"Wikipedia is one of those rare digital miracles that feels like it live up to the vast promise of the web: a vast online encyclopedia, written and maintained by millions of volunteers across the world, in arguably the most extraordinary single repository of knowledge in human history. But of course, because any unverified user can edit Wikipedia, it's often become subject to vandalism."
"Wikipedia vandals have been tampering with pages since the dawn of the site's existence back in 2001. Some is clever, some is dark - and a lot, as you saw above, is just insulting stupid. Fortunately, Wikipedia's volunteers have a reputation for swiftly fixing the digital defacement. In 2021, it took justminutes to correct 53,000 pages that had been plastered with swastikas. In the end, we have no doubt that the page on brai"
Wikipedia is a vast online encyclopedia written and maintained by millions of volunteers worldwide. Any unverified user can edit Wikipedia, creating opportunities for vandalism. The brain rot page has been repeatedly defaced with references to Skibidi Toilet and Donald Trump and with the phrase "Goofy ahh brainrot 💀" repeated 96 times, alongside messages like "ALL HAIL THE SKÎBÎDÎ TOÎLÊT" and renaming attempts to "Prain dot." Editors set the page to semi-protected status, blocking edits from unregistered or unconfirmed accounts until January 2025. Volunteer editors often repair vandalism rapidly; in 2021 they corrected 53,000 pages defaced with swastikas within minutes.
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