I had this one saved, I think from Tumblr. Thought it deserved a repost.
I had this one saved, I think from Tumblr. Thought it deserved a repost.
Does anyone know who to reach about issues with #Wikipedia's API, specifically about the Portuguese edition of Wikipédia?
Its API throws an error when trying to fetch featured articles: https://pt.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=featuredfeed&feed=featured&feedformat=atom
#Portuguese #Português
#WikiLovesPride 2025 is live!
Wiki Loves Pride 2025 is a global campaign to expand and improve LGBTQ-related content across all #Wikimedia projects, organized by Wikimedia LGBTQ+.
It takes place throughout the entire month of #June in celebration of the International #LGBTQ #Pride Day.
More Information?
On English #Wikipedia: https://w.wiki/EMF3
On Meta-Wiki: https://w.wiki/ENfB
It’s that time of year!
Wikimedia LGBT+ is launching #WikiLovesPride this June 1st!
Join us in celebrating LGBTQ+ culture and history by editing Wikipedia with pride. For more info on activities and contests, visit: https://w.wiki/EKCc
#WikiLovesPride #LGBTQ #Pride2025 #Wikipedia
Back in autumn of 2020 we had an school assignment to edit #Wikipedia. We were then going to follow what would happen with that edit for a couple days.
Some didn't have enough understanding of what goes into an edit, and got it quickly rolled back either by bots or by humans (and our school's IP very quickly got blocked as they usually end up being on Wikipedia, for those who weren't making the edits at home). I of course knew a bit more and made a good edit to a page adding some info with the necessary references attached to it.
But one classmate of mine had another idea. What if, we embed a little bit of a hoax in an existing page, add some tangentially related references from credible sources to disguise it, and see how long it will last? Our teacher and us two would end up speculating on how long it would stay up before someone took notice.
It ended up surviving the first weeks where it would have been scrutinised by bots and humans lurking the Recent Changes page. And after that point it seems like it would end up remaining there.
We then graduated in 2023 and the edit was still there at that point. Fast forward to today and it is still there, 5 years later...
...Uh, maybe it's time to say something about it by now? I probably should.
late night #wikipedia editing thoughts: a lot of cities that have complete streets policies could have mentions of it added to their transportation sections
added one to a suburb of my city, but unfortunately i got the eepy sleepies now
Please don’t do this, #Wikipedia.
Where is this page preview content sourced from, anyway?
The UK government must change the categorisation of sites under the Online Safety Act to protect net plurality.
Small and well moderated sites should be exempt from these duties to stop them from closing or blocking UK users.
Tell your MP to #SaveOurSites
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp
Wikipedia @wikimediauk are going to court over the UK Online Safety Act!
Saddling platforms with hefty duties and penalties under the new regime will cause many safe sites to fold.
We can't lose the best of the web due to laws that were meant to tackle the worst of it.
Alors je suis devenu hyper fan de l’application #Wikipedia pour mon téléphone, pour une raison géniale : l’utilisation de la géo-localisation pour identifier et lire des articles sur des lieux proche de soit. Et quand on découvre qu’un lieu proche de chez soit abritait une carrière gauloise et un fort, c’est vraiment trop cool.
@internetarchive fantastic doing all these years good work. Hopefully the archives are at a save place because #trump and the #gop wants to destroy it. #SwitchToEU #internetarchive #wikipedia
Last week in Leiden, Brewster Kahle was presented with the 2024 ProjectUil by the Dutch Wikipedia community. He explained how the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine has helped fix millions of broken links, ensuring citations on Wikipedia remain valid and accessible across multiple language editions.
https://www.veradekok.nl/en/2025/03/kahle-receives-projectuil-from-wikipedia/
@brewsterkahle @internetarchive #InternetArchive #WaybackMachine #DigitalPreservation #OpenKnowledge #Wikipedia
The @wikimediafoundation will switch traffic between its data centers today (19 March) at around 14:00 UTC.
This is done twice a year to make sure that #Wikipedia and the other #Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
More info: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch
The future of free and open access isn't about saying “wait, not like that” — it’s about saying "yes, like that, but under fair terms”.
It would be wise for these companies to begin prioritizing the ongoing health of the commons. It would also be wise for the rest of us to not rely on AI companies to come to their senses or develop a conscience en masse, and instead force them to engage on creators’ terms.
Anyone at an AI company who stops to think for half a second should be able to recognize they have a vampiric relationship with the commons. By operating in this purely extractive way, they destroy the things that underpin their businesses.
Instead of worrying about “wait, not like that”, I think we need to reframe the conversation to “wait, not only like that” or “wait, not in ways that threaten open access itself”.
But if we want to create a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge, we should stop attempting to wall off the commons.
The impulse is often to tighten the licenses, or stop publishing under free licenses (if at all). But this threatens to destroy the very commons we set out to build.
The free and open access vision is inspiring, but there are instances in which people who freely license their work go “wait, no, not like that”. People reselling their free works, tech companies profiting off their FOSS code, and AI companies training on their material.