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}}The internet has broken most of its pioneers’ promises. The utopian ideal of a decentralised, democratic, interconnected digital commons, preserving and sanctifying diversity, freedom of expression and individual self-determination<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber-utopianism</ref> is almost entirely gone.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship</ref> But not ''quite'': a few small flames flicker, and one big one: that has never been bought, sold, compromised, rented, monetised, securitised or degraded — which still cleaves to its utopian aspiration of a better world for all, is the magnificent Wikimedia foundation — the home of Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, the Wikemedia Commons, and its underlying operating infrastructure, MediaWiki. | }}The internet has broken most of its pioneers’ promises. The utopian ideal of a decentralised, democratic, interconnected digital commons, preserving and sanctifying diversity, freedom of expression and individual self-determination<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber-utopianism</ref> is almost entirely gone.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship</ref> But not ''quite'': a few small flames flicker, and one big one: that has never been bought, sold, compromised, rented, monetised, securitised or degraded — which still cleaves to its utopian aspiration of a better world for all, is the magnificent Wikimedia foundation — the home of Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, the Wikemedia Commons, and its underlying operating infrastructure, MediaWiki. | ||
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