This is actually one of the first concepts enshrined in Wikipedia in the early days, &quot;Wikipedia is not paper&quot;. There is a whole page discussing what WP is not which describes this idea. Like all things in an anarchist project, this set of bylaws was the product of a long discussion over decades by the editing community. Read more here:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;w&#x2F;index.php?title=Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not&amp;redirect=no#Wikipedia_is_not_a_paper_encyclopedia" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;w&#x2F;index.php?title=Wikipedia:What_Wi...</a>