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.
On 11 Dec. 2017 11:49 pm, "bawolff" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > They appear to be advertising that they are doing something with > "encylopedias" and "blockchain". However, they never specify what they > are doing, there are no white papers or technical details, which is a > good measure that something is BS. > > Probably they are trying to cash in on the hype around bitcoin. > Blockchain is an ill-defined enough concept that you can make almost > anything be "on the blockchain". Unless you are making a currency, it > is usually a solution looking for a problem. > > This definitely has nothing to do with Wikipedia or Wikimedia. > > -- > Bawolff > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Dennis Tobar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 Chile. > > > > In some chapter off-wiki talk (Telegram), an user share us a possibly > > fake-news about the usage of blockchain to avoid the vandalism. > > > > As I see the article[1] (in Spanish), the news talks about Everipedia, a > > startup related with Blockchain technology and how they use the > blockchain > > in English articles(?). > > > > As I see the article, the news is fake. > > > > Kindly, > > > > [1] > > https://www.cuartopoder.es/innovacion/tecnologia/2017/12/ > 09/la-wikipedia-ya-no-se-podra-modificar-arbitrariamente-gracias-a- > blockchain/ > > > > -- > > Dennis Tobar Calderón > > Ingeniero en Informática UTEM > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors >
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