I think wikipedia is one of the best sources around. People were trained to "dismiss" wikipedia or to cite its sources, but actually, as a document and a governance structure, its basically the last reliable source of "probably pretty close to the truth" around.
post
replies:
Imho Wikipedia is just one of the greatest achievements of humanity championing knowledge and accessibility without greedy enshitification.
I love it because back 20+ years ago it was frowned upon in school because it wasn’t trustworthy, and teachers would fail you for citing it in assignments. Now I feel like it’s the most trusted source on the Internet.
replies:
For you and anyone else interested, Kiwix can be used to keep an offline copy of Wikipedia (the one I have from a few months ago is 112GB I think for pictures being included) and that way you can rest easy knowing the regime in the USA hasn't taken down or taken over Wikipedia!
replies:
RIP Encarta.
Dude I fucking LOVE Wikipedia. It's such a great time killer when it's a slow day at work.
replies:
Have you donated if you love it so much?
replies:
all 17 comments