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Wikipedia is a problem for Musk/Trump. Not, as Musk says, because it's "woke." Because it's one of our last reliable tethers to a consensus reality. Therefore, an antidote to disinformation.

It's not making anyone money. It's not enshittified. Of course it's not perfectโ€”it's an endeavor of imperfect cooperating humans. But it needs protection and support.

newsweek.com/elon-musk-takes-aโ€ฆ

#wikipedia

in reply to James Gleick

I contributed some of my money to Wikipedia this month. I agree with you about its good works.
in reply to RonSupportsYou

@RonSupportsYou IIUC, it's not so much donations that they need, but actual contributions in the form of edits
in reply to Stefan Monnier

@monnier @RonSupportsYou
Unfortunately #wikipedia doesn't really offer a neutral view of the world. Only about 13 % of the authors are women. There were projects to change it, but many women (including me) were put off quickly because of the behaviour of other authors & especially the admins. When you write an article about a woman odds are high it will be deleted quickly, bc it's not relevant.The idea is good, but the implementation is biased. #ProjectRewrite #feminism #GenderEquality
in reply to Konfetti ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿณ

@Konfettispaghetti @monnier @RonSupportsYou I'm not blind to this problem. I wrote about it a decade ago. It still exists.

around.com/wikipedias-women-prโ€ฆ

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in reply to James Gleick

Exactly!

mas.to/@gleick/113710366535073โ€ฆ


Wikipedia is a problem for Musk/Trump. Not, as Musk says, because it's "woke." Because it's one of our last reliable tethers to a consensus reality. Therefore, an antidote to disinformation.

It's not making anyone money. It's not enshittified. Of course it's not perfectโ€”it's an endeavor of imperfect cooperating humans. But it needs protection and support.

newsweek.com/elon-musk-takes-aโ€ฆ

#wikipedia


in reply to SnowshadowII

@SnowshadowII
If this was a serious suggestion, please don't scrape the Wikipedia website.

Torrent the dump instead: meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_dโ€ฆ

Or get @kiwix and download a ZIM file containing the Wikipedia in the language of your choice.

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in reply to SnowshadowII

@SnowshadowII
Not a techie here, so if this is a dumb question, forgive me.
Wouldn't you need a LOT of bytes to download all of Wikipedia? Like significantly more than my computer has available?
in reply to Dark Phoenix

@Darkphoenix
NOT a silly question. (there are NO silly tech questions)

Here's the solution:

fedifreu.de/@chpietsch/1137104โ€ฆ

ETA: and if you don't understand how to ...send out an S.O>S to all the techies on fedi using the Tech and Fediverse and computer hashtags--someone is sure to reply


@SnowshadowII
If this was a serious suggestion, please don't scrape the Wikipedia website.

Torrent the dump instead: meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_dโ€ฆ

Or get @kiwix and download a ZIM file containing the Wikipedia in the language of your choice.


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in reply to Dark Phoenix

@Darkphoenix
Unlike most people here, I am really bad with providing verbal instructions, I am more of a "here, let me show you using hands on" teacher, I am sorry. But if you give a shout out to Fedivers someone will explain it better, in the meantime...
Here's an explanation to start:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorreโ€ฆ
in reply to Dark Phoenix

@Darkphoenix
You're welcome.

You still download it but using torrent prevents a massive traffic jam on the internet

in reply to SnowshadowII

@SnowshadowII @Darkphoenix you used to be able to hack/make an "off-grid" wiki ... hackster.io/news/stay-informedโ€ฆ

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in reply to James Gleick

๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ ffs
I'm so tired of this asshole.
Key a Tesla as stress relief.
in reply to Kid Mania

@clintruin Fuck musk but please donโ€™t promote destroying other people property. Musk couldnโ€™t care less.
in reply to Brandon Bennett

@nemith
I dunno. If someone gave their hard-earned money to this fucking piece of shit to buy a fucking Tesla...
ยฏ\_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ

๐ŸŽ„ Merry-fucking-Xmas.
๐ŸŽ… ๐ŸŽ… ๐ŸŽ… ๐ŸŽ… ๐ŸŽ… ๐ŸŽ… ๐ŸŽ…

in reply to Kid Mania

@clintruin I have a Tesla . When I bought it I didnโ€™t realize the levels that this asshole would aspire to be. Keying my car will not change that. Are you serious?
in reply to Brandon Bennett

@nemith
" I have a Tesla ."
๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿคฃ

"Are you serious?"

No.
No. I'm not.
But I knew a whole fuck of a lot of a people who are. I'd dump that.
๐ŸŽ… โ˜ ๏ธ ๐ŸŽ…

in reply to Kid Mania

@clintruin and yes your fuck ton of people are keyboard warriors. I know โ€œa fuck ton of peopleโ€ who are decent adults who can exchange thoughts without inciting vandalism in angst against a billionaire. Grow up.
in reply to Brandon Bennett

@nemith
๐Ÿ™ˆ ๐Ÿ™‰ ๐Ÿ™Š
โ...๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž? ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฅ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ - ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐–๐ˆ๐‹๐‹ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง ๐š ๐›๐จ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ญ. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ'๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ'๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž - ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž...โž
--๐€๐ง๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ
@AnarchoNinaWrites@oliphant.social
in reply to James Gleick

It's particularly concerning given the part of Project 2025 that takes aims at non-profits and seeks to give the government the authority to take away a non-profit's status due to "supporting terrorism" which is a term with no meaningful definition associated with it.

So if, for example, conservatives label a human rights movement like BLM "terrorist" and wikipedia simply doesn't host right-wing misinformation about the group the GOP could define that as "support for terrorist groups"

in reply to James Gleick

"Wikipedia has long faced accusations of bias from both sides of the political spectrum." Both sides? Actually that means balance -- overall. I just gave them an extra donation for this year, and upped the amount. #wikipedia.
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in reply to James Gleick

I didn't donate to The Wikipedia for years. Because I wrote so many articles for them and thought that was an unpleasant experience* in some ways and more than enough free labor for me.

But last year I relented and started a donation and this makes me think it was a good idea after all.

It's decent enough and THAT is becoming rare online.

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in reply to myrmepropagandist

@futurebird I've been donating about twice a year - I get a lot of use from it, more so now every other source has been enshittified.
in reply to myrmepropagandist

If it's not clear I think it's a good idea to donate to them if:

1. You use it.
2. You can.
3. You care at all if they continue to exist.

Now's a nice moment to start. It will bolster confidence in the face of these public attacks. You can always check in later when the winds shift and stop the donations later.

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in reply to myrmepropagandist

@futurebird I started donating 2-3 years ago. Small amounts โ€œone timeโ€. I figured I likely use it an average of 3/4 times a day! Itโ€™s indispensable in some interest areas. Geology and rocks/minerals.
in reply to myrmepropagandist

I really wish I could!

Due to legislative issues in my country, it is not possible for Wikimedia Foundation to collect donations from here.

And we have a right-wing goverment with some Maga-symphatizers in power right now, too.. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

#suomi #rahankerรคyslaki #wikipedia #lahjoitukset

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in reply to myrmepropagandist

@futurebird Please note that as of six months ago the Wikimedia Foundation had over $270 million in net assets.
There's also an endowment worth over $140 million.
Also, according to the most recent IRS Form 990, the CEO makes over $500k per year.
Arguably they don't need your support, and there are other worthy charities that very much do.
Ref:
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipediaโ€ฆ
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipediaโ€ฆ
wikimediaendowment.org/wp-contโ€ฆ
in reply to Jonathan Kamens

That's good. If they can get a boost in donations they could pad that a little more. It's nice that their finances are transparent, isn't it?

That's a decent endowment but not as much as it seems for one of the most popular websites on the internet in the whole world.

You've brought this up before, but I do not agree that we don't need to worry about the first and most common source that people use globally.

I don't think we should be that naive.

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in reply to myrmepropagandist

@jik
500K is a fat paycheck, but it is not obscene. Maybe we can complain at them and get it down to 250k but any less than that wouldn't be reasonable.

I'm not exactly an uncritical fan of The Wikipedia at all.

But come on.

in reply to myrmepropagandist

@futurebird @jik
Right, people get salty about six figure salaries and the obscene reality is that thatโ€™s logarithmically closer to the poverty line than the income of most Fortune 500 CEOs.
in reply to Michael T. Bacon, Ph.D.

@MichaelTBacon @jik
I'm all for finding someone to do the job for maybe a third less. That's part of the oversight they live with and that's good.

Too many things have no such oversight.

Think of a 22 million dollar salary, and that dwarfed by stock options and who knows what else self dealing.

in reply to myrmepropagandist

@futurebird @jik
Why does the CEO need that much money at all. It's a non-profit (or supposed to be) that's money that can go back into the project. No Wikipedia DOES NOT need to beg for donations so the CEO can pay for his luxuries.
in reply to Maverynthia๐ŸŒฑ

@Maverynthia @futurebird @jik Musk and his cabal absolutely want you to stay focused on the salary of Wikimedia's CEO. His wealth grows as much every 20 minutes as she earns in a year. So, good work, keep complaining.
in reply to myrmepropagandist

@futurebird I haven't brought this up before, so I think perhaps you're confusing me with someone else.
They've got ~1.5 years worth of operating expenses in the bank. If their finances get worse we'll have plenty of time to donate then. Whereas trans and abortion rescue organizations e.g. are desperate for cash _now_.
The pleas for donations that display constantly on the site, which don't mention their huge cash reserves, don't seem particularly transparent to me.
in reply to Jonathan Kamens

@jik
The only non-profits that are durable and get things done have big endowments. It is the correct way to operate.
in reply to myrmepropagandist

@futurebird ๐Ÿคท if you are aware of how much money Wikipedia has in the bank and you want to donate to help them grow their endowment, sure.
I brought it up because I think people deserve the transparency you mentioned, and (as I said) I don't think Wikipedia is proactively transparent about this.
Personally, my charity dollars will go to orgs that are much more desperate and whose work more directly impact people's literal survival under a fascist regime.
in reply to myrmepropagandist

A couple things occur when I read this article.

1. If Musk is telling his supporters not to donate, regardless if it has an impact on donations, it means that it is a target. Dude is now the king of disinformation attacking anything trying to maintain reality. Definitely requires support.

2. People in these articles talk as if "woke" is a bad thing, an insult. It isn't to me. Diversity and inclusion being used as negatives. I refuse to allow up to be down.

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in reply to myrmepropagandist

@futurebird @jik you know, if Musk is potentially going after them, a couple of hundred million feels like it could melt away fairly quickly in a big lawsuit. It's a lot of money, but it's not "one of the most visited websites in the world" lot of money, especially when you look at the others.

I think I'll start donating again.

in reply to myrmepropagandist

I donate every year, and love that they remind me. Wikipedia rules.
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in reply to myrmepropagandist

@futurebird i would add that -- while i can't tell people what they *feel*, so i won't say everyone *cares* -- it does *matter* to everyone, whether they know or not, that wikipedia's ideal of a free and well-known encyclopedia continues to exist
in reply to myrmepropagandist

@futurebird
Yeah I think It's super important to hold things like Wikipedia, the Fediverse, Signal, Firefox etc. to very low standards.
Obviously that doesn't mean "don't criticise", or "don't try to improve".
But at the end of the day we need to support anything that offers even a partial alternative to the dismal, billionaire-run main square of the web, no matter how imperfect.
in reply to James Gleick

If all he's doing is telling his supporters not to contribute to it, that will make no difference at all, they have more than enough funding and don't need MAGA contributors.
in reply to James Gleick

I confess: I've never donated money to @wikipedia before, but I just decided to change that because Mr. Musk told me not to.
in reply to James Gleick

First time financial supporter. Support free knowledge and fight fascism at the same time. Two causes in one, and it's tax-deductible. ๐Ÿ˜„
in reply to James Gleick

First they came for the trans people, but I was cis so I didnโ€™t care.
Then they came for childrenโ€™s books, but it wasnโ€™t my state so I didnโ€™t care.
Then they came for womenโ€™s bodily autonomy, but I was male so I didnโ€™t care.
Then they came for social media, but I went to other platforms so I didnโ€™t care.
Then they came for wikipediaโ€ฆ
What are you gonna do?
in reply to James Gleick

I swear to shit, if these fuck heads try going to war with Wikipedia I'm going to fully lose my mind. DX
in reply to James Gleick

Cheers to #Wikipedia. I sent an extra dab of donation just to spite #PresidentMusk ๐Ÿ˜
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in reply to James Gleick

I donate annually to Wikipedia. I decided last night that my New Year's resolution is to take stock of my life's knowledge and engage more there as a contributor.

Funny how Wikipedia used to be the butt of jokes as a reliable info source, and now I trust it more than the mainstream media.

in reply to James Gleick

wikipedia is not โ€œantidote to disinformationโ€
wikipedia is mostly disinformation by itโ€™s nature

You want an example? I once intentionally put a fake on wikipedia. This fake was reprinted by several newspapers, which were โ€œauthoritative sourcesโ€ for wikipedia. All further attempts to roll back the information to the true state were rebuffed by the wikipedia administration

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in reply to James Gleick

What if Wikipedia "decentralized"? Use block chain to spread around the web or something like that. It'd be a hell of a lot harder to kill then!
in reply to Nemo_bis ๐ŸŒˆ

@nemobis I didn't even think of a Git model. But yeah, there seems to be a variety of ways to do it. I'm particularly interested in the ActivityPub solution.
in reply to James Gleick

just made a donation. First, because I love Wikipedia and second, because I hate that fucking idiotic morron slime fuck Felon Mush
in reply to James Gleick

Just doubled my contribution. Will do again next quarter if I am able.
in reply to James Gleick

President Musk hasnโ€™t even taken office yet and he wants to invade Greenland and Panama, change Denali and now heโ€™s bullying Wikipedia! This is out of hand. My fighting spirit is starting to surface again!
in reply to James Gleick

I and others are endeavoring to make a federated version of Wikipedia. It's great, but can always be bought and corrupted. Join us!
in reply to James Gleick

every time I see his face, I want to hit it repeatedly with a hammer until it stops making noises.
in reply to James Gleick

hoping more people will help edit Wikipedia, add important documented missing info
in reply to James Gleick

on the plus side this seems likely to increase actual donations to wikipedia.
in reply to James Gleick

We need another Luigi Mangione to take aim at this motherfucker.
in reply to James Gleick

Without our shared reality from information sources like Wikipedia, journalism, academia, democracy ends up stifled, which is probably what these people are after.

I think Wikipedia, like the Internet Archive, are making plans to mirror globally so that if they are banned in the US they can continue elsewhere.

in reply to James Gleick

not meant to truly burst this bubble because i mostly agree, but sometimes wikipedia 'consensus' isn't truly consensus.
changing to the vector 2022 theme for instance, was done after consensus failed to be reached without attempting to reach consensus again, citing that they'd "made changes to fix the criticisms" - and then they required actual consensus to revert to the old skin.
wikipedia is not immune to power plays.
in reply to James Gleick

What an awful human being.

Musk has just made me increase my contribution to Wikipedia. Won't you join me?

in reply to Stuart Celarier

@VisualStuart I never ask people to support an organization Iโ€™m not already supporting myself.
in reply to James Gleick

first amendment is about that government should not interfere with publications. technically speaking elon musk is not a government but practically bought it. wikipedia is almost perfect example of publication what government should not interfere.

wikipedia is not perfect with biases. maybe there should be alternate version from many political directions.

it seems it is almost righties who have issues with mass information flow. and want to interfere with other's everything.

in reply to James Gleick

donate.wikimedia.org
in reply to James Gleick

hasnt the Wikimedia foundation been making mountains of cash, more than enough to keep Wikipedia running for many many years to come?
in reply to James Gleick

when I found out that Musk attacked it, i immediately donated. I hope wikipedia sees huge bump in donations each time Elon opens his mouth about it.
in reply to James Gleick

Yes, I support Wikipedia (with money) and use it. It's a fabulous resource.
in reply to James Gleick

Whats reliable with Wikipedia?

usingsources.fas.harvard.edu/wโ€ฆ

Use ScienceOS. Far more reliable.
@DonNegro

in reply to James Gleick

The right demonise "woke" because they are terrified of informed, respectful, and civil debate. Wikipedia, including its flaws, strives to have informed and editorial creation of content, so by definition, it could be considered woke.
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in reply to James Gleick

can somebody explain what is exactly wrong with safety, diversity and inclusion?
in reply to James Gleick

Reminder to download @kiwix and use it to store local backups of the #Wikipedia, in all languages that you speak.

The second best moment, with the best one having been the time before Wikipedia allowed #GenAI texts in.

in reply to James Gleick

Do I like everything I read on Wikipedia?
Of course not!
Do I trust Wikipedia?
Of course!
It doesn't exist as a money printing machine for a single person, it exists as a knowledge transport medium from human to human.
in reply to James Gleick

Der soll seine dreckigen Pfoten von unseren Errungenschaften lassen ๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ก
in reply to James Gleick

"In 2022, the elder twin officially changed her name to Vivian Jenna Wilson, reflecting her gender identity as a trans woman and using her mother's surname because she no longer wished to be associated with Musk."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musโ€ฆ

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in reply to James Gleick

It Libs of TikTok are attacking an organisation. You know it's doing some good. ๐Ÿ‘
in reply to James Gleick

"Wikipedia was more likely to portray right-leaning figures negatively than their left-leaning counterparts."
Is that because they are more likely to be *#&@%!s
in reply to James Gleick

#Give to #Wikipedia. How much? Until it feels good. Theyโ€™re going to need all of it if this bunch rally the #trolls against them.
in reply to James Gleick

@Fragarach

Bollocks! I've been ignoring those annoying pop-ups, but if Evil Dusk wants rid of it, I'll set up a recurring donation.

in reply to James Gleick

Greatest encouragement for me to start donating to Wikipedia, if there ever was one.
in reply to James Gleick

Funny enough, Elon obviously fears the "public" he is trying to agitate...

"The New York Times reported in September that Musk's security apparatus has grown significantly as he has become more well-known and outspoken. He travels with many as 20 security professionals, who often carry guns and have a medical professional in tow, according to the newspaper."

You know you disgruntled too many people, if you need an army to protect you.

in reply to James Gleick

I bet next move will be that he blocks wikipedia on his starlink network.
in reply to James Gleick

New lows each day. Making a note fo stepping up my wikipedia donations.
in reply to James Gleick

Of the famous instigators of web platforms, Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia), Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat (Internet Archive/Way back Machine), stand high above the others who are money grabbing hollow men.
in reply to James Gleick

This is the only news which made me donate to Wikipedia today, for the first time. I hope some kind of Streisand effect.
in reply to James Gleick

thanks for this information, i definitively will give extra money to wikipedia ๐Ÿ˜œ

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in reply to James Gleick

What the hell is that idiot doing? Destruction of everything what is good? His apartheid is in his bones that South-African hooligan. He shoot be shot.
in reply to James Gleick

I've just setup a monthly donation to #Wikipedia

I encourage everyone to do it too - it feels great ๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ’ช

Even a small amount such as $2 / month, multiplied by hundreds of thousands of people, will defeat fascists.

Together, WE are stronger, wealthier and more powerful than psychopaths like Musk.

#democracy #freedom #knowledge #activism

in reply to James Gleick

I look something up in Wikipedia almost every day now - much more often than, say, 10 years ago. It's an island of actual facts-based information in the vast ocean of uneducated opinions and outright lies.

Musk's hatred towards it is utterly unsurprising, and it further confirms that Wikipedia is a good thing.

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in reply to James Gleick

Itโ€™s important to preserve these places of goodness, where the dark prince has no power. Itโ€™s up to us to protect them.
in reply to James Gleick

consensus doesnโ€™t define reality. Just because you agree with something doesnโ€™t make it true. If there is a bias in consensus, then it is just group think. There is well established studies that Wikipedia does lean. You canโ€™t completely discount the leftโ€™s argument just because you donโ€™t agree with it. There is a growing rift in community and consensus on whatโ€™s true. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consenโ€ฆ
in reply to James Gleick

One of the few good things data centers might be used for is to archive all the stuff GOP wants to remove from public access.
in reply to James Gleick

let's use the same language to describe Wikipedia as the MAGA churches use to describe their leader: 'an imperfect vessel' to 'navigate in chaos'. <sarcasm>
in reply to James Gleick

totally with that! I was a wikimedian in residence here in Montrรฉal and since then, I've been a strong supporter of Wikipedia and the Wikipedia Foundation. I'm pretty sure they will attack the Foundation and dream of taking control of the organization.
in reply to James Gleick

this same wikipedia is your idea of being a reliable tether to a consensus reality?

chollima.org/who-is-amigao-theโ€ฆ

cbsnews.com/news/meet-the-man-โ€ฆ

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in reply to James Gleick

I think he looks like #BoojiBoy
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in reply to James Gleick

$โญ•ciopaths gotta $โญ•ciopath ๐Ÿ˜€ or something! Stand down Elโญ•n stand down please stand down Elโญ•n #EnglishBeatForEvah ๐Ÿ˜€ youtu.be/CG7tYs6c_88
in reply to James Gleick

@paninid When I hear โ€œwokeโ€ I immediately translate it to โ€œdecentโ€. Itโ€™s instantly clear that someone is admitting theyโ€™re against โ€œdecencyโ€. (And I give annually to Wikimedia!)
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in reply to James Gleick

also: merveilles.town/@lrhodes/11371โ€ฆ


AI barons like Musk have already extracted all of the value they can get from Wikipedia. Leaving it intact gives people a way to find information without relying on their product. newsweek.com/elon-musk-takes-aโ€ฆ

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James Gleick
@PhilSciProf @steve @Konfettispaghetti @monnier @RonSupportsYou You have the power to correct/improve those things. That's the point, isn't it? It's always a work in progress.
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david jon furbish
@steve @Konfettispaghetti @monnier @RonSupportsYou
I see a lot of out of date/just wrong material related to Earth and environmental science topics in which I have expertise. On the other hand, the coverage and presentation of many mathematics/probability and physics topics is generally outstanding.
in reply to James Gleick

@PhilSciProf @steve @Konfettispaghetti @monnier Yes, I agree with you James. You wrote about Wikipedia, but even beyond Wikipedia, each of us is also a work in progress.
in reply to James Gleick

@steve @Konfettispaghetti @monnier @RonSupportsYou
Completely agreed. A task Iโ€™ve assigned myself once I finish two large writing projects, both of which are relevant to fixing Wiki pages.
in reply to James Gleick

sorry to burst your bubble but Wikipedia is not exactly that. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10โ€ฆ balkaninsight.com/2018/03/26/hโ€ฆ theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aโ€ฆ and these are the ones that got discovered. I know the Hungarian far right also distorts the relevant parts. I heard Indians do too.

Beyond that, the no credentials policy guarantees real academics stay far away.

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in reply to James Gleick

gotta love social media. You post a thing about why Wikipedia is worth defending in the face of the hostility of the fascists and every yahoo within shouting distance jumps aboard to tell you why Wikipedia is terrible.

And we wonder why the fascists keep winning the battle for hearts and minds.

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in reply to James Gleick

Interesting: People on Wikipedia are marked with words like "problematic" or "conspiracist" even if they aren't. Just because some people at Wikipedia think they have to follow some ideologists..

Wikipedia is everything but not the reality and no source of flawless truth

in reply to James Gleick

"not making anyone any money.."
Excuse me, have you seen the CEO's salary? I'd rather support Internet Archive myself.
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