the.com/wikipedia edit history
the receipts for every argument humanity has ever had about the truth.
means a public, timestamped log of every single change ever made to a wikipedia page, including who made it and what they undid.
from born with wikipedia itself in 2001, built on wiki software's core idea from the 1990s that any page should be revertible, so vandalism could never be permanent, only temporary.
nothing deletedevery edit since 2001 is still stored somewhere
edit warssome pages locked after 100+ reverts in hours
bots watchingautomated accounts revert vandalism in under a minute
talk pagesthe real argument happens off the visible article
for instance
george w bush page — one of the most reverted articles, thousands of edits during his presidency
covid-19 article — locked and unlocked repeatedly in 2020 amid misinformation battles
jimmy wales page — founder edit-warred over his own official title in 2005