#wikipedia

#wikipedia

Beyond that, the feature focuses on providing an annual overview of activity on Wikipedia as a whole, but in a pretty graphical format, not dissimilar to Spotify's Wrapped. A list of the most-read English language articles is topped by Charlie Kirk and "deaths in 2025," proving that humans are incurably morbid. Wikipedia also says that editors made over 66 million changes across the site this year.

To start with, the guide confirms what we already know: automated tools are basically useless. Instead, the guide focuses on habits and turns of phrase that are rare on Wikipedia but common on the internet at large (and thus, common in the model's training data). According to the guide, AI submissions will spend a lot of time emphasizing why a subject is important, usually in generic terms like "a pivotal moment" or "a broader movement."

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has jumped into a conflict over the online encyclopedia's page on "Gaza genocide." Just days after a Wikipedia editor froze changes to the article, Wales posted a statement on a page dedicated to discussing edits, saying the article "requires immediate correction" and is part of a broader neutrality problem on the site, where "there is much more work to do."

So, picture a moment when a new source of information comes online, turns into a go-to for people everywhere, sometimes to the chagrin of professors and bosses, but becomes a household name and really changes the internet. So we're doing AI again. Actually I am talking about Wikipedia, the online crowdsourced encyclopedia, which for a long time generated a lot of skepticism, but today is actually seen as a pretty trusted source of information. It's an example of an organization that actually created something positive on the internet.

Since 2001, Wikipedia has been the backbone of knowledge on the internet. Hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, it remains the only top website in the world run by a nonprofit. Unlike newer projects, Wikipedia's strengths are clear: it has transparent policies, rigorous volunteer oversight, and a strong culture of continuous improvement. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, written to inform billions of readers without promoting a particular point of view.

Wikipedia is one of those rare digital miracles that feels like it live up to the vast promise of the web: a vast online encyclopedia, written and maintained by millions of volunteers across the world, in arguably the most extraordinary single repository of knowledge in human history. But of course, because any unverified user can edit Wikipedia, it's often become subject to vandalism.

#619: I Lack the Patience For Other People

Interim US attorney Ed Martin alleges Wikipedia allows foreign operatives to manipulate information, raising questions about its compliance with nonprofit laws regarding educational purposes.

Wikipedia, which was originally intended to democratize information, has shifted towards partisanship, with a noticeable bias against conservatives, particularly evident in its treatment of Vice President JD Vance.

Wikipedia is offering a structured dataset to AI developers, hoping to mitigate the impact of bots on its servers and improve user experience.

The recent stock market turmoil initiated by President Trump's tariffs resulted in the most significant drop since the COVID-19 pandemic, fueling global economic uncertainty.