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Annie Rauwerda

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Watching the Napoleon Movie? Don’t Forget to Read His Wikipedia Page.

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Napoleon Bonaparte did a lot, but he didn’t quite do it all. He did not, for example, fire a bunch of cannons at the Egyptian pyramids. Does it matter that Ridley Scott’s Napoleon includes a scene of French armies attacking million-ton, completely inanimate structures of stone? Or that the Battle of Austerlitz scene focuses on a frozen pond incident that, in reality, occurred long after the battle was won?
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The joy of learning random things on Wikipedia

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On Wikipedia, Anyone Can Be a Model

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By Annie Rauwerda
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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 “Thirst trap.” With six sections and 32 sources, it treated the thirst trap with all the seriousness and thoroughness with which Wikipedia approaches the Battle of Dunkirk, stolen moon rocks, and the list of stuffed dishes. Thirst trap’s creator, an anonymous Wikipedian with the username LittleT889, even included a “methodology” section.
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