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Clem<p>Question pour les wikimedien•nes : notre asso vient de changer de nom. On a une page <a href="https://mastoot.fr/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> à laquelle il semblerait que les journalistes se référent beaucoup. Comment on fait pour changer de nom sur notre page ?<br>On s'appelait "Comité de la Jupe" et maintenant c'est "Magdala".</p><p>:mastolove: Merci pour votre aide ! </p><p><a href="https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comit%C3%A9_de_la_jupe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comit%</span><span class="invisible">C3%A9_de_la_jupe</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cat/@riley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>riley</span></a></span></p><p>i know</p><p>but my effort was low, so the smack down was low effort too</p><p>anyone <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NAFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAFO</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a> knowledgeable know how i can get Sergei Korolev's english language wikipedia article updated to the proper <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukrainian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukrainian</span></a> latinized version of his name, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SerhiyKorolyov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SerhiyKorolyov</span></a>, in a method that wikipedia considers proper and formal?</p><p>i lack the skill and standing</p><p>i'll put in the effort</p><p>i'll do it in public</p><p>i don't give a fuck about the vatniks i'll piss off</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cat/@riley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>riley</span></a></span> </p><p>yes but i must thank you for your post</p><p>you spurred me to action</p><p>i didn't go through the entire article, but i made an edit on his english language wikipedia page, describing my edit:</p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SerhiyKorolyov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SerhiyKorolyov</span></a> is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukrainian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukrainian</span></a>. Sergei Korolev is the Russified version of this Ukrainian's name. His name should be recorded as it is spelled in his native land"</p><p>any <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a> person reading this:</p><p>my effort was low</p><p>how might i effect this change in a more formal process?</p>
Flominator<p>- managed to correct a <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> article this morning <br>- a colleague asked me, if I will still go for a dog walk today (implying he would like to join me) and we went for a walk together <br>- received multiple praise for things I had done/facilitated/pushed at work<br><a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/3GoodThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3GoodThings</span></a> <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/ThreeGoodThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThreeGoodThings</span></a></p>
John Mark :blobcatverified: ☑️<p>I just donated to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wikimedia.social/@wikimediafoundation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wikimediafoundation</span></a></span> and you should too</p><p><a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikimedia</span></a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a></p>
Hortensias<p>Tenemos una nueva línea de acción chulísima: colaborar para que haya más y mejor información sobre realidades trans y no binarias en <a href="https://hortensia.social/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a>. Con la ayuda de <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hispagatos.space/@mentux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mentux</span></a></span>, ya tenemos dos citas previstas.<br>¿Quién se apunta? Info e inscripción aquí: <a href="https://us6.list-manage.com/survey?u=8d067b9a027baf872b370d719&amp;id=fcd5bc59be" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">us6.list-manage.com/survey?u=8</span><span class="invisible">d067b9a027baf872b370d719&amp;id=fcd5bc59be</span></a></p>
Claire Billaud :mastodon:<p>Vous savez que je ne demande qu'à croire les gens, mais quand quelqu'un se présente comme un "génie multidisciplinaire" (sic), j'ai quand même un doute.<br>Surtout quand le "génie" en question affirme que l'article sur la naturopathie n'est pas neutre, voire nuit à la qualité et à l'image de <a href="https://shelter.moe/tags/Wikip%C3%A9dia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipédia</span></a>... parce que cet article indique que la naturopathie est une pseudo-science. :thonk:</p>
Nat Oleander<p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a> gets it</p>
Top edits on Wikipedia<p>2025 World Snooker Championship: 91 revisions <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_World_Snooker_Championship" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Wor</span><span class="invisible">ld_Snooker_Championship</span></a></p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/stats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stats</span></a></p>
Les sans pagEs<p>Revoici nos statistiques ! En mars, nos membres ont indexé 254 articles <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wikis.world/@wikipedia_fr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wikipedia_fr</span></a></span> à notre projet : iels ont créé ou amélioré des articles dans le cadre de la réduction du biais de genre et ont décidé que ces articles avaient leur place dans le projet les sans pagEs.</p><p>Nos pages ont reçu un total de 4,7 millions de vues !</p><p>Pour en savoir plus, rendez-vous sur : <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:Les_sans_pagEs/Pages_populaires" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:L</span><span class="invisible">es_sans_pagEs/Pages_populaires</span></a></p><p><a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/biaisdegenre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biaisdegenre</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/f%C3%A9minisme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>féminisme</span></a></p>
i686-powered lia<p>That's to say: I've been working in <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> and in <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a>, and I contribute to <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a>.</p><p>In all of those environments, you find out it's really only humans working there. Humans with egos and flaws that just google things.</p><p>You work for a major newspaper and write an article about something you literally just researched on Wikipedia for a day, it gets published in a "trustworthy source", and suddenly you realise that nobody in a position of authority knows what they're doing at all!</p>
i686-powered lia<p>We all know that we lack knowledge about most subjects on Earth.<br>So, we look things up on <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> whenever we don't know something.</p><p>Once you have been a Wikipedia editor for a while you learn the community has major flaws. So you trust quality <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> instead.</p><p>Once you work as a <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalist</span></a>, you realise that you can largely just write whatever you want without any qualifications. So you look up to scientists instead.</p><p>And once you work in <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a>... you realise civilisation is a myth.</p>
Top edits on Wikipedia<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/stats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stats</span></a></p>
OSM Pyrénées-Orientales<p>🌹🐉🌹La <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/SantJordi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SantJordi</span></a> approche, c'est l'occasion d'offrir des roses, mais c'est aussi la fête mondiale du livre !</p><p>📖 Nous comptons 116 boites à livres renseignées dans <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> pour les PO, mais certaines n'ont pas de photo :(</p><p>Et il en manque sûrement beaucoup !</p><p>👁️ Un petit aperçu sur le site <a href="https://www.boites-a-livres.fr/departement/pyrenees-orientales" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">boites-a-livres.fr/departement</span><span class="invisible">/pyrenees-orientales</span></a> qui réutilise les boites à livres d'OpenStreetMap et les photos de <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> </p><p>ping <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://library.love/@boitesalivres" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>boitesalivres</span></a></span></p>
Carol Chen<p>Editing <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> with RAG and the advantages of using <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/MariaDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MariaDB</span></a></p><p>by Robert Silén at <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/fossnorth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossnorth</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@foss_north" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>foss_north</span></a></span></p>
NeoFab<p>He visto una fecha que está mal en wikipedia en español y tengo una fuente que confirma que la fecha que pone en wikipedia en inglés es correcta, y no la españila.</p><p>¿Como puedo proponer ese cambio? ¿Tengo que editar yo directamente la página y después se acepta? Sería mi primera aportación. <a href="https://neopaquita.es/tags/Ayuda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ayuda</span></a> <a href="https://neopaquita.es/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a></p>
Top edits on Wikipedia<p>Sunday, April 13, 2025</p><p>- Downtown Brampton: 140 revisions <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Brampton" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown</span><span class="invisible">_Brampton</span></a><br>- List of foreign-born French people: 123 revisions <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign-born_French_people" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_</span><span class="invisible">foreign-born_French_people</span></a><br>- Margaret: 117 revisions <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>- Alachig: 117 revisions <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alachig" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alachig</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>- Alohi Gilman: 99 revisions <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alohi_Gilman" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alohi_Gi</span><span class="invisible">lman</span></a></p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/stats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stats</span></a></p>
Claire Billaud :mastodon:<p>Parmi les personnes qui essaient de faire leur autobiographie sur <a href="https://shelter.moe/tags/Wikip%C3%A9dia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipédia</span></a>, il y a celles qui nient en bloc, celles (rares) qui assument et tentent de collaborer au mieux... et celles qui effacent tous leurs messages et changent de nom de compte dès qu'on leur parle d'autobiographie.<br>Non mais ça sert à rien, on a déjà tout vu. On dirait un gamin qui se cache dans le placard après s'être fait choper la main dans le pot de confiture.🤣</p>
lud<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@simsus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>simsus</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kuketzblog</span></a></span> </p><p>Alternativen zu M$ Office ... zweimal dürft Ihr Raten, welche davon im Wesentlichen <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/MadeInGermany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MadeInGermany</span></a> sind : </p><p> Macht Bitte den <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/UnplugTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnplugTrump</span></a> </p><p>PS.: Aber bitte nicht <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Googlen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Googlen</span></a> oder in der allwissenden <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> nachschlagen (!) ... nur wer es direkt beantworten kann, sollte aus Ehrlichkeit hier teilnehmen</p>
Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>Because this person told me that AI is inevitable and the fact that I don't like it and the way it ruins creatives and exploits open source projects like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a> with data harvesting creating enormous costs that the companies who make money with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genAI</span></a> don't pay for doesn't matter because I can't do anything against my writing being harvested and it's completely within the scope of the license to do that to open source projects.</p><p>2/?</p>