> [ Wed, Oct 5 ] - Wikiless has been taken down from Codeberg
> I don't have any other information just yet. I don't know if this is temporary or permanent. Only information I can see in the repository right now: "[Please wait for instructions from Codeberg Moderation]".
> Update: Wikimedia Legal Enforcement team has contacted Codeberg - the repository has been made private (only contributors will be able to access the repo for now). According to Codeberg, they will keep me updated on what happens next.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 14.8 ms ] thread> I don't have any other information just yet. I don't know if this is temporary or permanent. Only information I can see in the repository right now: "[Please wait for instructions from Codeberg Moderation]".
> Update: Wikimedia Legal Enforcement team has contacted Codeberg - the repository has been made private (only contributors will be able to access the repo for now). According to Codeberg, they will keep me updated on what happens next.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33101301
> Engaging in automated uses of the site that are abusive or disruptive of the services and have not been approved by the Wikimedia community;
> Disrupting the services by placing an undue burden on a Project website or the networks or servers connected with a Project website;
I hadn't used wikiless much, but taking it down seems very against wikipedia's stated purpose.
How hard would it be to "fork" wikipedia? The content is already CC. I imagine the hardest part would be social momentum.
[1] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use/en#4._Ref...