I can't believe this actually evolved (de-?) into a debate of sorts.
I don't have much to add, but would like to see if this goes anywhere.
It brings back to mind a short blurb I read about two years ago nearly along the same lines: There was an article featuring the rise in popularity of
Wikipedia at the time, yet they also forewarned that it is entirely user-contributed, and not everything there should be taken as canon. As a hilarious example, they mentioned a
wiki article of some member of the British Parliament, where in his biography, it stated that he was a "(delicious libertarian) rhubarb pie".