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[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

However the vast majority of human knowledge isn’t current events.

Broadly speaking, everything was a current event at some point. As Wikipedia calcifies, it loses the ability to capture and collate new information as it is produced.

Even if Wikipedia were to never get updated again it is still extremely useful.

In the same way as any dated encyclopedia, sure. I've got a copy of my dad's childhood encyclopedia, dated to 1954. Lots of interesting factoids in there, assuming your interest in the world is satisfied by an English speaking editor's ability to consolidate the information available to his firm at their publishing deadline.

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