Comment on Elon Musk Offers to Also Ruin Wikipedia

Veedem@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• bunnyfc@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wikipedia is not the Achilles heel of free access to information. The Achilles heel are the sources: libraries, websites.

  Consider donating to the internet archive instead or as well. If the sources are poisoned, Wikipedia just repeats bullshit. It's secondary literature.

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  • IdealShrew@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not sure you know what Achilles heel means

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    • Starglasses@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I believe they mean that if Wikipedia dies, we are still able to get proper information from the actual sources.

      Wikipedia just summarizes the primary sources.

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      • ram@bookwormstory.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Wikipedia just summarizes the primary sources.

        Wikipedia actually much prefers secondary and even tertiary sources to primary sources. They have rules against original research, and follows the guideline that “secondary or tertiary sources are needed to establish the topic’s notability and avoid novel interpretations of primary sources”. It’s only with exception that primary sources are allowed, in which the primary sources “have been reputably published may be used in Wikipedia, but only with care, because it is easy to misuse them.”

        Not disagreeing with you, just a bit of nuance.

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      • emberwit@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You don’t just alter facts, logical reasoning and scientific standards.

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      • wagesj45@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Wikipedia just summarizes the primary sources.

        Technically, I think they only allow primary sources to be referenced if supported by a secondary source. They have weird and complex rules around that,

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    • jasondj@ttrpg.network ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      An Achilles’ heel[1] (or Achilles heel[2][3]) is a weakness in spite of overall strength, which can lead to downfall.

      Source: Wikipedia

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• Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wikipedia should run a fund raiser: "Give us a billion dollars or we'll change the name."

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  • ZeroCool@feddit.ch ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    $1b = Wikipedia

    < $1b = W

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    • Excrubulent@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nah, he’d call it X again, like literally every other company he’s tried that with.

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      • AzureRT@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Xpedia

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    • cheese_greater@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Amazing idea

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    • Janonym@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But for only $8 a month you are the only one who’s allowed to edit your site.

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  • n3m37h@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    1 Bil should be “Elon is a cunt-apedia” < 1 bil = wikipedia

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• UnknownQuantity@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A few years ago, I set up a monthly donation. Of all things I can use for free on the internet, Wikipedia deserves it the most.

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