Wikipedia is trying to charge me for using wikipedia? And want to charge you too?

[EnricoPallazzo]

Machina said:

EnricoPallazzo said:

Yes. I think Wikipedia is one of those sad stories on the internet. What it could have been and what it has become.

Despite that it is still very good for mundane stuff, band discographies, movies, etc.

I feel similar. I use it frequently for music discographies, to keep track of upcoming seasons for TV shows I enjoy, a little bit for video games, and sometimes looking up unusual or niche subjects I happen to suddenly be curious about (most recent example: I saw a story elsewhere on the internet about a British naval officer who escaped Germany in the 1940s in full British naval dress uniform, by confidently pretending to be a Bulgarian officer called 'I. Bagerov' (i.e. 'I Bugger Off'). It sounded so outlandish that it could well be true. So I looked it up on Wikipedia. Sure enough, it's true - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_James_(British_MP) ).

But for anything political, social, topical, or controversial I avoid it, or read it with incredible scepticism - it's too open to manipulation and long-time contributors abusing their knowledge of the editing system to retain their own personal biases on the live pages(s). Its own contributors have sadly moved it ever so slightly but nonetheless noticeably away from being a neutral and objective source of information, to adopting the mores of ascendant dogmas.

Agree. I think it's one of those classic cases of normal people having a little bit of taste of power, like reddit mods.

People from all genres, classes, countries etc are the same, give them a little bit of power and they will do everything they can to not let go of it, even if it is for something irrelevant.