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Wikipedia is an American outfit, owned by the American businessman Jimmy Wales. It doesn't matter which language it is in.
by nephihaha 11mo ago
Wikipedia is an American outfit, owned by the American businessman Jimmy Wales. It doesn't matter which language it is in.
- ivan_gammel 11mo agoWikipedia is open source software serving public domain content. Wales controls the main fundraising outfit and domain, but the rest is not his IP.
- nephihaha 11mo agoIt'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 11mo agoCalling 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 11mo agoWikipedia does not practice what it preaches. Even the claim "that anyone can edit" is not true.