"[YouTube,] a megacorporation with billions of dollars and thousands of brilliant employees is relying on a volunteer-run platform anyone can edit to fact-check information? It is odd. But it's also a validation of Wikipedia's mission and a reminder of its importance."
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John Naughton in “In a hysterical world, Wikipedia is a ray of light – and that's the truth”, The Guardian, (2 September 2018)
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