{"id":1032,"date":"2005-08-23T10:54:17","date_gmt":"2005-08-23T05:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emilychang.com\/blog\/?p=1032"},"modified":"2009-07-26T10:55:05","modified_gmt":"2009-07-26T05:55:05","slug":"wikipedia-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilychang.com\/blog\/2005\/08\/wikipedia-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Wikipedia for all"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my all-time favorite websites is the wikipedia<\/a> – partly because I\u2019ve used it for many years to look up terms, concepts, historical facts; also because I like to link to its pages for terms where I want to provide context; but mostly because of its altruistic and utopian perspective.<\/p>\n

Imagine a world in which every person has free access
\nto the sum of all human knowledge. That\u2019s what we\u2019re doing.
\n– from wikipedia<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There aren\u2019t many things in this world that focus on access to knowledge<\/em> and being free<\/em>.\u00a0 These two goals are counter to any major corporation<\/a> and their quest for global monetary domination.\u00a0 That\u2019s one of the reasons why I\u2019ve always had respect for academia and nonprofits.\u00a0 Their mission is distinctly different.<\/p>\n

To me, that difference also plays out distinctly in our experiences of the site itself.\u00a0 Just as a purely commercially-driven entity like TVGuide.com has blinking banners, four frames of moving flash ads threatening the squeezed content area, the Wikipedia<\/a>, a nonprofit, completely publically-supported free \u201cencyclopedia\u201d provides clear, readable navigation, helpful indicators, and an endless wealth of content and interaction for the individual and the communities.<\/p>\n

Global knowledge communication<\/em>?\u00a0 Seems like a much better concept of the world to me.<\/p>\n

Go to the Wikipedia site:\u00a0 Wikimedia needs your help<\/a> in its 21-day fund drive. See the fundraising page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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