WINGS_radio1d ago
#Wikipedia Just #Banned #AI. They're Right, but for the Wrong Reason.
English Wikipedia just banned the use of large language models for writing or rewriting articles. The vote was 44-2. The policy passed a Request for Comment on March 20 and allows only two narrow #exceptions: editors can use LLMs for basic #copyediting of their own writing, and they can use LLMs to assist with #translation. In both cases, the #editor must #verify the output for #accuracy
https://shellypalmer.com/2026/03/wikipedia-just-banned-ai-theyre-right-but-for-the-wrong-reason/
Wikipedia Just Banned AI. They're Right, but for the Wrong Reason.

English Wikipedia just banned the use of large language models for writing or rewriting articles. The vote was 44-2. The policy passed a Request for Comment on March 20 and allows only two narrow exceptions: editors can use LLMs for basic copyediting of their own writing, and they can use LLMs to assist with translation. In both cases, the editor must verify the output for accuracy.

Shelly Palmer
Dave ProcterMar 22

Any of you out there who need academic proofreading and/or copy editing in the language of English, give me a shout. Need some work....

I am based in Sweden, but obviously online :D

#proofreading #copyediting

Dave MandlMar 22
I saw the term "royal plural" long before I saw "royal 'we.'" "Royal plural" makes more sense because it also includes the word "our"—it's not just the word "we." (For example, "Our bath is almost ready.") But you never see "royal plural," and that bugs me. #copyediting
Show threadJakeMar 12
Weirdly, on pg 182 he goes back and forth between calling his dad’s mistress Tamara and Tereh. One must be a real name and one fake and he just missed a couple replacements. He did something similar in the first edition of Fast Times, where he left in “Clairemont High” at least once. #copyediting
Show threadJakeMar 12
Weirdly, on pg 182 he goes back and forth between calling his dad’s mistress Tamara and Tereh. One must be a real name and one fake and he just missed a couple replacements. He did something similar in the first edition of Fast Times, where he left in “Clairemont High” at least once. #copyediting
Dave MandlMar 4
Never seen this unusual use of the word "across" to mean "au courant with" or "aware of." Or course it could just be a typo. #copyediting
Dave MandlFeb 18
This reference to a "happy ending" in the NYT: I'm guessing many of their square readers won't know what this is, and it seems like the kind of thing the Times would usually explain, pedantically. But there's no way to explain this without getting explicit, so they just leave it there. #copyediting
Stan CareyFeb 10

Confronted by a sentence whose 3-word predicate follows a 64-word subject containing 4 nested subordinate clauses.

I'm going in. *cracks knuckles*

#AmEditing #copyediting #syntax #editing #writing #grammar

Dash RemoverFeb 7

me: writes a simple sentence
GPT: adds an em dash, a comma splice, a sudden yearning for transcendence, and calls it ‘compelling copy.’

chill bro it’s a parking sign

#AIwriting #ChatGPT #copyediting 🤖✍️

Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏Jan 27

Today someone called a layer of snow "shallow."

I don't think I've ever heard that used to describe snow. It feels wrong; even though (in the US at least) we say "deep" snow all the time. Shallow is for water, or people. Not for snow. Snow can be light or thin, but not shallow.

Do other people use this phrase? I know English is weird, but it startled me that I'd never noticed this quirk before.

#englishusage #copyediting #askmastodon #englishishard #americanenglish #BritishEnglish #irishenglish