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"Tellingly and laudably, Wikipedia's entries on its own history and the roles of Wales and Sanger have turned out, after much fighting on the discussion boards, to be balanced and objective." — Isaacson, Walter (2014). The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution. Simon & Schuster. p. 440. ISBN 978-1476708690.

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Not notable?it's relevant for the future[edit]

In October 2023, a generative artificial intelligence capable of verifying the correspondence between text and cited sources, evaluating the degree of reliability of the sources and selecting alternatives from the web was tested in the English Wikipedia.^[1] 176.200.82.175 (talk) 08:28, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Correct, in my opinion, it’s relevant and this is commonly used when editing articles with adding content. -“Userbase3913” (talk) 03:44, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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^ doi:10.5281/zenodo.8252866

Why is the first hyperlink for Sanger's name so far down?[edit]

I get there's drama about him and Wales but it feels like bad page design 142.113.236.167 (talk) 05:20, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Looks a bit better now. —Panamitsu (talk) 05:41, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] :10.5281/zenodo.8252866

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