Why we still trust ordinary people to write our history
Explore why collective memory and ordinary contributors remain the backbone of Wikipedia in an age of AI, and why we still trust the people's history.
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The State of Wikipedia
How volunteer editors, algorithms, and culture wars are reshaping the encyclopedia everyone still opens first.
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Collective memory
Why we still trust ordinary people
Wikipedia’s history is written by volunteers—not institutions. That social contract still matters when machines enter the edit window.
Automation
When AI drafts the entries
Large language models can summarize facts fast—but citation, neutrality, and accountability are harder to automate than prose.
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Each card links to a full essay on the blog.
People's History
Ordinary contributors and collective memory in an age of synthetic text.
AI & Wikipedia
What changes when algorithms help write the world's reference pages.
Who Controls Edits
Power, policy, and the humans behind the revert button.
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“An encyclopedia is only as trustworthy as the community willing to argue over commas—and cite its sources.”
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What happens when artificial intelligence starts writing the world's encyclopedia entries
Explore the impact of AI on Wikipedia. Will algorithms replace human editors? Discover the reflective future of the world's most trusted digital encyclopedia.
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Behind the Edits: Who Really Controls Wikipedia's Content?
Wikipedia is often hailed as the internet’s go-to encyclopedia a platform powered by volunteers and dedicated to free knowledge. But as the platform evolves, so…
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What is The State Of Wikipedia?
Independent commentary on Wikipedia’s culture, editors, and technology—not an official Wikimedia project.
What topics do you cover?
Trust, AI, governance, reliability, and how the platform is changing. All five essays are on the blog.
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