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Not that I would call Wikipedia the epicenter of truth, but... > what hope will a historian have in a hundred years in understanding the truth of our time It
by cj 4y ago
Not that I would call Wikipedia the epicenter of truth, but...
> what hope will a historian have in a hundred years in understanding the truth of our time
It could be really insightful if it's possible to see how a specific wikipedia article evolved on an annual basis over the past 100 years, assuming it's still around.
E.g. for the most political topics, like "abortion", I imagine an annual snapshot and comparing the page between years/eras would provide a lot of historical insight on how "truth" shifts year to year.
- int_19h 4y agoKiwix creates such snapshots on ~1 year cadence, but I don't know if anyone actually preserves the old ones.