So far, it seems like in pretty much every one of these cases where people here on WR have declared Wikipedia / Wikimedia to have shown itself publicly as reckless, irresponsible, harmful, and all of that other stuff, the end result has been that the general public finds it mildly funny but doesn't really care, the techie crowd actively sides with Wikipedia, and everybody keeps on using Wikipedia just as much as (or more than) before. Meanwhile, whatever institution is on the other side of the controversy either backs off completely or reaches some kind of uneasy truce where everybody can let the fight simmer down. There hasn't yet been anything even vaguely resembling the decisive victory over Wikipedia that you guys have been hoping for.
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