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Wikipedia is one of those rare digital miracles that feels like it live up to the vast promise of the web: a vast online encyclopedia, written and maintained by millions of volunteers across the world, in arguably the most extraordinary single repository of knowledge in human history.<\/p>\n
But of course, because any unverified user can edit Wikipedia, it\u2019s often become subject to vandalism. In a particularly meta twist, the page for \u201cbrain rot<\/a>\u201d \u2014 let\u2019s just go with Wikipedia\u2019s definition, which is the \u201cnegative cognitive, emotional, and\/or behavioral consequences\u201d of consuming content that\u2019s \u201ctrivial, simplistic, or low in quality\u201d \u2014 has been defaced so much that it\u2019s now protected against public edits until early next year.<\/p>\n And specifically what it\u2019s been defaced with? Pure, unadulterated brain rot \u2014 like this edit<\/a>, from back in February 2025, when the page was replaced with references to the brain rot mainstay Skibidi Toilet<\/a> and Donald Trump, along with the phrase \u201cGoofy ahh brainrot \ud83d\udc80\u201d repeated 96 times in succession.<\/p>\n Other messages on the page have included <\/strong>\u201cALL HAIL THE SK\u00ceB\u00ceD\u00ce TO\u00ceL\u00caT<\/a>\u201d and \u201cBRAIN ROT WILL DESTROY THIS NEXT GENERATION<\/a>\u201d \u2014 no argument there \u2014<\/strong> and moving the page to a new entry, called \u201cPrain dot.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Finally, in August, an editor classified the page as \u201csemi-protected,\u201d<\/a> meaning it can\u2019t be altered by unregistered users or those whose accounts aren\u2019t confirmed. The restriction is currently slated to hold until January 2025.<\/p>\n Wikipedia vandals have been tampering with pages since the dawn of the site\u2019s existence back in 2001. Some is clever<\/a>, some is dark<\/a> \u2014 and a lot, as you saw above, is just insulting stupid.<\/p>\n Fortunately, Wikipedia\u2019s volunteers have a reputation for swiftly fixing the digital defacement. In 2021, it took just <\/strong>minutes to correct 53,000 pages that had been plastered with swastikas<\/a>. In the end, we have no doubt that the page on brain rot will be resilient as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/brain_rot_vandalism_0bf3a8.png\")
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