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HylianFox
11/27/18 11:18:50 AM
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show some dignity, will ya
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King_Hellebuyck
11/27/18 11:21:14 AM
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Wikipedia deserves all the money it can get
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Kombucha
11/27/18 11:22:40 AM
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Kolibri X
11/27/18 11:22:48 AM
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Wikipedia is a great ad-free service, what's your fucking problem?
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pinky0926
11/27/18 11:25:02 AM
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Me: Urgh I can't be bothered to spend 3 once a year on this absolutely essential fountain of knowledge I use many times every day

Also me: I have a spare 5 in my pocket better go get a coffee and sandwich even though I'm not hungry like I do several times every week
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Webmaster4531
11/27/18 11:26:44 AM
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HylianFox posted...
Wikipedia is begging for money again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw2sex1mJNI" data-time="

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catboy0_0
11/27/18 11:27:23 AM
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well, if we didn't have wikipedia, the world would be a colder, harsher place of darkness and lack of knowledge
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Hayame Zero
11/27/18 11:29:42 AM
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Hey, thanks for the reminder. Maybe I'll give them some or buy some merch.
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Bananana
11/27/18 11:31:03 AM
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King_Hellebuyck posted...
Wikipedia deserves all the money it can get

Kolibri X posted...
Wikipedia is a great ad-free service, what's your fucking problem?

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Questionmarktarius
11/27/18 11:33:38 AM
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Wikipedia pretty much abandoned "anyone can edit" years ago, so start charging contributors.
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HenryAllbright
11/27/18 11:34:25 AM
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Wikipedia should be paying me for all the updates I've made.
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vicedungwinsgam
11/27/18 11:35:41 AM
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i have a buddy whos still on the LoL Wikipedia anyone can edit that with whatever they want its uselsss train

I laugh at him
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UnfairRepresent
11/27/18 11:38:17 AM
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King_Hellebuyck posted...
Wikipedia deserves all the money it can get

This.

I donated.

Wikipedia is an amazing resource and totem of human accomplishment and knowledge. People take it for granted man.

I think young people don't really appreciate the gravity of "I hold a near infinite amount of most recorded human knowledge literally in the palm of my hand."
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Hayame Zero
11/27/18 11:40:56 AM
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vicedungwinsgam posted...
i have a buddy whos still on the LoL Wikipedia anyone can edit that with whatever they want its uselsss train

I laugh at him


Me and my best friend were arguing about something about something recently, and I looked it up on Wikipedia, and he started screaming his spiel about it. Like, still? How can someone STILL reject it? As long as you're using its cited articles, even most of my college instructors support using it.
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Questionmarktarius
11/27/18 11:42:49 AM
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Hayame Zero posted...
As long as you're using its cited articles, even most of my college instructors support using it.

The internet has made it easier than ever to find the source of a source of a source. It's also made it easy to be lazy about it, and stop at the first thing without going any deeper.
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TwoDoorPunkCab
11/27/18 11:47:39 AM
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catboy0_0 posted...
well, if we didn't have wikipedia, the world would be a colder, harsher place of darkness and lack of knowledge


we're well on our way to at least some of those already
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catboy0_0
11/27/18 11:49:06 AM
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yes, but I still have some hope left
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Questionmarktarius
11/27/18 11:49:45 AM
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TwoDoorPunkCab posted...
catboy0_0 posted...
well, if we didn't have wikipedia, the world would be a colder, harsher place of darkness and lack of knowledge


we're well on our way to at least some of those already

What, back to hacking into JSTOR?
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pkmnlord
11/27/18 11:52:48 AM
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Instead of asking us for money, the government should fund Wikipedia and keep it alive themselves since it's such a huge resource of knowledge/history/everything else.

We shouldn't have to pay to keep something that should just be kept alive, alive.
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TwoDoorPunkCab
11/27/18 11:54:43 AM
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if the government funded wikipedia then they'd want to control the content on there, and giving any government the ability to literally rewrite history sounds like a terrible idea.
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pkmnlord
11/27/18 11:55:33 AM
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TwoDoorPunkCab posted...
if the government funded wikipedia then they'd want to control the content on there

Well they can't always get their way. But they should still be forced to fund it.
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twitterfriends
11/27/18 11:59:30 AM
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Sad. Seems like they ask for money two times a year. Their developers must be multi-millionaires as welll.
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Thompson
11/27/18 12:00:33 PM
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pkmnlord posted...
TwoDoorPunkCab posted...
if the government funded wikipedia then they'd want to control the content on there

Well they can't always get their way. But they should still be forced to fund it.

Of course, if the government doesn't like what's published on Wikipedia, the government "unfortunately" sees itself "forced" to pay less to Wikipedia.
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pogo_rabid
11/27/18 12:01:09 PM
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Kombucha posted...
Already donated.

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Questionmarktarius
11/27/18 12:17:31 PM
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pkmnlord posted...
TwoDoorPunkCab posted...
if the government funded wikipedia then they'd want to control the content on there

Well they can't always get their way. But they should still be forced to fund it.

why?
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ManBeast462
11/27/18 12:20:25 PM
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King_Hellebuyck posted...
Wikipedia deserves all the money it can get


Why its all fake!
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pkmnlord
11/27/18 12:24:45 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
pkmnlord posted...
TwoDoorPunkCab posted...
if the government funded wikipedia then they'd want to control the content on there

Well they can't always get their way. But they should still be forced to fund it.

why?

Wikipedia is an amazing resource and totem of human accomplishment and knowledge

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Questionmarktarius
11/27/18 12:25:41 PM
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pkmnlord posted...
Questionmarktarius posted...
pkmnlord posted...
TwoDoorPunkCab posted...
if the government funded wikipedia then they'd want to control the content on there

Well they can't always get their way. But they should still be forced to fund it.

why?

Wikipedia is an amazing resource and totem of human accomplishment and knowledge

tl;dr

"I like thing! You should pay for thing I like!"
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CapnMuffin
11/27/18 12:26:44 PM
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When I want to learn about something I always hit up Wiki.
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Webmaster4531
11/27/18 12:42:12 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
pkmnlord posted...
TwoDoorPunkCab posted...
if the government funded wikipedia then they'd want to control the content on there

Well they can't always get their way. But they should still be forced to fund it.

why?

Well, I dunno about "forced". People should call their representatives to send some public funding Wikipedia's way.

Wikipedia is good for the same reason we fund public education.
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pkmnlord
11/27/18 1:09:03 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
tl;dr

"I like thing! You should pay for thing I like!"

That was too long for you to read???
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Sexypwnstar
11/27/18 1:10:26 PM
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pkmnlord posted...
Questionmarktarius posted...
tl;dr

"I like thing! You should pay for thing I like!"

That was too long for you to read???


No, he read it and gave the tl;dr for everyone else.

Don't think a government funded Wiki would help you here.
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Questionmarktarius
11/27/18 1:26:05 PM
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Sexypwnstar posted...
pkmnlord posted...
Questionmarktarius posted...
tl;dr

"I like thing! You should pay for thing I like!"

That was too long for you to read???


No, he read it and gave the tl;dr for everyone else.

Don't think a government funded Wiki would help you here.

Almost certain to backfire.
Government funding comes with government strings, even if (usually) that string is the threat of ceasing funding after becoming addicted to it.
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HenryAllbright
11/27/18 2:02:28 PM
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Wikipedia works great, so why call for government involvement?
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spudger
11/27/18 2:03:08 PM
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King_Hellebuyck posted...
Wikipedia deserves all the money it can get

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DragonGirlYuki
11/27/18 2:03:10 PM
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Nice
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Squall28
11/27/18 2:05:27 PM
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spudger posted...
King_Hellebuyck posted...
Wikipedia deserves all the money it can get

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Questionmarktarius
11/27/18 2:06:48 PM
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Hayame Zero posted...
merch

I was hoping I could buy a roll of [citation needed] stickers, but apparently nobody's thought of that yet.
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King_Hellebuyck
11/27/18 2:41:32 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Hayame Zero posted...
merch

I was hoping I could buy a roll of [citation needed] stickers, but apparently nobody's thought of that yet.

Thatd be amazing.
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ultimate reaver
11/27/18 2:50:14 PM
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Wikipedia is pretty invaluable as far as a learning tool goes. Nobody has to donate, but scoffing at the idea of people doing so just makes you sound not all that sharp. What's so bizarre about giving money to a helpful nonprofit source of unlimited info
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teepan95
11/27/18 3:00:58 PM
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Wikipedia has merch?
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Questionmarktarius
11/27/18 3:28:56 PM
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teepan95 posted...
Wikipedia has merch?

https://store.wikimedia.org/
Hope you like $25 t-shirts, because that's mostly it.

There's also trinkets, I guess: https://store.wikimedia.org/collections/accessories
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Kombucha
11/27/18 4:23:00 PM
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wow those tote bags are pretty bad lol

why wouldn't they hold them like regular totes smh
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L0Z
11/27/18 4:25:35 PM
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they should get ads. as long as its not ads wrapped in the article I'm fine with them. news websites do this and it pisses me off. the square tiles that link to fake articles on a different site and are right next to the tiles to real news
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Kombucha
11/27/18 4:34:24 PM
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L0Z posted...
they should get ads. as long as its not ads wrapped in the article I'm fine with them. news websites do this and it pisses me off. the square tiles that link to fake articles on a different site and are right next to the tiles to real news


Nobody knows how to do ads right.

Souce: Everything online that is supported by advertising.
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Thompson
11/27/18 4:46:33 PM
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I don't think ads on Wikipedia would be conducive to maintaining impartiality. Some companies willing to put their ads on the site but who've been involved in controversies would gladly have those pesky details glossed over, downplayed, or outright deleted.
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andel
11/27/18 4:47:34 PM
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i donated like $20 to em a few weeks ago
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