# Become a Wikipedian in 30 minutes

Source: https://www.citationneeded.news/become-a-wikipedian-in-30-minutes

Newsletter What will we do if Wikipedia falls to the type of AI-generated garbage that seems to be proliferating on the web? The number one thing you can do is learn to edit, and I will walk you through how to get started in only 30 minutes. February 25th 2024, 12:02 pm — 1 min read I was recently having a conversation on BlueSky about fears that Wikipedia could become overrun with AI-generated garbage. What if Wikipedia falls? This all started with some posts by others: a post by someone who had seen a Wikipedia article that was citing an AI-generated "source" containing falsehoods, and another person fearing that there could be a general trend in that direction: BlueSky post by Joanne McNeil, post by Micah I posted: BlueSky posts by Molly White As often happens when I encourage people to edit Wikipedia, I got some responses along the lines of "I tried to start editing once, but I got overwhelmed and gave up". I get comments like this all the time when I encourage people to edit: people are overwhelmed by the sheer volume of policies, the somewhat bureaucratic vibe of it all, or the fear that they might get reverted by a more experienced editor. Let me try to help: You can also read a transcript of the video.

## Comments

**scoop3.eth**: Interesting reads about AI potentially proliferating Wikipedia. I never thought about it.

Not interested in becoming a Wikipedian…sounds like a thankless job. 

**0x3e6c...F760**: There was one project that took the opposite approach - they aimed to build a Wikipedia with facts populated by AI agents. 

In the last bull, they even introduced crypto so that you got some rewards for adding legit information there (https://golden.com/blog/golden-raises-40m-series-b/)

Wondering how the project is going.