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Histories merged

I have merged the histories of the article Mozilla and the article Mozilla Application Suite which was created as a clone without history from the entire contents of this article as it stood two weeks ago, the original contents being replaced by a clone of the contents at that time of the article Mozilla (disambiguation). I do not understand why the decision was taken to split the original article off and replace it by another which is somewhat parallel to the existing article Mozilla (disambiguation), but doing so was contrary to the GFDL.

This has been a stupid and unnecessary event, which may take some time to disentangle. The article could have been moved to Mozilla Appplication Suite and the disambig moved here (Mozilla) without losing the integrity of the article history and without compromising the GFDL. This is what we mean when we say don't do cut-and-paste copies. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 23:24, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Yes, the old Mozilla should have been moved to Mozilla Application Suite, and the old Mozilla (disambiguation) should have been moved to Mozilla. I don't know if it was a good idea to merge their histories, though... Mozilla is basicly a disambiguation page, while Mozilla Application Suite is specificly about the browser suite. --taestell 23:50, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

Mozilla was originally about the latter, and the vastness of its history is of that article. The more recent edits will perhaps have to be moved to replace the current content of Mozilla (disambiguation) if that can be done without contravening the GFDL. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 23:55, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Mozilla (disambiguation) needs to be redirected to Mozilla, which should remain how it looks now: short summaries of each deinition, with links to the longer articles. Mozilla Application Suite needs to be created to talk about the suite. --taestell 00:11, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

WebThings

The text, under the section "WebThings", reads as follows: "It was spinner of as independent project during 2020 layoff of 250 employees". This is not English—so what is the intended meaning? That it was a spin-off from an independent project? Please correct if you know. Humboles (talk) 09:07, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Factually wrong description

Mozilla is actually a billion dollar lobbying foundation-corporation-corporation triple, that invests less and less into development and focuses on “Rally Citizens. Connect Leaders. Shape the Agenda.”.
See: https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4387539/firefox-money-investigating-the-bizarre-finances-of-mozilla
Not that any of that is a secret. It’s right there on their homepages.
P.S.: Note that I am not necessarily for or against any of that. I am a scientist, and consider side-taking a mental disability. I just prefer this thing called reality. :) — 109.42.176.242 (talk) 22:43, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

(I’m also pretty certain that Google only keeps them around as a front to keep the antitrust investigators away from their otherwise obvious monopoly. But that is only a interesting hypothesis based on their behavioral patterns, so we’d need a leak to see.) 109.42.176.242 (talk) 22:43, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

""Project Things"" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect "Project Things" has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 4 § "Project Things" until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 02:41, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Back to Gecko" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Back to Gecko has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 October 19 § Back to Gecko until a consensus is reached. Schützenpanzer (Talk) 01:51, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]