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> There is currently no real European equivalent to the [..] Wikipedia monopoly 8 out of the 10 largest Wikipedias are European languages...

• nephihaha 10mo ago
  Wikipedia is an American outfit, owned by the American businessman Jimmy Wales. It doesn't matter which language it is in.
  • ivan_gammel 10mo ago
    Wikipedia is open source software serving public domain content. Wales controls the main fundraising outfit and domain, but the rest is not his IP.
    • nephihaha 10mo ago
      It's an oligarchy in reality and Wikimedia was having a discussion a couple of years ago about implementing the SDGs, which come from the UN and not the public (who are barely aware of them.)
  • louisbourgault 10mo ago
    Calling a system that is 90% foss and public domain "owned" by anyone is a bit of a stretch. I can, fully legally, download all the text of Wikipedia for about 130gb and host it myself. Besides, Jimmy Wales is awesome.
    • nephihaha 10mo ago
      Wikipedia does not practice what it preaches. Even the claim "that anyone can edit" is not true.