history has really whitewashed jimbo. he had no intention of making an open encyclopedia, he wanted to sell it to contend with the encyclopedia britannica. it was only pushback from contributors that made him stop.
It looks like the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, which would make sense because Wikipedia are in a court battle with the UK government at the minute over age verification rules to protect the privacy of their users. They might end up geoblocking the whole country rather than remove anonymity from the site
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history has really whitewashed jimbo. he had no intention of making an open encyclopedia, he wanted to sell it to contend with the encyclopedia britannica. it was only pushback from contributors that made him stop.
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Whose the angee one in the picture
Corporate overlords presumably
It looks like the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, which would make sense because Wikipedia are in a court battle with the UK government at the minute over age verification rules to protect the privacy of their users. They might end up geoblocking the whole country rather than remove anonymity from the site
And all the students cried out at once... And then there was silence
TIL, thanks!
Keir Starmer