Hacker News with Generative AI: Wikipedia

Humane founder Imran Chaudhri likely paid for highly charitable Wikipedia entry (ycombinator.com)
Humane founder Imran Chaudhri likely paid for highly charitable Wikipedia entry
Wikipedia, Ethics, Business, Technology
16 points by Uhjasdkhd 1 day ago | 2 comments
Wikipedia's Co-Founder Is Wikipedia's Most Outspoken Critic (vice.com)
In Słubice, Poland, there’s a monument to Wikipedia, the inscription on which reads: “Wikipedia [is] the greatest project co-created by people regardless of political, religious, or cultural borders.”
Wikipedia, Criticism, Culture
13 points by lmaoguy 3 days ago | 2 comments
The Campaign to Delegitimize Wikipedia (theatlantic.com)
A recent target in Elon Musk’s long and eminently tweetable list of grievances: the existence of the world’s most famous encyclopedia.
Wikipedia, Elon Musk, Social Media, Media Criticism
58 points by DyslexicAtheist 12 days ago | 36 comments
Project 2025 Creators Dox Wikipedia Editors. The Tool They're Using. Horrifying (slate.com)
Last month, the Jewish-American news site Forward reported a shocking scoop: The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind Project 2025, is planning to “identify and target” Wikipedia editors.
Wikipedia, Politics, Censorship
16 points by schalkneethling 16 days ago | 1 comments
List of Hoaxes in Wikipedia Articles (wikipedia.org)
This is a list of known historical hoaxes created on the English Wikipedia. It is not for known hoaxes which are notable in their own right, such as the Piltdown Man. Its purpose is to document hoaxes on Wikipedia, in order to improve our understanding of them and our ability to detect them. For the purpose of this list, a hoax is defined as a clear and deliberate attempt to deceptively present false information as fact.
Wikipedia, Hoaxes, History, Information Accuracy, Online Content
7 points by bubble12345 20 days ago | 2 comments
Buying Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
Howdy! Are you a government sick and tired of being described as a state sponsor of terrorism? Or an autocratic regime that wishes a few pesky articles would just go away? How about a multinational corporation that could use some nifty advertising? Well, you've come to the right place! As of November 12, 2002, Wikipedia is officially FOR SALE!
Humor, Satire, Wikipedia
6 points by Fileformat 28 days ago | 1 comments
Billionaires and tech VCs have now set their sights back on Wikipedia (hachyderm.io)
Billionaires, Venture Capital, Wikipedia, Technology, Social Impact
17 points by pabs3 28 days ago | 5 comments
Wikipedia Arbitration Committee Banning 8 Editors from Israel-Palestine Area (wikipedia.org)
Wikipedia, Arbitration, Israel-Palestine Conflict
8 points by EvgeniyZh 34 days ago | 0 comments
Potoooooooo (wikipedia.org)
Wikipedia, Culture, History
104 points by samclemens 36 days ago | 42 comments
Wikipedia searches reveal differing styles of curiosity (scientificamerican.com)
Mapping explorers of Wikipedia rabbit holes revealed three different styles of human inquisitiveness: the “busybody,” the “hunter” and the “dancer”
Wikipedia, Curiosity, Research, Psychology, Information Retrieval
72 points by ripe 43 days ago | 37 comments
Heritage Foundation plans to 'identify and target' Wikipedia editors (forward.com)
The Heritage Foundation plans to “identify and target” volunteer editors on Wikipedia who it says are “abusing their position” by publishing content the group believes to be antisemitic, according to documents obtained by the Forward.
Wikipedia, Journalism, Politics, Bias, Conspiracy Theories
24 points by Timothee 45 days ago | 0 comments
Elon Musk and the right's war on Wikipedia (citationneeded.news)
The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information.
Elon Musk, Wikipedia, Right-Wing Politics, Free Speech, Censorship
12 points by latexr 49 days ago | 9 comments
Wikipedia: List of Citogenesis Incidents (wikipedia.org)
In 2011, Randall Munroe in his comic xkcd coined the term "citogenesis" to describe the creation of "reliable" sources through circular reporting.[1][2] This is a list of some well-documented cases in which Wikipedia has been the source.
Wikipedia, Circular Reporting, Citogenesis, Internet Culture
7 points by paulgb 55 days ago | 0 comments
Ada's dependent types, and its types as a whole (nytpu.com)
So I like to joke occasionally on the Fediverse that when looking at Wikipedia's list of programming languages supporting dependent types:
Programming Languages, Dependent Types, Types, Fediverse, Wikipedia
256 points by nytpu 56 days ago | 139 comments
Elon Musk Takes Aim at Wikipedia (newsweek.com)
Elon Musk has urged his followers not to donate to Wikipedia, which he branded "Wokepedia," until "they restore balance to their editing authority."
Elon Musk, Wikipedia, Social Media, Free Speech
19 points by Teever 57 days ago | 6 comments
Does Wikipedia protect your privacy? (wordpress.com)
Only hours after doxing Wikipedia volunteers to a court in India, Wikipedia tweeted out this 5-month old feel-good piece about protecting volunteers.
Privacy, Wikipedia, Social Media, Lawsuits
6 points by mostcallmeyt 58 days ago | 0 comments
Elon Musk Takes Aim at Wikipedia (newsweek.com)
Elon Musk has urged his followers not to donate to Wikipedia, which he branded "Wokepedia," until "they restore balance to their editing authority."
Elon Musk, Wikipedia, Social Media, Controversy
13 points by Tomte 58 days ago | 7 comments
Wikipedia 2024 Year in Review (wikimediafoundation.org)
Wikipedia is the largest knowledge resource ever assembled in the history of the world, and it’s freely available to everyone everywhere.
Wikipedia, Annual Reviews, Knowledge Resources
7 points by madmax108 64 days ago | 1 comments
The next time Wikipedia asks for a donation, ignore it (2022) (unherd.com)
No one wants to be a bad person, and you probably felt pretty bad when you saw the heart-breaking appeal and just carried on clicking. Wikipedia is midway through a six-week fund-raising drive in Anglophone regions including the United States, the UK, New Zealand and Australia. The banner ads beg for “just £2”, which doesn’t sound like much, for all that free information. But before you start feeling too guilty, it’s worth considering some facts.
Wikipedia, Donations, Online Content, Charity, Philanthropy
49 points by xqcgrek2 68 days ago | 19 comments
The Depths of Wikipedians (asteriskmag.com)
A conversation about yogurt wars, German hymns, tropical cyclones, and the people who make Wikipedia function.
Wikipedia, Online Communities, Culture
195 points by Brajeshwar 73 days ago | 91 comments
List of Lists of Lists (wikipedia.org)
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Data Structures, Wikipedia, Lists
4 points by punnerud 82 days ago | 0 comments
Why it took a long time to build that tiny link preview on Wikipedia (2018) (medium.com)
Yesterday, my team completed the launch of “page previews” — a feature now deployed to hundreds of language editions of Wikipedia. We are seeing up to half a million hits every minute to our API to serve those cards that show when you hover over any link.
Software Development, Wikipedia, User Experience
46 points by tosh 82 days ago | 47 comments
List of Common Misconceptions (wikipedia.org)
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. It has been suggested that this article should be split into multiple articles. (discuss) (October 2024)
Misconceptions, Wikipedia, Lists, Collaboration
8 points by mpweiher 100 days ago | 1 comments
Wikipedia's list of 1401 Infobox Templates (wikipedia.org)
This is a list of all pages in the 'Infobox' pseudo-namespace, excluding subpages. Redirected and deleted templates should be removed from this list. Deprecated templates should be marked as such. 'Holding cell' next to a template's name indicates that the template is currently being deleted or merged, so no new instances should be created. Nesting indicates a wrapper infobox. Templates with over 10,000 transclusions are in boldface. Infoboxes for sport biographies are listed under sportsperson.
Wikipedia, Templates, Data, Information Organization, Infoboxes
5 points by bbor 101 days ago | 2 comments
India issues notice to Wikipedia over concerns of bias (techcrunch.com)
Wikipedia is facing mounting regulatory pressure in India as local authorities question whether the platform should continue to enjoy legal protections as a neutral intermediary rather than being classified as a publisher.
India, Wikipedia, Censorship, Regulation, News
7 points by jmsflknr 108 days ago | 1 comments
One in 20 new Wikipedia pages seem to be written with the help of AI (newscientist.com)
Nearly 5 per cent of new Wikipedia pages that are published in English seem to contain text generated by artificial intelligence, which could reduce the site’s reliability.
Artificial Intelligence, Wikipedia, Reliability, Language Models
24 points by Brajeshwar 110 days ago | 13 comments
Wikipedia Offers to Reveal User Identities in Sealed Covers in ANI Case (medianama.com)
Wikipedia told the Delhi High Court that it is willing to provide basic subscriber information (BSI) details about users who edited the page on Asian News International (ANI) in a sealed cover to the court, during an appeal hearing at the Delhi High Court on October 28.
Wikipedia, Law, Privacy, News Media, India
22 points by mokelupa 115 days ago | 1 comments
Wikipedia agrees to share details with Delhi Court about users who made edits (barandbench.com)
Wikipedia told the Delhi High Court on Monday that it is willing to disclose to the Court in a sealed cover the basic subscriber information (BSI) details about users who wrote/ edited the page about news agency ANI [Wikimedia Foundation Inc v. ANI Media Private Limited & Ors].
Wikipedia, Lawsuits, India, Privacy, Journalism
26 points by DarkCrusader2 116 days ago | 14 comments
Ibis: Federated Wikipedia alternative (ibis.wiki)
Wikipedia is the most popular online encyclopedia, and millions of people rely on it every day to provide trustworthy information on a wide variety of topics. It is not well known but there have been numerous scandals which put this trust into question.
Wikipedia, Online Encyclopedia, Alternative, Decentralization, Trust
209 points by mostcallmeyt 117 days ago | 149 comments
Building a more robust Wikipedia interface by spotting the differences (2023) (nray.dev)
Have you ever played the "Spot the Difference" game, where you try to find slight differences between two similar images? I play it whenever I review code in a nontrivial pull request that changes a website's HTML, CSS, or JavaScript. Sometimes I win. Other times, I lose.
Web Development, User Interface, Software Engineering, Wikipedia
23 points by gofiggy 118 days ago | 10 comments