Re: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Fake or truth: blockchain (+ introduce myself)

I'd actually prefer a DMCA takedown, I find amusing to fight "restrictive copyright" with its own weapon. Vito 2017-12-11 18:07 GMT+01:00 Dennis Tobar : > Nice to hear that is "a bluff". The bad practice about the content > licenses isn't a new thing to fight as free

[Wikitech-ambassadors] Tech News (2017, week 50)

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Re: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Fake or truth: blockchain (+ introduce myself)

Excuse me joining the convo' off-topic. Is revekit.com legit? I returned to my com' with a new tab open stating the update is complete all I had to do is activate. Info on this tab wasn't congruent with the awikipedia page stating it is based in Washington. The tab stated it is based in Minnesota.

Re: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Fake or truth: blockchain (+ introduce myself)

Nice to hear that is "a bluff". The bad practice about the content licenses isn't a new thing to fight as free knowledge movement and we could fight against it using our best resources -as volunteers-: social networking and fill the contact forms. Other ways, as lawsuits, could take a long time

Re: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Fake or truth: blockchain (+ introduce myself)

This is my impression as well: Everipedia is a project with rather unclear goals, which seems to have more hype than substance at this point. Another recent example of something like a "encyclopedia on a blockchain" is Lunyr, which also looks like vaporware that doesn't deserve a lot of

Re: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Fake or truth: blockchain (+ introduce myself)

I bet we can sell a "Wikipedia on the Arduino platform" with ease, while a couple of years ago we'd had sold a "Wikipedia on the cloud" also ;) Vito 2017-12-11 16:49 GMT+01:00 bawolff : > Hi, > > So everipedia.com looks like some sort of Wikipedia fork/competitor. > Larry

Re: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Fake or truth: blockchain (+ introduce myself)

Hi, So everipedia.com looks like some sort of Wikipedia fork/competitor. Larry Sanger is appearently involved with it (I guess he got bored of Citzendium). They seem to be a for profit company that wants to be more inclusionist than Wikipedia, and also raise money by selling customized articles.

[Wikitech-ambassadors] Fake or truth: blockchain (+ introduce myself)

Hi everyone: I signed, the past week, the list of Tech Ambassador for Spanish Wikipedia. My username is Superzerocool, a veteran user (over 12 years) in Wikimedia movement, and in the real life I being an Engineer Informatic. I live in Chile and I am currently part of the Board of Wikimedia