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		wavepruner on July 3, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wikipedia Is More One-Sided Than Ever I wish Wikipedia allowed unlimited forks of each topic. Imagine if a FOSS software project somehow banned all forks and forced all developers to compromise on every little thing.

detaro on July 3, 2021 [–]

How does wikipedia "ban" you from forking their articles anymore than any open-source project that doesn't volunteer to host your fork of it?

wavepruner on July 4, 2021 | [–]

Github will host all forks.

I just wish there was a home for forked Wikipedia articles. The analogy isn't perfect. Whatever.

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