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Is the Wikimedia Foundation about to sell out its editors—and its principles? (www.thewikipedian.net)

submitted 2 months ago by wikipediasuckscoop to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Jimbo's justification is that if they don't do this to the page, they'll completely lose their chance of arguing in court, and 1. they can always restore it if the court orders something they decide not to do 2. the contents of the article are already archived all over the internet

[–] tb_ 13 points 2 months ago

However, I can tell you that I went into the call initially very skeptical of the idea of even temporarily taking down this page and I was persuaded very quickly by a single fact that changed my mind: if we did not comply with this order, we would lose the possibility to appeal and the consequences would be dire in terms of achieving our ultimate goals here. For those who are concerned that this is somehow the WMF giving in on the principles that we all hold so dear, don't worry.

Seems reasonable