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Re:Wikipedia says traffic is falling due to AI search summar... by pastage on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @03:36PM (#45660613)
You pay for Wikipedia because you want it to prosper. The political part of Wikipedia is vital to make it succeed. Even though everyone uses Wikipedia not everyone knows why it succeeded and why it is important.

The fluff is important to have a engaged super users. It is also important to get acceptance in certain circles.

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Re:Wikipedia says traffic is falling due to AI search summar... by fruitworks on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @05:19PM (#45661857)
what circles? I would like to have greater transparency into what this cabal of superusers doing, how are they recieving the cash flows, etc.

It just seems like every wiki results in defensive mod cabals

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Re:Wikipedia says traffic is falling due to AI search summar... by Levitz on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @07:28PM (#45663081)
Can you make the case as to why we should want a political, super user based version of Wikipedia to prosper?
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