Wikipedia isn’t important because of its data. Rather because of the fact it is continuously updated, extended, and fixed at a gigantic scale.
If Wikipedia ever dies, its information will lose relevance by the day. After a decade or two without a similar-scale replacement, will anyone even care?
RaoulDook@lemmy.world 5 days ago
No, the data itself is inherently valuable even when it’s a little bit dated. We don’t need daily updates to learn about historical events, methods of irrigation, 20th century election results, mineral composition of transistors and diodes, and millions of other well-documented topics. It’s an incredible resource of collected knowledge with immense inherent value.