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Since Wikipedia doesn't derive any income from direct traffic, it is actually a good thing for Google and others to host copies of the data, so long as they com
by tonyztan 9y ago
Since Wikipedia doesn't derive any income from direct traffic, it is actually a good thing for Google and others to host copies of the data, so long as they comply with the Creative Commons licensing requirements. This reduces the cost for Wikipedia to spread knowledge.
- tyingq 9y agoI'm skeptical about that. Wikipedia has used traffic in the past to solicit donations. Over time, it's also increasingly less obvious that Google's content came from Wikipedia. So it reduces overall awareness of Wikipedia as an entity. It also questions what the money is for. As far as I can tell, Wikipedia doesn't pay for good content, those contributors are unpaid. The money is largely for the site and underpinnings. And we just established that views are being drawn away from that...