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I feel like not enough people appreciate the simple fact that Wikipedia is essentially the most well-organized and complete collection of human knowledge in existence, and furthermore, it's available to everyone who has access to the internet for free in dozens of languages.

There are tens of thousands of individuals collaborating every hour of every day to collect knowledge and share it with the rest of the world purely out of the desire to document and teach, and millions of people spending hours in the Wikipedia rabbit hole learning about subjects that they would have had no opportunity to without it.

Wikipedia is amazing. It's the modern Library of Alexandria.

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[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As an ex-contributor, what goes on behind the scenes is absolutely wild. If you're ever bored and want something to take over your life... Start editing Wikipedia.

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Me when I check some minor article and I notice some questionable things, go into the talk page, and observe the fireworks behind the scenes

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