• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    I refuse to let the fascists control knowledge

    Wikipedia isn’t just useful as a repository of information. Its useful because editors are constantly adding and refining the information within. Downloading a singular instance of the site is like owning an Encyclopedia. Diminished utility year-by-year.

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      True, but it depends who’s going the refining. If they start censoring or changing facts, then the static instance on your hard drive has huge value.