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FOSS Software Engineer @ Wikipedia.
My wiki page: w.wiki/4LuZ

Eccentric cyclops and absolute disaster.
All comments are my own.

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Every time @hankgreen.bsky.social mentions Wikipedia I feel a little proud, but man I was not expecting a full on video about it
youtu.be/9zi0ogvPfCA
Wikipedia and the Destruction of Trust
YouTube video by Hank Green
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November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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The future of knowledge is yours to protect. #Wikipedia25

Donate now ➡️ donate.wikipedia25.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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All the love for Richard and Andrew for averting a tragedy. I was there when it happened and Richard just casually walked up from behind and grabbed the dude. Respect.
October 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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This long read in The Verge does a remarkable job of describing how Wikipedia's editing community works, the project's strengths and weaknesses, and the threats it faces.

www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Wikipedia is under attack — and how it can survive
The site’s volunteers face threats from Trump, billionaires, and AI.
www.theverge.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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molly.wiki
Attacks on Wikipedia from Musk and his allies aren't just about an online encyclopedia — they're part of a broader assault on any information source that refuses to be controlled.
The escalating attacks on Wikipedia from Elon Musk and other powerful figures on the American right follow a familiar pattern. First come the claims of bias, supported by cherry-picked or misrepresented examples. Then the demands for “balance”, which in practice mean giving equal weight to fringe views or demonstrably false claims. When these demands are refused, the attacks shift to the platform's legitimacy itself: its funding, its governance, its leaders, and its very right to exist as an independent entity. We've seen this playbook deployed against traditional media, with Trump labeling unfavorable coverage “fake news” while promoting outlets that parrot his claims. We've seen it in academia, where “viewpoint diversity” is weaponized to demand equal time for climate change denial or historical revisionism. And we've seen it in social media, where Musk himself spent $44 billion to seize control of Twitter after claiming it was biased against conservative views. Wikipedia’s resilience to these tactics makes it both a model and a target. The very features that Musk and others criticize — its decentralized editing model, rigorous sourcing requirements, and nonprofit status — are what have allowed it to remain one of the internet’s most trusted resources. But these same features make it an obstacle to those who seek to control the narrative. Wikipedia faces real challenges: its relatively small editing community and difficulties attracting new editors, threats from AI-generated content,m and regulatory proposals that could restrict its functioning or threaten members of its editing community. m. Among them: decaying sourcing, the introduction of poor quality LLM-generated content into articles, and the reduced visibility of Wikipedia as people use LLMs trained on the site instead of the site itself. But as other information sources fall to acquisition, intimidation, or other pressure, Wikipedia’s stubborn independence becomes more vital than ever. The attacks from Musk and his allies aren't just about an online encyclopedia — they're part of a broader assault on any information source that refuses to be controlled.
January 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Keeping Wikipedia available in hundreds of languages at no cost is not an easy feat.

It requires a sophisticated technological backbone and ongoing support from volunteers, readers, donors, and the Wikimedia Foundation.

Take #AWikiMinute to learn what it takes to run Wikipedia ⬇️
wikimediafoundation.org Wikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · Apr 23
Wikipedia hosts over 64 million articles that are seen more than 15 billion times a month, all while operating on only a fraction of the resources that other websites have.

Discover what it takes to run Wikipedia in #AWikiMinute
April 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Our content is free, our infrastructure is not
cameronwilson.bsky.social CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · Apr 2
The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 — a rise they attribute to AI crawlers.

AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
April 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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molly.wiki
the cool thing about wikipedia is that elon musk can't just hire a whole team to rewrite the article about him
rmayemsinger.bsky.social Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · Dec 26
Musk and Pumpkin Tits are both such little man babies. Imagine being the world's richest man and obsessed with your wiki page when you could hire a whole team full time just to re-write it every day. Snowflake.
molly.wiki Molly White @molly.wiki · Dec 25
in case you weren't familiar with why elon musk has a longstanding grudge against Wikipedia

he hates what he cannot control

slate.com/technology/2...
December 26, 2024 at 5:13 PM