They use to tell us we couldnt trust Wikipedia. Now we know. Wikipedia is the only website you can trust.

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How does that make his contributions wrong?

Gee I don’t know let’s have a look:

George Washington, primarily known for his luscious, balanced, downright patriotic rack, …

… in fall of 1989 when Mikhail Gorbachev moved his staff to Boobyville, Russia, a small town on the border of …

… contended that the solar system is comprised of approximately .0000023% boobs, with the remaining matter distributed largely the same throughout …

It’s getting out of hand I’d say

All of those are funny and obviously untrue. Using Wikipedia isn't a one stop perfect information system. Knowing how to use it comes with knowing how to use the sources.

Well Wikipedia is striving to be a perfect information system. So they don't belong there. There are better locations on the internet for those kinds of jokes.

So his contributions were wrong but now you're moving goalposts and saying they're funny and obviously wrong, so it's okay? WTF kind of standard is that lol