On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 5:59 PM James Heilman via Wikimedia-l
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Yah a search engine that actually gives real references that supports the 
> statements in question would be amazing.

Almost like .. a Knowledge Engine. ;-)

Sadly, the only realistic path I see there would be through
acquisition, and even if that was financially feasible, you'd begin by
inheriting a lot of corporate practices that aren't really consistent
with Wikimedia values.

But perhaps there is a middle ground where Wikimedia seeks to define
more clearly the terms of engagement that it wants with search engines
(clear attribution, clear and correct references, calls-to-edit,
etc.), and then finds and recognizes search partners who implement
those. To Luis' point, that need not be done by WMF.

Warmly,

Erik
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