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Off to Wikipedia we go, what we find we'll never know.
I was reminded recently by a colleague how Wikipedia was once considered a complete and utter joke.
You couldn't use it as a reference in any academic papers and if you did you were ridiculed. Fast forward 2 decades and it's the de facto go to source for mostly reliable information for the layperson.
Critical thinking still needs to be applied to any source but it's generally a safe bet for mostly reliable information. A non-profit to this day and still not corrupted like so many of their counterparts.
This is one of the few sites left that reminds me of the earlier days of the internet and its seemingly never ending possibilities. Long live Wikipedia and their ideals. I still donate whenever fundraising is needed, to me it's well worth the couple of bucks.
Yes… they do a good job weeding out the Conspiracy theories, propaganda and disinformation we see everywhere else.
I'll have to completely agree on that one lol
I fully share your opinion.
Wikipedia has suffered from the beginning from the harassment of the monopoly media whose services are all paid services.
They could never conceive how a gigantic worldwide library of any content could be free.
Jimmy Wales made it happen but there are also people paid to work and collect information. That is what our donations are for.
I have been consulting Wikipedia for more than 20 years and when I find information that is not correct it is probably because some user has deliberately included it for some obscure purpose.
Greetings @thequizshow and thank you for bringing us this nice memory.
The amount of effort put in is staggering and very nice to see by regular people and experts. Wikipedia is still a site I visit daily for one reason or another.
Thank you for the great comment, this is really appreciated.
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