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Wikipedia survives while the rest of the internet breaks

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598 points leotravis10 | 1 comments | 04 Sep 25 15:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source
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bawolff ◴[04 Sep 25 16:49 UTC] No.45129304[source]▶
There has been this trend recently of calling Wikipedia the last good thing on the internet.

And i agree its great, i spend an inordinate amount of my time on Wikimedia related things.

But i think there is a danger here with all these articles putting Wikipedia too much on a pedestal. It isn't perfect. It isn't perfectly neutral or perfectly reliable. It has flaws.

The true best part of Wikipedia is that its a work in progress and people are working to make it a little better everyday. We shouldn't lose sight of the fact we aren't there yet. We'll never be "there". But hopefully we'll continue to be a little bit closer every day. And that is what makes Wikipedia great.

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mdp2021 ◴[04 Sep 25 17:07 UTC] No.45129539[source]▶
It's a miracle that the model of voluntary contribution from random agents and imperfect overview partially worked.

The science that could emerge by studying the phenomenon could constitute a milestone.

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ozim ◴[04 Sep 25 17:43 UTC] No.45130002[source]▶
I think “random agents” was only at start. I don’t think you as a random person can edit much there anymore.

Which is good in ways. Though random phase is song of the past.

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1. arcade79 ◴[05 Sep 25 10:45 UTC] No.45137125[source]▶
All my random edits go through and stick around. Probably because they're relatively simple. A table with data up until 2020, and I update it with sources up until 2024? Never had it removed.

I seldomly add much beyond such things though.