Kate GenevieveMay 29
yoasif

Calling #Wikipedia nerds and friends! I'm writing about the stuff happening in Wikipedia land, and I had a thought that I wanted to run past people who actually know what's up (yes, I am a Wikipedian, but a bit of a lapsed one).

Is there any connection to be found between the fact that #AI generated contributions were banned by Wikipedia recently, and the move to fire the community teams?

Perhaps the community was showing too much of its power?

May 29 at 12:32amWeb
Show threadKate GenevieveMay 29
@yoasif yeah please do write. interested to understand better what this means for wikipedia in the coming years.
Show threadClaudine C May 29
@yoasif I see no reason whatsoever to make that connection.
Show threadDucoMay 29
@yoasif no, content wise the community always was fully in power. I don't see a connection between that. Also there is not one Wikipedia. The German Wikipedia did decide that way before the English Wikipedia and other Wikipedias may decided similar things at other times. And there is the Wiktionary and many other projects. There is WikiData developed by a German Wikipedia organisation developing an abstract Wikipedia, which autogenerates articles in multiple languages (not with AI).
Show threadJan AinaliMay 29
@yoasif I think that may be one of the least likely theories I have heard so far.