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Wikipedia relies on bots to keep it clean

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You think human collaboration built the world's largest encyclopedia, but it's mostly mindless software janitors sweeping the floors. Bots handle millions of edits—reverting vandalism, fixing broken links, and correcting spelling errors. Without these tireless digital scribes constantly cleaning up after human stupidity, Wikipedia would degrade into an unreadable mess of graffiti and typos within a week.

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