hodgesrm 15 hours ago

In my humble opinion Wikipedia is the single best thing thing to emerge from the Internet boom. Its name is a wordplay on one of the most important intellectual projects of the Enlightment.[0] The DC prosecutor letter reads like something straight out of the totalitarian playbook.[1]

Please donate now to show your support. It's time to fight back against this crap.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A9die

[1] "Show me the man and I'll show you the crime." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_me_the_man_and_I_will_giv...

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BrtByte 5 hours ago

Wikipedia isn't perfect, but it embodies the idea that knowledge should be built collaboratively and made freely available to everyone

jowea 2 hours ago

As much as a I agree with the first paragraph I don't think that is a reason to donate money.

LordGrignard 13 hours ago

Hi I don't know if you know it but Wikipedias not that poor or hard pressed... Atleast, the whole "donate or we broke" narrative that they build every few months is complete bullshit https://youtu.be/3t8GUbzVxmQ?si=sa_oHe3DA_QmpGcE

globular-toast 6 hours ago

Neither is Google, yet there is still probably multiple ads on that video you linked.