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• Dear Editors, I am somewhat intrigued that this 2008 essay got (re)published now in Signpost. It is good and should be promoted but I wonder if there was any specific motivation behind it? ....considering that this is 2021 I think Wikipedia is not discussed enough as digital commons and aspects of infrastructure, resources, labour of sharing and care is absent. Wonder what you think if this is the context and moment to update it? Would you be up for it? Maybe a section of 'the cost of free' (both as freedom as well as free resource) is due? --Zblace (talk) 09:45, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
  • 1st - edits to any essay in WP: space are always welcome. In general, the more edits and the longer the essay has lasted, the better the essay reflects the community's view on the issue. But please, do your editing at the original essay, e,g, , at Wikipedia:The Free Encyclopedia, not at our republished version where the change will not be seen much after a month or so. The motivation for republishing is usually the same: a "new", controversial topic has arisen and the community seems to have forgotten that we have an essay on the topic. For this issue of The Signpost the topic of interest is the Enterprise API also discussed at News and notes, In the media, and From the archives. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 13:18, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
    • Thank you for responding! It is a bit more clear why you published it, though I think the discourse should be updated (but maybe in separate essay). --Zblace (talk) 17:49, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
• *laughs in Spanish* -Gouleg🛋️ (Stalk • Hound) 14:19, 29 March 2021 (UTC)