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Wikipedia Editors Could Strike Following Layoffs

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

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In one proposed version of the strike, Wikipedia's volunteer editors would make edits only in instances of 'egregiously inappropriate' activity or to protect pages of living individuals.

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In general, the Wikimedia Foundation needs some reform. This strike feels like the mod strike when Reddit removed API access.

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