Another reason to despise AI and its grifters:
"AI data scrapers are an existential threat to Wikipedia
"As AI developers harvest Wikipedia content to train their models, the resulting surge in automated traffic is driving up costs for the non-profit that runs the popular crowdsourced encyclopaedia..."
“Protest” as a Wikipedia Topic for Public Interest
After the protests this weekend, I wondered if there had been a surge in public interest in the general Wikipedia topic of "protest." So I plugged it into Wikipedia Seismograph to find out. Oh yes, there absolutely was. This also gave me a chance to test Wikipedia Attention Surfer to see what other topics were "vibing" with Protest, in terms of similar public interest.
https://www.calishat.com/2025/04/07/protest-as-a-wikipedia-topic-for-public-interest/
@futurebird share the experience editing the Hebrew #Wikipedia. Anything on #Palestine and the occupation, Israel’s war crimes, Zionist and Palestinians historiography and, on the other hand, #lgbtq is in the hands of right wing editors, many of which are settlers, with bureaucrats tacit support. It was disgusting.
I didn't start any new #wikipedia articles in the past week--but I have "destubbed" fifteen biographical articles about women, for the European Destubathon, happening all this month: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Europe/The_European_Destubathon Destubbing is a great way to improve wikipedia, because the articles are already in place, so you can skip the setting up part and get right to the fun. (Well, it's fun for me. YMMV) Good to do while I'm waiting for my @_newspapers access to be restored, it lapsed this weekend.
This is quite a bit of original work for Wikipedia. Look at the length of the source list!
Art, really. But it would be a whole lot more useful if it was available as geospatial data or failing that, as an editable vector graphic.
Some of the sources used are also rather old, the 1970s was… a while ago when it comes to vegetation.
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vegetationszonen.png#mw-jump-to-license
@EdwinG Cette personne explique son raisonnement ? Car à ma connaissance il n'y a pas de vague de blocage de sites aux USA depuis le retour de Trump. Depuis l'activation du HTTPS, quasiment aucun pays dans le monde n'assume de bloquer l'encyclopédie. Même le résumé de 4 phrases rapporte des choses sans doute erronées : "En France et aux États-Unis, des poursuites judiciaires [...] se sont multipliées au cours des derniers mois". #Wikipedia
#LGBTQ #Japanese #Wikipedia deletion alert
この LGBTQ 関連の (#日本語) 版ウィキペディアの記事が削除されるのを防げますか?
吉田紋華 (ja)
* 吉田 紋華（よしだ あやか) は、日本の看護師・政治家である。日本共産党所属の三重県議会議員を務める。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%89%E7%94%B0%E7%B4%8B%E8%8F%AF
* (en-auto) Ayaka Yoshida is a Japanese nurse and politician. She serves as a member of the Mie Prefectural Assembly affiliated with the Japanese Communist Party.
AI-modellen gebruiken gratis en massaal informatie die door mensen op #Wikipedia is opgebouwd, zonder daar iets voor terug te geven, stelt Jan Willem Boissevain.
https://ibestuur.nl/artikel/wikipedia-en-ai-de-les-van-de-bovenbazen/
#Wikipedia lovers, tag yourself!
I'm *definitely* a busybody :p
https://cosmosmagazine.com/people/behaviour/wikipedia-reading-types-curiosity/
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬
✧ buff-tailed coronet ✧
The buff-tailed coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", members of the tribe Heliantheini in the subfamily Lesbiinae. Found in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, the buff-tailed coronet is 11 to 12 centimetres (4.3 to 4.7 inches) long and weighs 7.3 to 8.8 grams (0.26 to 0.31 oun...
#Boissonneaua #Colombia #Ecuador #Venezuela #Manizales #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff-tailed_coronet
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ What a Merry-Go-Round ✧
What a Merry-Go-Round is the eighteenth collection by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, made for the Autumn/Winter 2001 season of his eponymous fashion house. The collection drew on imagery of clowns and carnivals, inspired by McQueen's feelings about childhood and his experiences in the fashion industry. The designs were ...
#FrenchRevolution #McQueen #Nosferatu #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_a_Merry-Go-Round
Honourable Mention: 17th Place International Wiki Loves Monuments 2024
Henningsvær marina buildings
Henningsvær, Norway
Giladtop (CC BY-SA 4.0): https://w.wiki/DUMG
Honourable Mention: 18th Place International Wiki Loves Monuments 2024Ksar NalutNalut, Libya محمد علي يحمد (CC BY-SA 4.0): https://w.wiki/DULS
I believe you and that poster are mistaken here, #Wikipedia is not countering that "infiltration" at all. On the contrary, the project page says, loud and clear:
»The purpose of this project is not to restrict or ban the use of AI in articles, but to verify that its output is acceptable and constructive, and to fix or remove it otherwise. «
So they're actually welcoming "#AI" and believe they can moderate it's BS output away – in addition to their existing workload.
This is unfortunate, to say the least.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AI_Cleanup
Honourable Mention: 19th Place International Wiki Loves Monuments 2024National Library of KosovoPristina, Kosovo Agonsta24 (CC BY-SA 4.0): https://w.wiki/DUKu
Le laboratoire Géographie-cités propose une journée de présentation/formation sur #Wikipédia et #wikidata avec un volet pratique #Python #R #SPARQL.
> 17 juin à Paris et en visio
Inscriptions gratuites mais obligatoires :
https://site-fef6fe.gitpages.huma-num.fr/journee/wikipedia.html
What a nice surprise to discover ⁂ featured on the #wikipedia article for the #fediverse! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse
#FediverseSymbol
Honourable Mention: 21st Place International Wiki Loves Monuments 2024Medieval City of Rhodes Rhodes, Greece Aneza Palaiou (CC BY-SA 4.0): https://w.wiki/DUK3
Honourable Mention: 22nd Place International Wiki Loves Monuments 2024Wat Muang Wiset Chai Chan, Thailand Athichitra (CC BY-SA 4.0): https://w.wiki/DUJU
