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> There was a far more productive reading you could have taken.

As an individual, sure. But it's still a massively "go to" source of facts for billions of people.

> Free speech allows Wikipedia to publish unpopular or controversial speech

Do you really feel like Wikipedia has unpopular opinions? My impression is kinda opposite.

> Wikipedia documents opinions and ideologies

It would have been awesome if it was actually plural.




I'm _not_ claiming that Wikipedia has or doesn't have unpopular opinions. I'm making a distinction between the legal framework in which Wikipedia exists (they _can_ publish unpopular or controversial speech) and what Wikipedia does (they intend not to express their own opinions at all; whether you believe they succeed is immaterial).

OP was conflating the two, but Wikipedia has no obligation or principle to be a platform for free speech. It's completely irrelevant.


Ah, I get it. I think the OP was referring not to the legal definition of free speech, but rather to the spirit of it.




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