The Wikipedia Promise
6.9
2021
0 hr 52 min
History
, Documentary
, TV Movie
In 2001, Jimmy Wales published the first article on Wikipedia, a collaborative effort that began with a promise: to democratize the spreading of knowledge, monopolized by the elites for centuries. But is Wikipedia really a utopia come true?
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- Cast:
- Jimmy Wales , John F. Kennedy , John Seigenthaler
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