The world’s largest encyclopedia became the factual foundation of the web, but now it’s under attack.

  • AmbitiousProcess (they/them)@piefed.social
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    14 days ago

    Great article, would highly recommend anyone with the time give it a full read through.

    Wikipedia is incredibly valuable, and insanely well edited and put together, and we’re all lucky to have something like it available for free.

    • DeadPixel@lemmy.zip
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      14 days ago

      Thanks for encouraging to read the whole thing. That is a loooong article! But a great informative read. Took me a couple of sittings to read it all properly, well worth it!

      I had no idea about so many of the challenges they’ve gone through & seemingly managed to fight back so many attempts to control & mask the content on more volatile subjects. Always had a lot of respect for the editors, but even more so now.

      I do donate a small amount to them once or twice a year. I think I will try to increase my donations going forward knowing it might help with some of their legal fights.

      Knowledge really is power, & we all deserve access to true knowledge, more now than ever it seems.

    • MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca
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      14 days ago

      Lots of it is still pretty shit, but that’s what happens when you have an entry on incredibly obscure things where there’s not a lot of sources information.