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Wikipedia is resilient because it is boring (www.theverge.com)
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The world’s largest encyclopedia became the factual foundation of the web, but now it’s under attack.

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[–] 232 points 1 year ago (10 children)

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.

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  • [–] 59 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    And their merch is 🔥, just saying.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Could get you arrested in China.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year 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.

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