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Jimmy Wales
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The Interview: How Wikipedia Is Responding to the Culture Wars
Lulu Garcia-NavarroJimmy Wales
Wikipedia’s trust advantage comes from exposing uncertainty, sourcing, disagreement, and an inspectable editorial trail rather than claiming infallibility; a 2019 Nature study found contentious pages can become higher quality under shared evidentiary rules.Its decentralized model limits centralized capture but leaves volunteer editors exposed to doxxing and political pressure, while Wales sees AI as a verification aid—not an encyclopedia author—and worries cheap plausible content could further weaken local journalism.