Comment by t_mann

While it is admittedly amusing, methinks it's not harmless at all. Vandalism of this sort undermines the legitimacy of information sources more broadly. It was in fact a deliberate tactic of (incidentally Russian) propaganda outlets like RT to mix actual facts with fairly obvious lies and the appearance of a "mainstream" news source. The resulting effect that it had on consumers was that they'd say things like 'yeah, some things there are lies, but there are lies on both sides, you can't really trust any of them'. Or remember QAnon, which also derived its original success from blending authentic information sources with fabrications.

I'm not implying that she intended anything of that sort (although some of the other comments suggest that she may have used the fabrications to her advantage in smaller settings), but that her actions could have ended up producing similar results.

This is decidedly different from deliberate world-building that takes inspiration from the real and mixes it with the fictional, like what Tolkien did. It would have been exponentially harder to get anyone to care about her stories if they hadn't come with the wikipedia veneer (somewhat sadly, it might be easier for her now that she got global media attention).