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Wikipedia’s nonprofit status questioned by D.C. U.S. attorney

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760 points coloneltcb | 3 comments | 25 Apr 25 23:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.454s | source
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sedev ◴[26 Apr 25 03:04 UTC] No.43800538[source]▶
I am going to say a thing I say a lot: please edit Wikipedia. It is easier to do than you probably think! Wikipedia's biggest constraint is no longer money or server space, it's editor time (especially since LLM-based garbage is a force multiplier on disruptive editing that does not have a corresponding improvement to good-faith editing). Any topic area you know about and/or care about can benefit from your attention. Fixing typos is valuable. Adding photos is valuable. Flagging vandalism is valuable. Please edit Wikipedia.
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1. qingcharles ◴[26 Apr 25 06:54 UTC] No.43801481[source]▶
I've been an editor since 2004. It's getting really, really hard now. Like, it is really off-putting and no longer enjoyable.
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2. Paracompact ◴[26 Apr 25 08:34 UTC] No.43801882[source]▶
Curious, as a longtime editor, what's gotten harder for you recently?

As a casual, very infrequent editor, I echo everyone else's complaints that it's intimidating to have your additions reverted by the old guard who seem to have an increasingly particular vision of the site.

3. joenot443 ◴[26 Apr 25 15:08 UTC] No.43804286[source]▶
21 years of editing, that's awesome! I'm curious though, what's changed? If I were to maybe guess, I'd imagine it coincides with the rising temperature of the online culture war?