Let’s say someone created a Wikipedia clone with Activitypub support, so you can freely read and edit articles on other servers. Basically the same way that Lemmy works. What would be a good name for such a project? Bonus points if the name goes with a cute animal mascot.

Edit: Here you can see the names of existing Fediverse projects.

  • nutomic@lemmy.mlOP
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    6 months ago

    There are plenty of Wikipedia articles which are not objective, particularly when it comes to politics or history. Of course federation means there would be many different wikis. That makes sense, for example different countries should have their own independent wikis, instead of using one controlled by a different nation.

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      6 months ago

      Yes, we can have a US wiki, a Russia Wiki, a China Wiki, a North Korea Wiki, and none of them will agree with each other and you will have reduced an encyclopedia into worthless anecdotes and opinions.

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        6 months ago

        you will have reduced an encyclopedia into worthless anecdotes and opinions.

        It is Wikipedia then.

    • Big P@feddit.uk
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      6 months ago

      What benefit would federation provide in that case, as people can currently make their own wikis if they want