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by trufas 1349 days ago
Possible violations of the terms of use [1]?

> Engaging in automated uses of the site that are abusive or disruptive of the services and have not been approved by the Wikimedia community;

> Disrupting the services by placing an undue burden on a Project website or the networks or servers connected with a Project website;

I hadn't used wikiless much, but taking it down seems very against wikipedia's stated purpose.

How hard would it be to "fork" wikipedia? The content is already CC. I imagine the hardest part would be social momentum.

[1] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use/en#4._Ref...