single%20citation.

lAwL 2) 77% of Wikipedia is written by 1% of its editors

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia#:~:text=If%20the%20original%20information%20in,an%20apparent%20credibility%20to%20falsehood

RaWfL 3) once a source is credited once, it isn't rechecked and can be used as a source on Wikipedia countless times

LmFAo 4) literally anyone saying something does not make it credible or true.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rolfcopter. This guy doesn't know how to use Wikipedia.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You probably learned how to use Wikipedia from Wikipedia, that's how you got so wrong.