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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
2026366 stories
Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better↗ gutenberg.org · HN · 286 comments · 1239 points · May 15, 2026
Personal Encyclopedias↗ whoami.wiki · HN · 185 comments · 897 points · Mar 25, 2026
Wikipedia was in read-only mode following mass admin account compromise↗ wikimediastatus.net · HN · 384 comments · 1049 points · Mar 05, 2026
Wikipedia deprecates Archive.today, starts removing archive links↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 368 comments · 616 points · Feb 20, 2026
I love the work of the ArchWiki maintainers↗ k7r.eu · HN · 172 comments · 960 points · Feb 15, 2026
2025442 stories
Tell HN: Merry Christmas↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 429 comments · 1958 points · Dec 24, 2025
Wikipedia survives while the rest of the internet breaks↗ theverge.com · HN · 460 comments · 602 points · Sep 04, 2025
Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act↗ bbc.com · HN · 856 comments · 1109 points · Aug 11, 2025
Wikipedia’s nonprofit status questioned by D.C. U.S. attorney↗ washingtonpost.com · HN · 906 comments · 923 points · Apr 25, 2025
WikiTok↗ wikitok.vercel.app · HN · 221 comments · 1459 points · Feb 04, 2025
2024342 stories
Helping wikis move away from Fandom↗ weirdgloop.org · HN · 487 comments · 1176 points · Oct 10, 2024
Otter Wiki: A minimalistic wiki powered by Python, Markdown and git↗ otterwiki.com · HN · 62 comments · 222 points · Oct 05, 2024
Vector indexing all of Wikipedia on a laptop↗ foojay.io · HN · 140 comments · 513 points · May 29, 2024
Wikimedia Enterprise – APIs for LLMs, AI Training, and More↗ enterprise.wikimedia.com · HN · 161 comments · 222 points · May 21, 2024
Kagi Changelog 2/13: Faster and more accurate instant answers and Wikipedia page↗ kagi.com · HN · 220 comments · 351 points · Feb 16, 2024
2023489 stories
Switching Things over to Ikiwiki↗ bt.ht · HN · 27 comments · 45 points · Dec 30, 2023
Wikipedia daily most viewed pages↗ pageviews.wmcloud.org · HN · 168 comments · 307 points · Dec 30, 2023
Wikimedia Russia has been dissolved↗ mastodon.xyz · HN · 46 comments · 124 points · Dec 21, 2023
Toxic comments are associated with reduced volunteer editors on Wikipedia↗ academic.oup.com · HN · 27 comments · 47 points · Dec 05, 2023
Minecraft Wiki has decided to leave Fandom↗ twitter.com · HN · 23 comments · 56 points · Sep 24, 2023
2022426 stories
Wikipedians are rebelling against “unethical” Wikipedia fundraising banners↗ twitter.com · HN · 370 comments · 451 points · Nov 15, 2022
Wikipedians question Wikimedia fundraising ethics after “somewhat-viral” tweet↗ en.wikipedia.org · HN · 334 comments · 479 points · Oct 31, 2022
Wikipedia is not short on cash↗ unherd.com · HN · 482 comments · 542 points · Oct 12, 2022
School vs. Wikipedia↗ ratfactor.com · HN · 478 comments · 444 points · Oct 07, 2022
How to download all of Wikipedia onto a USB flash drive↗ planetofthepaul.com · HN · 195 comments · 448 points · Oct 06, 2022
2021402 stories
Show HN: I made a modern web UI for Wikipedia↗ modernwiki.app · HN · 409 comments · 979 points · Dec 06, 2021
Show HN: Static.wiki – read-only Wikipedia using a 43GB SQLite file↗ static.wiki · HN · 189 comments · 796 points · Jul 30, 2021
Wikipedia is swimming in money–why is it begging people to donate?↗ dailydot.com · HN · 595 comments · 623 points · May 31, 2021
An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet↗ thecut.com · HN · 279 comments · 565 points · Apr 08, 2021
Wikipedia is 20↗ economist.com · HN · 372 comments · 733 points · Jan 10, 2021
2020364 stories
China blocks Wikimedia Foundation’s accreditation to WIPO↗ wikimediafoundation.org · HN · 147 comments · 335 points · Sep 25, 2020
Wikipedia is getting a new look↗ diff.wikimedia.org · HN · 512 comments · 649 points · Sep 23, 2020
Abstract Wikipedia↗ meta.wikimedia.org · HN · 227 comments · 798 points · Jul 02, 2020
Access to Wikipedia restored in Turkey after more than two and a half years↗ wikimediafoundation.org · HN · 258 comments · 662 points · Jan 26, 2020
WikiHow’s art is made by a network of freelancers, mostly in the Philippines↗ onezero.medium.com · HN · 96 comments · 310 points · Jan 21, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis↗ weirdgloop.org · HN · 237 comments · 575 points · Sep 08, 2026
OSRS Wiki and RuneLite are under strain from low-effort AI development↗ oldschool.runescape.wiki · HN · 1 comments · 16 points · Sep 16, 2026
Show HN: The Endless Museum, Wikipedia as a walkable museum↗ theendlessmuseum.com · HN · 2 comments · 7 points · Sep 17, 2026
Grokipedia Stopped Reviewing Edits in April. It Didn't Tell Anyone↗ lawfaremedia.org · HN · 3 comments · 26 points · Aug 25, 2026
Show HN: Kival – A self-hosted knowledge system for organizations↗ github.com · HN · 4 comments · 5 points · Sep 16, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis↗ weirdgloop.org · HN · 237 comments · 575 points · Sep 08, 2026
OSRS Wiki and RuneLite are under strain from low-effort AI development↗ oldschool.runescape.wiki · HN · 1 comments · 16 points · Sep 16, 2026
OpenAI admits to German wiki 'incident'↗ theverge.com · HN · 0 comments · 9 points · Sep 05, 2026
Show HN: The Endless Museum, Wikipedia as a walkable museum↗ theendlessmuseum.com · HN · 2 comments · 7 points · Sep 17, 2026
Show HN: Merge Wikipedia articles across languages into one page↗ github.com · HN · 2 comments · 7 points · Sep 05, 2026
Show HN: Kival – A self-hosted knowledge system for organizations↗ github.com · HN · 4 comments · 5 points · Sep 16, 2026
OpenAI Response to the Wiki Incident↗ twitter.com · HN · 4 comments · 5 points · Sep 05, 2026
Show HN: A Bluesky bot that shares Wikipedia links from the HN front page↗ bsky.app · HN · 2 comments · 5 points · Sep 01, 2026
Wikipedia's Plan to Survive the Answer Engine Apocalypse↗ adweek.com · HN · 0 comments · 4 points · Sep 22, 2026
OpenAI and the Wiki Incident↗ thezvi.substack.com · HN · 0 comments · 4 points · Sep 10, 2026

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