i dunno, critical support in their protracted ai war against Natopedia 
i guess?
edit. fun fact, back when I was in school you werent allowed to use wikipedia as a source, because everyone knew it was filled with shit, just like it still is.
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How much of an idiot do you have to be to attack Wikipedia?
I think Hanlons razor is in desperate need of an update, since its premise seems to be based entirely on naivity. These days everything happening on the internet seems more like: "Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice".
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same amount as the people attacking the internet archive
Could also be state sponsored actors making alot of noise/work to get their more damagong edits through
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Why would some one do this? Wikipedia its a mark in internet history
People fuck with Wikipedia all the time. It's honestly a wonder that it is usable at all and not a wasteland of defaced articles and bullshit. It is a real testament to the volunteers that keep it up.
Its much funnier to destroy than to create.