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fromNieman Lab
4 days ago

After 25 years, Wikipedia has proved that news doesn't need to look like news

There are the sports tournaments and reality TV shows that demand moment-to-moment updates. (Last week, there were 268 edits on " 2026 Malaysia Open (badminton)" and 605 on "Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 9.") There are the biographies of people whom someone has decided deserve memorializing. (Last week, user Mary Mark Ockerbloom created the article on Quaker abolitionist John Vickers and edited it 161 times.
World news
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
3 months ago

Tilly Norwood already has a Wikipedia page, and not even the editors are sure what to call it

Wikipedia editors are struggling to define AI-generated characters like Tilly Norwood, debating existence, agency, anthropomorphism, and gendered language.
fromGothamist
3 months ago

Citation needed: Inside NYC's Wikipedia community drama

"Yes, it's an allision," user The BushRanger wrote on a "talk" page about the incident, where volunteer editors hash out how they'll handle contentious notes and questions. "But everyone will call it a collision."
New York City
fromWikipedia
3 months ago

Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia

This is a list of writing and formatting conventions typical of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, with real examples taken from Wikipedia articles and drafts. It is meant to act as a field guide to help detect undisclosed AI-generated content on Wikipedia. This list is descriptive, not prescriptive; it consists of observations, not rules. Advice about formatting or language to avoid in Wikipedia articles can be found in the policies and guidelines and the Manual of Style, but does not belong on this page.
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