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== Why not just use Wikipedia? ==
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Because Electowiki and Wikipedia's content are both governned by the GFDL, they can be perfect complements to one another, incorporating content from the other whenever useful.
Anyway, because our content is GFDL, we can reincorporate it into Wikipedia as necessary.
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