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[–] ShareMySims 22 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Great scroll until you reach the 1930's and start getting more and more "Image restricted due to copyright" and have to start clicking through to external sites. I will bookmark it though, for a day when I can be bothered to open each photo individually.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That, and the 30s/40s get fucking daaaark

[–] ShareMySims 2 points 4 days ago

True, though you generally expect that going in. Definitely wasn't expecting an increasing number of photos to just not be there.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Very US centric list and Fuck copyright, but fascinating nonetheless

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Why is it so US centric? Did nothing happen anywhere else in the world involving other countries?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

It’s written in english wikipedia, on which last time I checked over 50% of contributers live in the US

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Dang. Maybe some people in other countries should do something about it? Giving me the same vibes as Trump warning to back out of funding from NATO causing Europeans to side-eye each other.

Wikipedia is headquartered in San Francisco. Imagine if Trump mandates the non-profit through Executive Order to force Wikipedia to charge money for non-Americans to access all their hard work?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

well us europeans tend to contribute more to our local wikipedias. like I have 5,000 edits on french wikipedia and only 700 on english wikipedia

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

wikipedia is foss, it’ll just be forked

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

Jesus that's a rabbit hole and a half. Thanks for that. I loved every minute exploring that list.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

"Image restricted due to copyright" should not exist for something that apparently is an important thing in societal knowledge.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Good wiki hole to fall down.