As part of its continually evolving function of protecting itself, Wikipedia has altered the legal environment surrounding the use of logos, meaning that my 500 (African, Russian, Caribbean, Mideast) corporate logos may be temporarily deleted from the Wikipedia. I just don't have the time or inclination to join their legal team, to which it would be tantamount, to get involved. When the dust settles I suppose there would be a way to replace the logos on the articles; they make learning fun. At least the information itself is still firmly in place.
The Wikipedia is a strange animal. At the top, there are sanguine visionaries. 2 to the 15th! is the motto, referring to the number of years before the black holes start to evaporate - this Wiki will be here throughout our human future.
And at the bottom....well, at the bottom end of the feeding scale, the Wikipedia is nothing more than a chewtoy for pseudo-academics. Anyone can edit, and anyone does. The heart of the Wikipedia, of course, is the thousands of articles relating to anime and manga: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Anime_and_manga_characters Category:Anime and manga characters. For some reason it is easy to write about anime and it is difficult to write about companies in the Sudan.
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