Sean Rameswaram

What's the best thing you've ever stumbled upon on Wikipedia? One of my favorites was buried deep in the Rice Krispies entry, better known as Rice Bubbles in Australia and New Zealand, according to Wikipedia. I digress. About four or five scrolls deep, right near the end of the entry, there's a subheading which reads Snap, Crackle, and Pop Sound.

What's the best thing you've ever stumbled upon on Wikipedia? One of my favorites was buried deep in the Rice Krispies entry, better known as Rice Bubbles in Australia and New Zealand, according to Wikipedia. I digress. About four or five scrolls deep, right near the end of the entry, there's a subheading which reads Snap, Crackle, and Pop Sound.

It states that the cereal is marketed on the basis of the noises it produces when milk is added to the bowl. The onomatopoeic noises differ by country and language. And at this point, I was like, go on. Turns out in Danish, it's piff, poff, puff. In Swedish, it's piff, paff, puff. In German, it's nisper, nasper, nusper, kkk. Weird. Spanish, pim, pam, pum. Finnish, ricks, racks, pocks.

It states that the cereal is marketed on the basis of the noises it produces when milk is added to the bowl. The onomatopoeic noises differ by country and language. And at this point, I was like, go on. Turns out in Danish, it's piff, poff, puff. In Swedish, it's piff, paff, puff. In German, it's nisper, nasper, nusper, kkk. Weird. Spanish, pim, pam, pum. Finnish, ricks, racks, pocks.

It states that the cereal is marketed on the basis of the noises it produces when milk is added to the bowl. The onomatopoeic noises differ by country and language. And at this point, I was like, go on. Turns out in Danish, it's piff, poff, puff. In Swedish, it's piff, paff, puff. In German, it's nisper, nasper, nusper, kkk. Weird. Spanish, pim, pam, pum. Finnish, ricks, racks, pocks.

French, crick, crack, crock. I love Wikipedia. Most of us do. But the Trump administration doesn't. And they're threatening the free encyclopedia. How come? On Today Explained.

French, crick, crack, crock. I love Wikipedia. Most of us do. But the Trump administration doesn't. And they're threatening the free encyclopedia. How come? On Today Explained.

French, crick, crack, crock. I love Wikipedia. Most of us do. But the Trump administration doesn't. And they're threatening the free encyclopedia. How come? On Today Explained.

So you write a lot about Wikipedia and you even wrote a book about Wikipedia called The Editors. Does that mean that you are a Wikipedia editor?

So you write a lot about Wikipedia and you even wrote a book about Wikipedia called The Editors. Does that mean that you are a Wikipedia editor?

So you write a lot about Wikipedia and you even wrote a book about Wikipedia called The Editors. Does that mean that you are a Wikipedia editor?

So you seem like the person to ask, what is happening with Wikipedia right now?

So you seem like the person to ask, what is happening with Wikipedia right now?

So you seem like the person to ask, what is happening with Wikipedia right now?

In 2018, The Atlantic magazine called Wikipedia the last bastion of shared reality. It sounds like from what you're saying is going on right now with Wikipedia and the Trump administration, that's not the case anymore. How long has it been the case? Is this simply a Trump thing or is there something deeper going on in the United States?

In 2018, The Atlantic magazine called Wikipedia the last bastion of shared reality. It sounds like from what you're saying is going on right now with Wikipedia and the Trump administration, that's not the case anymore. How long has it been the case? Is this simply a Trump thing or is there something deeper going on in the United States?

In 2018, The Atlantic magazine called Wikipedia the last bastion of shared reality. It sounds like from what you're saying is going on right now with Wikipedia and the Trump administration, that's not the case anymore. How long has it been the case? Is this simply a Trump thing or is there something deeper going on in the United States?

Is there bias on Wikipedia? I mean, obviously it is footnoted, but I remember, you know, back in college when my professors would say like, and don't use Wikipedia as a source, as if it were some sort of, you know, information wasteland. I feel like it eventually grew out of that negative space it was in. And now it feels like it's, what, upsetting the right.

Is there bias on Wikipedia? I mean, obviously it is footnoted, but I remember, you know, back in college when my professors would say like, and don't use Wikipedia as a source, as if it were some sort of, you know, information wasteland. I feel like it eventually grew out of that negative space it was in. And now it feels like it's, what, upsetting the right.

Is there bias on Wikipedia? I mean, obviously it is footnoted, but I remember, you know, back in college when my professors would say like, and don't use Wikipedia as a source, as if it were some sort of, you know, information wasteland. I feel like it eventually grew out of that negative space it was in. And now it feels like it's, what, upsetting the right.