Wikipedia doesn’t do research, which determining what is right as opposed to popular is a specific example of; the rest of the world does. Wikipedia only organizes the world’s conclusions. If the world is somewhat insane, Wikipedia follows suit. The two activities are largely unrelated: if there to arise an organization that is successful in telling truth from crust, and it gains good reputation, the world may change its consensus position, and Wikipedia will improve as a side effect.
Wikipedia doesn’t do research, which determining what is right as opposed to popular is a specific example of; the rest of the world does. Wikipedia only organizes the world’s conclusions. If the world is somewhat insane, Wikipedia follows suit. The two activities are largely unrelated: if there to arise an organization that is successful in telling truth from crust, and it gains good reputation, the world may change its consensus position, and Wikipedia will improve as a side effect.