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There is nothing "alleged" about wikipedia's activites that have absolutely nothing to do with publishing an open source online encyclopedia, and have gone from

There is nothing "alleged" about wikipedia's activites that have absolutely nothing to do with publishing an open source online encyclopedia, and have gone from an "inclusivity" statement into spending money on "programs" in an entirely discretionary manner that has absolutly no possible conection or meaning to an ALL inclusive publishing endevour. knowledge IS power but picking WHO gets to be empowered, and heard is called censorship and discrimination, no matter how disadvantaged and under represented those chosen are. publishing is one thing, how people are empowered by that information is another. wiki crossed the line,failed to pick a lane, and will very likely end up causing more suffering, than if they had left the pie, alone and just done there stated job, very, very, well

treetalker 2y ago
I'm intrigued by your comment and others because, if true, they would shift my fundamental understanding of Wikipedia and its use. Would you mind offering some concrete examples of what you've described?
- JdeBP 2y ago
  I suspect that we'll find that it's a conflation of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation. There are a lot of long-time Wikipedia editors who will state, sometimes quite forcefully, that the two are not the same thing. (There have been several confrontations over the years between the volunteer editorship and the people who work for the Foundation.)
  - metalman 2y ago
    "conflation"?, uh un, no go, it's right on the front page Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other projects. You can support our work with a donation.
viraptor 2y ago
Every single time something is published, you're picking some side. Your comment about picking sides is picking sides. You don't get to be ALL inclusive when you're publishing an encyclopaedia - even names of pages will be picking sides.

treetalker 2y ago

I'm intrigued by your comment and others because, if true, they would shift my fundamental understanding of Wikipedia and its use. Would you mind offering some concrete examples of what you've described?

JdeBP 2y ago
I suspect that we'll find that it's a conflation of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation. There are a lot of long-time Wikipedia editors who will state, sometimes quite forcefully, that the two are not the same thing. (There have been several confrontations over the years between the volunteer editorship and the people who work for the Foundation.)
- metalman 2y ago
  "conflation"?, uh un, no go, it's right on the front page Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other projects. You can support our work with a donation.

viraptor 2y ago

Every single time something is published, you're picking some side. Your comment about picking sides is picking sides. You don't get to be ALL inclusive when you're publishing an encyclopaedia - even names of pages will be picking sides.