onehundredsixtynine@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoEnglish Wikipedia bans archive.todayen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1288arrow-down14
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minus-squareactionjbone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·2 days agoNo. They think that relying on a hostile archive will ultimately harm Wikipedia. They know the shortcomings of the other options.
minus-squareikt@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoi’ve not used the others are they not as good? i’ll be trying them soon
minus-squareactionjbone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-21 day agoIt’s not that they aren’t as good, necessarily. More that the others do less “grey-hat” stuff, and therefore are less likely to cause harm or alter the content they host.
No.
They think that relying on a hostile archive will ultimately harm Wikipedia.
They know the shortcomings of the other options.
i’ve not used the others are they not as good?
i’ll be trying them soon
It’s not that they aren’t as good, necessarily.
More that the others do less “grey-hat” stuff, and therefore are less likely to cause harm or alter the content they host.