Entertaining myself by reading about how Larry Sanger got himself banned from Wikipedia
Essentially he wanted Wikipedia to embrace ‘alternative facts’ to the extent of allowing people to create competing versions of the same article, so people who believe the Moon is made of cheese could have their own version of the ‘Moon’ article, citing all the sources *they* consider reliable about whether it’s primarily rocquefort or cheddar, or whether it might have a gooey centre made of brie
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