Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. By definition it’s not a primary source of information. Anything on Wikipedia comes should come from a trustworthy primary source. So technically there should be zero loss of knowledge if Wikipedia is lost. Just access would be harder (but still overall easier than it was for an average person to gain access to the library of Alexandria).
I’m not even a big history buff and that made me upset.
I think it’s just the loss of knowledge. It would be like if somehow Wikipedia broke today or something with zero backups.
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. By definition it’s not a primary source of information. Anything on Wikipedia
comesshould come from a trustworthy primary source. So technically there should be zero loss of knowledge if Wikipedia is lost. Just access would be harder (but still overall easier than it was for an average person to gain access to the library of Alexandria).You’re right, it’s probably not a great example. I don’t know what a modern equivalent of it might be. The internet as a whole?
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