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Bailey McCann@baileymcc.bsky.social |
Wikipedia Foundation exhibiting a greater level of institutional support for its frontline than most colleges, universities, and newsrooms -
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Tim
@tjrbare.bsky.social
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Wikipedia is one of the last bastions of goodness on the internet - cannot remember them being on the wrong side of an issue
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tractus_boss
@tractusb.bsky.social
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Remember when you were told that Wikipedia is not a viable source for most academia? Yeah...
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Happyroach
@ericthetolle.bsky.social
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The groups join a long line of people who didn't like something in Wikipedia and went to the wrong place to all for an edit. The bottom line is if they're serious, they need to go through the process of becoming Wikipedia editors.
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Greg Lastname
@orpach.bsky.social
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I think there's a ton of metawiki pages explaining exactly why this is, and the reasoning behind it. I think it's mostly them knowing they aren't owed free labour, and they only have the loosest sort of control over the content on the site they own.
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Shanna "Read Black Fantasy" Miles
@srmilesauthor.bsky.social
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They don’t rely on massive individual donors so that gives them the power of independence. Private colleges should take note.
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Eileen Clancy
@clancyny.bsky.social
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Also, the idea that if you want to consult with Jewish people, your only option is to ask the ADL. 🙃 Do they really think none of the Wikipedia editors* involved were Jewish? Or were Jewish but not sophisticated enough to opine? Puhlease! *(all nerds to be frank)
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