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On Wikipedia, Anyone Can Be a Model

Por: Slate Tech October 06, 2023

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In June 2020, back when we were all marching the streets in masks and it felt like the world was ending, an anonymous Wikipedia editor started an article called “.” With , it treated the thirst trap with all the seriousness and thoroughness with which Wikipedia approaches the , , and the . Thirst trap’s creator, an anonymous Wikipedian with the username , even included a “methodology” section. LittleT889, Wikipedia’s thirst trapper... + full article



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