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Re: Wikipedia extolled as an aide for getting history correct


From: Greg Farough
Subject: Re: Wikipedia extolled as an aide for getting history correct
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:36:49 -0400
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On Fri, Jun 17 2022, Akira Urushibata <afu@wta.att.ne.jp> wrote:

> Has anybody been monitoring the Wikipedia article on the "Linux"
> operating system?  As stated above I notice that it is constantly
> evolving.  I see the need to examine the article and the "GNU/Linux"
> naming ordeal from an objective perspective.

I seem to remember Jimmy Wales getting involved in the naming
controversy on Wikipedia, saying somewhere that almost every instance
of "Linux" on Wikipedia should be GNU/Linux instead. This was a number
of years ago.

Did I make that up? I can't find any references for it anymore.

-g

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