I thought I read somewhere that Rupert Murdoch seeks to shut down Wikipedia because of its "free information" threat to his and other similar media empires.
-MuZemike On 12/21/2010 1:58 PM, Tony Sidaway wrote: > Since Wikipedia grew and became more ambitious in its scope, there > have been predictions of its downfall, many of them giving an estimate > for the timescale of its demise. If you hunt around you may find a > prediction by me that Wikipedia was unlikely to survive much beyond > 2010 because I thought it would decline in populatrity. Since then > Wikipedia has cemented itself into the fabric of modern culture and > become particularly useful in academia, where its strengths and > limitations are now well understood. > > Reading the references Joseph Reagle's book I encountered this: > > http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2006/12/wikipedia_will_1.htm > > Wikipedia, it appears, was destined to die within four years--by > December 5, 2010, because it would be involved in an unwinnable war > with marketers, > > Since it's Christmas, the new year is coming, and we'll soon be > bouncing out of that into a celebration of Wikipedia's first decade, > perhaps now it the time to look back at the predictions of Wikipedia's > demise. > > What are your favorite predictions of Wikideath? > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l