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Wikipedia's value isn't that it's perfect, it's that it shows its work


On articles that are either controversial or cover some kind of current events, I often find more value from reading the edit history and the discussions than from the article itself.


It's messy, but honestly, that mess teaches you way more about how information is shaped than a polished "final" version ever could




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