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Obviously wikipedia.org. Nothing better has been invented in 20-some years. I honestly feel relief when I research some topic and it has Wikipedia page on it, so I don't need to dig through some sh**y blogposts

Edit: I mean: it's one of the very few websites that actually provides sources of information. It's insane it's that rare these days. And most important facts are just placed in visible and easy to spot place, no need to dig through author's life story, thanks for subscribers etc. before getting to the point.



Wikipedia is one of the greatest projects in the history of mankind. Very little compares to it in scale and value.


Runner up must be Archive.org. I donate to both projects regularly.


I donate to archive.org by scanning and uploading new content (old science instruction books, etc.).


you mean "old content", right? (:


I think Open Street Map comes close.


Kinda, but Wikipedia is pretty universal, while open street map is limited to Earth.


When there is human-made pavement on another planet (or moon) I highly suspect OSM will model it.


This is more of a testament to HTTP/HTML though. It's a universal format for storing and retrieving information.

OpenStreetMap is, along with every other geo data project, limited by the common coordinate systems we have for storing and retrieving geospatial data -- and these are almost always planetary, not universal.


Some runner ups:

- Archive.org

- SciHub

- OpenStreetMaps

- Library Genesis

- TikTok (/s)


It’s hard to overstate the value of Wikipedia to humanity.

I hope there are lots of copies of it in government survival bunkers around the world.

I wonder if they keep an offline copy on ISS?


On a similar vein, TV Tropes. It's still mind-blowing to me having every form of creativity throughout history categorized into patterns.


Oh man, TV Tropes is fantastic! It always sends me down a rabbit hole!


Thanks for the reminder, just donated my bit to Wikipedia! :)


My most used site during the day is probably wiktionary. Most convenient dictionary out there.


Agree, Wikipedia is excellent. Blogs are cool too though and I don't think my searches tend to land on them.


I will agree, with an additional caveat that I particularly like the Simple English Wikipedia quite a lot (simple.wikipedia.org) if I need a quick understanding of a topic.


I’ve been meaning to donate to Wikipedia for a while now. Thanks for reminding me :)


Yes, Wikipedia is great. But PSA: its only great if we keep it great.




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