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Calishat<p>Grouping Concepts Temporally Instead of Topically, Using Wikipedia&nbsp;Data</p><p>There's been so much talk about "vibes" in programming lately that it gave me an idea for a Wikipedia tool. If you accept the idea that Wikipedia page view data can be used as "fossilized attention" (indicators of public interest in a topic) then you can use information extracted from page view data -- like derivation from average views (z-score) -- as a benchmark of public interest.</p><p><a href="https://www.calishat.com/2025/03/14/grouping-concepts-temporally-instead-of-topically-using-wikipedia-data/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">calishat.com/2025/03/14/groupi</span><span class="invisible">ng-concepts-temporally-instead-of-topically-using-wikipedia-data/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>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”.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>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.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>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.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>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”.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>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.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>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.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>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.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>Newsletter: The real threat isn't AI using open knowledge — it's AI companies killing the projects that make knowledge free. The future of free and open access isn't saying “wait, not like that” — it’s saying "yes, like that, but under fair terms”.</p><p><a href="https://www.citationneeded.news/free-and-open-access-in-the-age-of-generative-ai/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">citationneeded.news/free-and-o</span><span class="invisible">pen-access-in-the-age-of-generative-ai/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a></p>
Owliphant<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> March 14th in 1879, scientist Albert Einstein was born. His most famous contribution to science was developing the theory of relativity. He moved to the US in 1933 to flee fascists.</p><p>Click the link to find on a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>map</span></a> where he was born:<br><a href="https://www.whereintheworldgame.com/?id=43&amp;type=q" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whereintheworldgame.com/?id=43</span><span class="invisible">&amp;type=q</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TodayInHistory</span></a></p>
DailyWikipedia<p>Today's wikipedia article is List of Interstate Highways in Alaska</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Interstate_Highways_in_Alaska" 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">Interstate_Highways_in_Alaska</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.isometry.group/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a></p>
proedie<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@raymondpert" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>raymondpert</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@roknrol" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>roknrol</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Urban_Hermit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Urban_Hermit</span></a></span> You just got to love <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a>!</p>
Yann'rel reviendra !<p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/LePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LePoint</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> Allez hop encore un truc à ajouter sur leur page : <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/justice/article/pour-de-fausses-accusations-contre-garrido-et-corbiere-cet-ex-journaliste-du-point-juge-ce-vendredi-a-paris_247447.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffingtonpost.fr/justice/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/pour-de-fausses-accusations-contre-garrido-et-corbiere-cet-ex-journaliste-du-point-juge-ce-vendredi-a-paris_247447.html</span></a></p>
AGF : poemproducer<p>ok if we re-arm for this bs the toxic patriarch is pulling, the EU army needs to protect wikipedia (and ICC), dear <a href="https://systerserver.town/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a> please make back ups</p><p>re comparitive truths</p>
0x10f<p>My recent <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> contributions may look like vandalism at first sight. (I made a script that found the articles with the largest amount of trailing whitespace; then I removed it.)</p>
MrWtr0102<p>More info on <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LukeFarritor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LukeFarritor</span></a>…</p><p>From <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Farritor" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Far</span><span class="invisible">ritor</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://todon.eu/@lisapoettinger" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lisapoettinger</span></a></span> willkommen aud der seutschen <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a>, wo misogyne Admins missliebige Schreiber*innen rauswerfen!</p><ul><li><em>Frag mich woher ich das weiß!</em></li></ul>
Mignon Fogarty<p>I've seen people change how they think about Wikipedia for a few years and had a fascinating discussion this week with Jonathan Rick about Wikipedia's rules on what can be included in an entry — and what can't.</p><p>If you're curious about how Wikipedia works behind the scenes or want to edit entries, you'll love this episode!</p><p>Watch: <a href="https://youtu.be/KIbCSMUdWug" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/KIbCSMUdWug</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Read: <a href="https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/wikipedia/transcript" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grammar-girl.simplecast.com/ep</span><span class="invisible">isodes/wikipedia/transcript</span></a></p><p>Listen: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/behind-the-scenes-of-wikipedia-editing/id173429229?i=1000699017189" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/</span><span class="invisible">behind-the-scenes-of-wikipedia-editing/id173429229?i=1000699017189</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/GrammarGirl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrammarGirl</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a></p>
Dilman Dila<p>Who can help edit out my date of birth from my <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a> page? Just noticed it is out there and I find it weird. Shouldn't wikipedia by default not allow this?</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilman_Dila" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilman</span><span class="invisible">_Dila</span></a></p>
DailyWikipedia<p>Today's wikipedia article is Snub (geometry)</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snub_(geometry)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snub_(ge</span><span class="invisible">ometry)</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.isometry.group/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a></p>
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