Topic: We should subsidize Wikipedia
A government-funded Wikipedia would become a government-controlled Wikipedia.
any subsidy would bring with it a potentially harmful influence from outside agencies with an agenda - the neutrality of the information presented may be compromised.
anyone can edit the content so it can not be reliable to be correct
anyone can edit the pages, so the information is not guarenteed to be correct.
anyone can edit wikipedia which can sometimes not be the truth
articles on wikipedia can be taken over by a few rogue accounts, making edits faster than the editing team can delete them.
as anyone can effectively edit wikipedia pages, to subsidise it would be a nonsense exercise.
as it is the first choice for those seeking information, plus it struggles surviving on donations alone.
Even the optics of bias due to funding could undermine Wikipedia's purpose.
free access to knowledge is worthy of our support.
free world, democracy and all our values obligate us to subsidize wikipedia.
giving funds to wikipedia can create serious biases in articles and in that way manipulate the information
government subsidies open the door to government control, this would potentially ruin the impartiality of wikipedia
having so many stuff to support, governments does not need one more obligatory subsidizing.
i am contesting the subsidizing of the wikipedia because it mean they can be controlled and you are not getting the full result when you try to search about certain subjects or people
i think that we shouldn't subsidize wikipedia becuase is market page
if a website like wikipedia takes government funds, then people will be less likely to think the information is impartial.
if people want to use it they can subsidize it
if the government gives wikipedia funds, wikipedia would be obligated to lean to their agenda
if the government is giving money to wikipedia to keep it running, how do we know that they aren't also doing it to keep certain information hidden from the public?
if the government provides funding to wikipedia the impartiality and therefore reliability of the information held on there may be compromised
if the government subsidized wikepedia they would want to control it
if we allow wikipedia to be subsidised by particular countries or companies, then it may no longer continue to be impartial.
if we subsidize wikipedia, we'll have to subsidize other online platforms.
if we susidize wikipedia it will help them to do more research and provide better information.
If Wikipedia had more money, it would be able to deal with fake information more effectively.
if wikipedia is subsidised by specific companies or countries, they may exert an influence on its content and it may no longer be impartial.
if wikipedia is subsidized it would be in the overall interest of the public as there would be access to better content
if wikipedia is subsidized then the info will be beholden to its benefactors
if wikipedia was subsidised other companies would expect the same treatment and it would get too expensive.
if wikipedia was subsidised then more quality content could be included and it would be better for the users.