In the WIRED article "Don't Ask Wikipedia to Cure the Internet, writer Louise Matsakis explains how Youtube's upcoming use of linking Wikipedia articles on conspiracy theory videos could potentially backfire, using a strong appeal to logos and an accusatory tone. Matsakis uses many appeals from logos by utilizing statistics showcasing that Wikipedia can't always be relied, on such as the fact that "Only 16 percent of the site's volunteer editors identify as female, according to a 2013 study." and that "Nearly half of all articles about geographic places were written by inhabitants of just five countries: the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Germany, and Italy, a 2015 Oxford University study concluded.". This appeal is also showcased by the author bringing up examples of when Wikipedia was changed to fit someone else's bias, such as when "someone with access to New York City Police Department computers had edited Wikipedia pages detailing alleged police brutality."
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