@johl@mastodon.xyzThe proposal to close the Greenlandic #Wikipedia is currently under review: “Most articles are short or unintelligible, and machine-generated content—initially from experimental Greenlandic machine translators and more recently from AI tools like Google Translate—has frequently produced nonsense that could misrepresent the language.”
@aligyie@digitalcourage.socialDank dem heutigen #pastpuzzle bin ich auf einen interessanten #Wikipedia Artikel gestoßen:
https://
@cdarwin@c.imThe graph of public interest in Jimmy Kimmel's
#Wikipedia page since January 1 shows a few little bumps of interest and then a big BOOM.
Try it yourself: https://wikitwister.com/seismograph.html
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineDie Zugriffe auf #Wikipedia sind im Jahresvergleich um 8 % gesunken.
Ursachen sind laut #WikimediaFoundation unter anderem #KI-Suchfunktionen und die Verlagerung der Informationssuche au…
@seav@en.osm.townOne of the current outrageous U.S. news of the moment is the ongoing demolition of the White House East Wing to make way for the construction of Trump’s ostentatious state ballroom.
Anyway, I got curious and was not at all surprised to see that #OpenStreetMap is already updated.
#Wikipedia
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.socialSix degrees of #Wikipedia is a site that lets you type in two different topics and then shows how many Wikipedia pages apart they are. It also displays a visual chart for each pair of topics you enter.
The chart includes the two topics you entered, and all the other ones that build bridges connecting the two.
And while you’re at it, consider making a donation to help support wiki.
@gedankenstuecke@scholar.social«younger generations are seeking information on social video platforms rather than the open web. This gradual shift is not unique to #Wikipedia. Many other publishers and content platforms are reporting similar shifts as users spend more time on search engines, AI chatbots, and social media to find information.»
All of those "alternatives" are facilitated through algorithmic recommendation engines designed to maximize profits, what could possible go wrong there…
https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-says-ai-is-causing-a-dangerous-decline-in-human-visitors/
@timbray@cosocial.caWikipedia’s rejoinder to Ted Cruz is entirely fair and accurate, but don’t kid yourself that Cruz is interested in fairness or accuracy, he’s just pushing back against the tendency of factual reporting to exhibit a liberal bias.
#wikipedia
@Life_is@no-pony.farmAnd so it begins:
Heise: Wikipedia: Republikaner leiten Untersuchung ein
Um es in aller Deutlichkeit zu sagen: #Wikipedia kann den Forderungen nicht nachgeben. Wikipedia kann nichteinmal einer einzelnen Forderung zum Schein nachkommen. Wikipedia ist …
@life_is@no-pony.farmAnd so it begins:
Heise: Wikipedia: Republikaner leiten Untersuchung ein
Um es in aller Deutlichkeit zu sagen: #Wikipedia kann den Forderungen nicht nachgeben. Wikipedia kann nichteinmal einer einzelnen Forderung zum Schein nachkommen. Wikipedia ist …
@awinkler@openbiblio.socialDer Gedanke, die #wikipedia #pageviews als Aufmerksamkeitsmetrik zu verwenden, ist verlockend. Hier z.B. die Seite zu Kurt Schwarz (https://
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems#TIL that's there's a "list of #animal sounds" on #Wikipedia.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animal_sounds
@laurentperrinet@neuromatch.socialThe most prominent invention in the century is certainly #wikipedia, right? If not convinced, this text gives a very interesting angle to how important it is:
https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/05/be-
@johl@mastodon.xyz#Wikipedia Editors Reject Founder's AI Review Proposal After ChatGPT Fails Basic Policy Test
https://slashdot.org/story/446032
@life_is@no-pony.farm @Life_is@no-pony.farm
@smurthys@hachyderm.io#NYT: Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference
That'll make an interesting Wikipedia article and discussion.
Seriously though, sad to hear this news and glad no one was hurt.
#wikipedia #guns #news #Manhattan #NYC
@maxheadroom@hub.uckermark.socialWhich open source wiki software is state of the art? My requirements:
* can be hosted in a docker container/docker compose setup
* still maintained
* simple user management (if at all)
* user friendly (can be used by non-tech people)
Fediverse go!
#Wiki #Wikipedia
@Don_kun@nerdculture.deWieder eine spannende Paneldiskussion am Abend der #WikiCon2025 - Mit Journalistinnen und Wikipedianern über den Einfluss von Fake News und neuerdings Künstlicher Intelligenz auf die #Wikipedia und unser aller Wahrnehmung der Welt. Auch wie sich die Veränderung des gesellschaftlichen und politis…
@shoppingtonz@mastodon.socialThe Wikipedia hashtag is so active...that maybe I should use it to let people know that Wikidata exists too...
#Wikipedia #Wikidata #WikidataExists
@Don_kun@nerdculture.deWenn man mal einen #Wikipedia-Artikel über einen offenbar ziemlichen Schrott-#Anime schreibt, tut es gut, dann wenigstens solche Kritikerperlen zitieren zu können:
„Nur was für Masochisten mit ausgeprägtem Gehirntodeswunsch“
@shoppingtonz@mastodon.socialI can imagine a Wikipedian moving to Wikidata...
While on Wikipedia
MY GOD YOU REVERTED ME AGAIN FOR NO REASON.
OK, YOUR FAULT BUT I'M MOVING TO WIKIDATA NOW!!!
...after moving to Wikidata
OMG, NOBODY IS REVERTING ME!!! I FEEL SO ALONE AND MY ONLY FRIENDS ARE ALL THESE PROPERTIES AND VALUES
I'M GONNA QUIT BECAUSE OF LONELINESS!
#Wikipedia
