Stephen Harrison

I think there's something deeper going on because Elon Musk is... famously one of the biggest critics of Wikipedia. But now, back in 2017, he said, I love Wikipedia. It just keeps getting better and better. And now, more recently, he's been tweeting that Wikipedia should rename itself quote-unquote Wokipedia.

I think there's something deeper going on because Elon Musk is... famously one of the biggest critics of Wikipedia. But now, back in 2017, he said, I love Wikipedia. It just keeps getting better and better. And now, more recently, he's been tweeting that Wikipedia should rename itself quote-unquote Wokipedia.

He's been getting his followers on X and saying, hey, you shouldn't donate to the foundation.

He's been getting his followers on X and saying, hey, you shouldn't donate to the foundation.

He's been getting his followers on X and saying, hey, you shouldn't donate to the foundation.

So I think that there's just been a really significant effort, particularly from the right wing, whether that's Musk or the Heritage Foundation and now Ed Martin, to discredit Wikipedia and tarnish its reputation.

So I think that there's just been a really significant effort, particularly from the right wing, whether that's Musk or the Heritage Foundation and now Ed Martin, to discredit Wikipedia and tarnish its reputation.

So I think that there's just been a really significant effort, particularly from the right wing, whether that's Musk or the Heritage Foundation and now Ed Martin, to discredit Wikipedia and tarnish its reputation.

Well, it's fair to say that Wikipedia has had a pretty big reputational change over the years. I remember that in college myself. In the early days, people were saying, this is anarchy, right? Anyone can edit this. How could he possibly trust it? We all remember Stephen Colbert's phrase, truthiness, but he actually had another one, wikiality.

Well, it's fair to say that Wikipedia has had a pretty big reputational change over the years. I remember that in college myself. In the early days, people were saying, this is anarchy, right? Anyone can edit this. How could he possibly trust it? We all remember Stephen Colbert's phrase, truthiness, but he actually had another one, wikiality.

Well, it's fair to say that Wikipedia has had a pretty big reputational change over the years. I remember that in college myself. In the early days, people were saying, this is anarchy, right? Anyone can edit this. How could he possibly trust it? We all remember Stephen Colbert's phrase, truthiness, but he actually had another one, wikiality.

But here are a couple main transitions in the story of Wikipedia's credibility. One was in 2005, Nature ran this article comparing Encyclopedia Britannica's scientific articles and Wikipedia's encyclopedia articles. And what they found is they were roughly about the same amount of errors between them, that they were basically the same in accuracy. And so that was a big concern.

But here are a couple main transitions in the story of Wikipedia's credibility. One was in 2005, Nature ran this article comparing Encyclopedia Britannica's scientific articles and Wikipedia's encyclopedia articles. And what they found is they were roughly about the same amount of errors between them, that they were basically the same in accuracy. And so that was a big concern.

But here are a couple main transitions in the story of Wikipedia's credibility. One was in 2005, Nature ran this article comparing Encyclopedia Britannica's scientific articles and Wikipedia's encyclopedia articles. And what they found is they were roughly about the same amount of errors between them, that they were basically the same in accuracy. And so that was a big concern.

credibility boost for Wikipedia as opposed to the traditional print encyclopedia model. And I also think that in terms of Wikipedia just getting better, I mean, it just got better because there were more eyes on it. There was the mobile revolution. People could look at Wikipedia pages really quickly and say, hey, this is wrong. I want to fix it. And so That just made Wikipedia better and better.

credibility boost for Wikipedia as opposed to the traditional print encyclopedia model. And I also think that in terms of Wikipedia just getting better, I mean, it just got better because there were more eyes on it. There was the mobile revolution. People could look at Wikipedia pages really quickly and say, hey, this is wrong. I want to fix it. And so That just made Wikipedia better and better.

credibility boost for Wikipedia as opposed to the traditional print encyclopedia model. And I also think that in terms of Wikipedia just getting better, I mean, it just got better because there were more eyes on it. There was the mobile revolution. People could look at Wikipedia pages really quickly and say, hey, this is wrong. I want to fix it. And so That just made Wikipedia better and better.

And so we get to the point by 2018, Facebook and YouTube are starting to link to Wikipedia pages when there's a piece of content that might have misinformation. So even today, if you look up flat earth theory on YouTube, you'll see the Wikipedia page for flat earth theory that says that it's been debunked and that it's pseudoscientific and that we know that the earth is not in fact flat.

And so we get to the point by 2018, Facebook and YouTube are starting to link to Wikipedia pages when there's a piece of content that might have misinformation. So even today, if you look up flat earth theory on YouTube, you'll see the Wikipedia page for flat earth theory that says that it's been debunked and that it's pseudoscientific and that we know that the earth is not in fact flat.

And so we get to the point by 2018, Facebook and YouTube are starting to link to Wikipedia pages when there's a piece of content that might have misinformation. So even today, if you look up flat earth theory on YouTube, you'll see the Wikipedia page for flat earth theory that says that it's been debunked and that it's pseudoscientific and that we know that the earth is not in fact flat.