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There was a story making rounds a few years back that Wikipedia was being used as a file / media sharing platform, particularly in countries with limited other
by dredmorbius 2y ago
There was a story making rounds a few years back that Wikipedia was being used as a file / media sharing platform, particularly in countries with limited other options for such services.
I can't find a link currently, though I'm pretty sure I'm not hallucinating this.
- lxgr 2y agoAre you thinking of this by any chance? https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T273741 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T273741 That wasn’t really somebody using Wikipedia as a file storage, but rather as a web connectivity test.
- dredmorbius 2y agoNope, though that's interesting and somewhat expected. I remember when web-connectivity test was spelled "Slashdot".