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Andreas Kolbe retweeted
In the latest Signpost:
▸ Wikimedia staff demand voluntary union recognition, WMF refuses and insists on vote
▸ Is Larry Sanger the co-founder of Wikipedia?
▸ Meet the Wikimedians of the Year 2026
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
Andreas Kolbe retweeted
In the new Signpost:
* Court orders redaction of Caesar DePaço article
* Most-translated article revealed as single largest self-promotion operation in Wikipedia’s history
* Mass use of checkuser tool by WMF employee triggers investigation, policy changes
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
ALT David Woodard (Seattle, 2013) (by Barun H., CC BY-SA 3.0)
Andreas Kolbe retweeted
A new Signpost is out!
* Saudi Wikipedian released from prison
* Wikimedia Foundation launches review of Wikipedias' NPoV (Neutral Point of View) policies
* Wikipedia probably not among the victims of Google's "AI Overviews"
and more:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
ALT Osama Khalid and Ziyad Alsufyani (cropped) (by Fjmustak, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Andreas Kolbe retweeted
Osama Khalid, a medical doctor and @Wikipedia administrator, worked to make well-sourced knowledge freely available on the site.
He is currently serving a 32-year prison term on trumped up charges including of “swaying public opinion”.
Saudi authorities must release him now.
Andreas Kolbe retweeted
🕊️ Ziyad al-Sufiani has been released after over four and a half years of arbitrary imprisonment.
He was an Arabic @Wikipedia administrator, arrested for editing pages like that of Saudi WHRD Loujain al-Hathloul.
His fellow Wikipedian Osama Khalid (see below) remains in prison.
Andreas Kolbe retweeted
A powerful conservative think tank is targeting one of the last good things on the internet. slate.trib.al/lxqWc7Z
Andreas Kolbe retweeted
In the new Signpost:
• How paid editors squeeze you dry: Victims say they lost thousands of dollars to "Elite Wiki Writers"/"Wiki Moderator"
• The long road of a featured article candidate
• Saudi Wikipedian Osama Khalid celebrates 30th birthday in jail en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
ALT Photo of Wikimedians Osama Khalid and Ziyad Alsufyani in 2016 (by Fjmustak, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Andreas Kolbe retweeted
Many Happy Returns to my friend Osama Khalid, spending his 30th birthday in jail in Saudi Arabia, along with our mutual friend & fellow Wikipedian Ziyad Al-Sufyani.
No fair trial; charges against them unknown.
They should be free.
dco-tn.org/f/birthday-in-jai…
Andreas Kolbe retweeted
The new Signpost is out! Stories include:
• Wikimedia Foundation's revenue grew to $180m last year
• Wikipedia's billion-year lunar backup to be updated
• WikiConference North America receives bomb threat
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
ALT Bing Image Creator (DALL-E 3) image for 'an astronaut standing outside of a Carnegie library on the moon, holding a book'
Andreas Kolbe retweeted
I repeat my call for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Middle East, the unconditional release of all hostages, and the delivery of life-saving supplies at the scale needed.
Everyone must assume their responsibilities.
This is a moment of truth.
History will judge us all.
Andreas Kolbe retweeted
The new Signpost is out! Stories include:
• Study: Readers prefer ChatGPT over Wikipedia
• The $119 million Wikimedia Endowment releases financials dating back to 2016
• Elon Musk and Benjamin Netanyahu complain about Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
ALT Wikipedia text in ChatGPT UI (Figure 1a from "Do You Trust ChatGPT? -- Perceived Credibility of Human and AI-Generated Content", arxiv 2309.02524)
Andreas Kolbe retweeted
"Leash your bots, your dogs, and now your LLMs."
theinfobeat.com/p/more-thoug…
Andreas Kolbe retweeted
The murky world of Wikipedia’s social justice funds.
✍️ My Monday column telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
Andreas Kolbe retweeted
Some #Wikipedia editors are worried that the site will be dethroned by A.I. and become the next Encyclopedia Britannica. I don’t think that’s the case, for reasons that I wrote about in Slate:
slate.com/technology/2023/08…
Andreas Kolbe retweeted
Vivek Ramaswamy, the guy in the Republican debates rn, paid someone from Upwork to make his Wikipedia more flattering. In the middle of scrubbing Ramaswamy's article, the paid editor randomly added a hyphen in Cyndi Lauper's article lol
Andreas Kolbe retweeted
Explainer: Wikipedia is rolling in money, so why does it need donations? techlusive.in/features/expla…
Andreas Kolbe retweeted
How much money does Wikipedia bring in from donations?
How much money does it *actually* cost to run Wikipedia?
Where does the rest of the money go?
lunduke.locals.com/post/4458…
Andreas Kolbe retweeted
Dude,Where's My Donations? Wikimedia gives another $1M to non-Wikimedia projects en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe… (news.ycombinator.com/item?id…)
Andreas Kolbe retweeted
This story was updated on Wednesday to report that the Durham city attorney’s letter was sent to the wrong postal address and to include comments from a Wikipedia spokesperson.
indyweek.com/news/durham/dur…