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I think it’s tolerated because.. we don’t have a choice other than to tolerate it. What else are we going to do? Are we going to close the browser window and n

I think it’s tolerated because.. we don’t have a choice other than to tolerate it. What else are we going to do? Are we going to close the browser window and not use Wikipedia?

marssaxman 4y ago
You can add the following rules to your uBlock Origin config: en.wikipedia.org##.cn-fundraising en.wikipedia.org##.frb-country-US.frb-rml-enabled.frb
- flaviut 4y ago
  In addition, it looks like the "Fanboy’s Annoyance" filter list also blocks the wikipedia fundraising, as well as a bunch of other crap across the internet.
lp0_on_fire 4y ago
> Are we going to close the browser window and not use Wikipedia? This is precisely what I do. There are plenty of other ways to find useful information on the internet and of course there are dead tree books. Lately the wikimedia foundation just comes off as the whiny entitled rich kid who's upset that their parents only bought a brand new Acura instead of a Jaguar for their birthday. I'm not going to encourage the behavior by giving it attention.
- cf100clunk 4y ago
  I have the LibRedirect browser add-on set to reroute all wikipedia lookups to wikiless.
- leephillips 4y ago
  Me too. I don’t read Wikipedia articles and see links to Wikipedia as a sign of cluelessness. I downvote those who cite Wikipedia articles as if they were authoritative. When I was a teacher I would fail any paper that cited Wikipedia. You can use Wikipedia all you want. But suggesting that there is no choice is ridiculous.
cf100clunk 4y ago
There is always ''wikiless'' https://wikiless.org/wiki/Main_Page https://wikiless.org/wiki/Main_Page EDIT: Wikipedia had the WikiLess source code taken down: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33101853 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33101853 and this comment has been downvoted, which is not a complaint but an observation. I was trying to find the source code but instead landed at the following GitHub project for a wikiless app. The README.md is quite interesting: https://github.com/Nangjing/wikiless/blob/main/README.md https://github.com/Nangjing/wikiless/blob/main/README.md

I think it’s tolerated because.. we don’t have a choice other than to tolerate it. What else are we going to do? Are we going to close the browser window and not use Wikipedia?

marssaxman 4y ago

You can add the following rules to your uBlock Origin config: en.wikipedia.org##.cn-fundraising en.wikipedia.org##.frb-country-US.frb-rml-enabled.frb

flaviut 4y ago
In addition, it looks like the "Fanboy’s Annoyance" filter list also blocks the wikipedia fundraising, as well as a bunch of other crap across the internet.

lp0_on_fire 4y ago

> Are we going to close the browser window and not use Wikipedia? This is precisely what I do. There are plenty of other ways to find useful information on the internet and of course there are dead tree books. Lately the wikimedia foundation just comes off as the whiny entitled rich kid who's upset that their parents only bought a brand new Acura instead of a Jaguar for their birthday. I'm not going to encourage the behavior by giving it attention.

cf100clunk 4y ago
I have the LibRedirect browser add-on set to reroute all wikipedia lookups to wikiless.
leephillips 4y ago
Me too. I don’t read Wikipedia articles and see links to Wikipedia as a sign of cluelessness. I downvote those who cite Wikipedia articles as if they were authoritative. When I was a teacher I would fail any paper that cited Wikipedia. You can use Wikipedia all you want. But suggesting that there is no choice is ridiculous.

cf100clunk 4y ago

There is always ''wikiless'' https://wikiless.org/wiki/Main_Page https://wikiless.org/wiki/Main_Page EDIT: Wikipedia had the WikiLess source code taken down: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33101853 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33101853 and this comment has been downvoted, which is not a complaint but an observation. I was trying to find the source code but instead landed at the following GitHub project for a wikiless app. The README.md is quite interesting: https://github.com/Nangjing/wikiless/blob/main/README.md https://github.com/Nangjing/wikiless/blob/main/README.md