A remarkably succinct summary of what Wikipedia is for recently occurred to me: "freedom of knowledge"; "the freedom to know things."
This freedom was, of course, hard-fought and hard-won. And the battle actually continues.
Do either of the quoted phrases sound like good summaries of what Wikimedia is actually about? I eagerly await the fine pedants of this list picking them to pieces.
- d.
It's not just the freedom to know things, it's the freedom to share your knowledge. Both are important.
On 1 January 2012 13:49, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
A remarkably succinct summary of what Wikipedia is for recently occurred to me: "freedom of knowledge"; "the freedom to know things."
This freedom was, of course, hard-fought and hard-won. And the battle actually continues.
Do either of the quoted phrases sound like good summaries of what Wikimedia is actually about? I eagerly await the fine pedants of this list picking them to pieces.
- d.
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On 1 January 2012 14:05, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
It's not just the freedom to know things, it's the freedom to share your knowledge. Both are important.
Yes. Though we quite definitely don't provide a platform for any comer. The freedom to share your knowledge is the freedom to say 2+2=4; that freedom is well-known. Freedom to know things is not so well known.
- d.
On 1 January 2012 14:50, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 1 January 2012 14:05, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
It's not just the freedom to know things, it's the freedom to share your knowledge. Both are important.
Yes. Though we quite definitely don't provide a platform for any comer. The freedom to share your knowledge is the freedom to say 2+2=4; that freedom is well-known. Freedom to know things is not so well known.
We are pretty open when it comes to sharing knowledge. It's sharing opinion that we are less accepting of.
The freedom to share knowledge may be well-known, but it doesn't always actually exist. Wikipedia (as well as sites like Twitter and Facebook) play an important role in places where that freedom doesn't exist.