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Curated Hacker News<p>The unsolved death of Gloria Ramirez</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Gloria_Ramirez" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of</span><span class="invisible">_Gloria_Ramirez</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a></p>
OpenHistoricalMap<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.uno/@aoppo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aoppo</span></a></span> whipped up a user script to easily navigate <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/OpenHistoricalMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenHistoricalMap</span></a> while reading a <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> article. You can install it in your personal Wikipedia account:</p><p><a href="https://globstory.it/wikipedia-user-script/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globstory.it/wikipedia-user-sc</span><span class="invisible">ript/</span></a></p><p>It’s one of many ideas for cooperation between the OHM and <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/Wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikimedia</span></a> communities:</p><p><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OpenHistoricalMap" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OpenHi</span><span class="invisible">storicalMap</span></a></p>
Les sans pagEs<p>Revoici nos statistiques ! En mars, nos membres ont indexé 254 articles <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wikis.world/@wikipedia_fr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wikipedia_fr</span></a></span> à notre projet : iels ont créé ou amélioré des articles dans le cadre de la réduction du biais de genre et ont décidé que ces articles avaient leur place dans le projet les sans pagEs.</p><p>Nos pages ont reçu un total de 4,7 millions de vues !</p><p>Pour en savoir plus, rendez-vous sur : <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:Les_sans_pagEs/Pages_populaires" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:L</span><span class="invisible">es_sans_pagEs/Pages_populaires</span></a></p><p><a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/biaisdegenre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biaisdegenre</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/f%C3%A9minisme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>féminisme</span></a></p>
WP:Schon gewusst?<p>Der Sozialhygieniker Wilhelm Hanauer kämpfte für die Anerkennung und Prävention von Berufskrankheiten. <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Hanauer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_</span><span class="invisible">Hanauer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/schongewusst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schongewusst</span></a></p>
Беларуская Вікіпедыя<p>🖼️ Выява дня: Шпіль сабора Парыжскай Божай Маці ў агні, 2019 год.</p><p><a href="https://vkl.world/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://vkl.world/tags/ParisCathedral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParisCathedral</span></a> <a href="https://vkl.world/tags/Fire2019" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fire2019</span></a></p>
i686-powered lia<p>That's to say: I've been working in <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> and in <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a>, and I contribute to <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a>.</p><p>In all of those environments, you find out it's really only humans working there. Humans with egos and flaws that just google things.</p><p>You work for a major newspaper and write an article about something you literally just researched on Wikipedia for a day, it gets published in a "trustworthy source", and suddenly you realise that nobody in a position of authority knows what they're doing at all!</p>
i686-powered lia<p>We all know that we lack knowledge about most subjects on Earth.<br>So, we look things up on <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> whenever we don't know something.</p><p>Once you have been a Wikipedia editor for a while you learn the community has major flaws. So you trust quality <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> instead.</p><p>Once you work as a <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalist</span></a>, you realise that you can largely just write whatever you want without any qualifications. So you look up to scientists instead.</p><p>And once you work in <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a>... you realise civilisation is a myth.</p>
Jan Ainali<p>Den stora älgvandringen är ju en fantastisk produktion av SVT och också ett typexempel på något där det mesta verkligen borde vara lätt att släppa under en Creative Commons licens. Många klipp som skulle kunna vara användbara i undervisning eller på <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a>. <a href="https://www.svtplay.se/den-stora-algvandringen" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">svtplay.se/den-stora-algvandri</span><span class="invisible">ngen</span></a></p>
Wikimedia Deutschland<p>🤖 65 % des Traffics auf die englischsprachigen Wikipedia kommen von Bots </p><p>So genannte Scrawler durchforsten ständig Inhalte für KI-Anwendungen. Ein Dilemma: Freies Wissen soll für alle zugänglich sein – auch für KI-Apps. Doch die wachsende Last bringt Server an ihre Grenzen.</p><p>Mehr Hintergründe im Blog des Wikimedia Movements:<br>🔗 <a href="https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/04/01/how-crawlers-impact-the-operations-of-the-wikimedia-projects/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">diff.wikimedia.org/2025/04/01/</span><span class="invisible">how-crawlers-impact-the-operations-of-the-wikimedia-projects/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.wikimedia.de/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a> <a href="https://social.wikimedia.de/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://social.wikimedia.de/tags/FreiesWissen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreiesWissen</span></a></p>
WikiPicBot<p>𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬</p><p> ✧ Roosilawaty ✧ </p><p>Roosilawaty (born Surayi Pendidikan; April 15, 1936 – February 25, 2009) was an Indonesian actress and dancer. She appeared in her first films in 1956, in Tiga Dara as a dancer and in the lead role in Tjatut. This was the beginning of a successful career, and she continued to appear in Indonesian films until 1963. She retired from acting and, after a period as a...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LesSphinxPromotion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LesSphinxPromotion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Tjatut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tjatut</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosilawaty" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosilaw</span><span class="invisible">aty</span></a></p>
Dr Pink<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> English <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> deletion alert</p><p>Could you save this LGBTQ related <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> Wikipedia article from deletion?</p><p>List of former Fox Broadcasting Company affiliates<br>* none</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_Fox_Broadcasting_Company_affiliates" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_</span><span class="invisible">former_Fox_Broadcasting_Company_affiliates</span></a><br>Discussion: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_former_Fox_Broadcasting_Company_affiliates" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedi</span><span class="invisible">a:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_former_Fox_Broadcasting_Company_affiliates</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Lists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lists</span></a></p>
WikiPicBot<p>𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘</p><p> ✧ Lady Blue ✧ </p><p>Lady Blue is an American detective and action-adventure television series that originally aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). Produced by David Gerber, the show's pilot aired as a television film on April 15, 1985, before being picked up for a full series between September 15, 1985, to January 25, 1986. The show revolves arou...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmericanBroadcastingCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanBroadcastingCompany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mahoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mahoney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Blue_(TV_series)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Blu</span><span class="invisible">e_(TV_series)</span></a></p>
Yesterday's Wikipedia Page<p>"Rory McIlroy" was the most viewed wikipedia page on 14 April 2025, an impressive 1,086,397 times! <br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_McIlroy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_McI</span><span class="invisible">lroy</span></a><br> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a><br> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RoryMcIlroy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoryMcIlroy</span></a></p>
AmIsraLHaï 🎗️<p>Un <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/livre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livre</span></a> à lire :</p><p>La face cachée de wikipedia.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wikip%C3%A9dia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipédia</span></a> n'est pas aussi fiable et neutre qu'elle le prétend, serait-elle devenue « wokepedia » ? </p><p>Ce livre apporte une réponse argumentée et dépassionnée à cette question.</p>
Dr Pink<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> related <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> article created 5 hours ago</p><p>Michael Aram</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Aram" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_</span><span class="invisible">Aram</span></a><br>Michael Aram Wolohojian, known professionally as Michael Aram, is an Armenian-American artist known for his sculptures in metal</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a></p>
Dr Pink<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> English <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> deletion alert</p><p>Could you save this LGBTQ related <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> Wikipedia article from deletion?</p><p>Lori Perkins<br>* Lori Perkins is an American literary agent, book publisher and author. In 2012, she founded Riverdale Avenue Books, an e-book publishing company, in Riverdale, Bronx</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Perkins" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Per</span><span class="invisible">kins</span></a><br>Discussion: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Lori_Perkins" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedi</span><span class="invisible">a:Articles_for_deletion/Lori_Perkins</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Thirdwave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thirdwave</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a></p>
WP:Schon gewusst?<p>Die Höhe des „fliegenden Pufferbalkens“ wurde durch Unterführungen bestimmt. <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peckett_and_Sons_Nr._1900" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peckett_</span><span class="invisible">and_Sons_Nr._1900</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/schongewusst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schongewusst</span></a></p>
Marco Frasca :ironman:<p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> is the new Google Trends 😁</p>
Abraham Samma🔬🔭👨‍💻<p>Wikipedia's largest non-English version was created by a bot. Generative AI poses new problems | RNZ News <a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/558245/wikipedia-s-largest-non-english-version-was-created-by-a-bot-generative-ai-poses-new-problems" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/world/558245/wi</span><span class="invisible">kipedia-s-largest-non-english-version-was-created-by-a-bot-generative-ai-poses-new-problems</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toolsforthought.social/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a></p>
Wikipedia van Gisteren<p>"Petra Laseur" was de meest bekeken wikipediapagina van 14 april 2025, ongeveer exact 17.884 keer!<br> <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra_Laseur" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra_La</span><span class="invisible">seur</span></a><br> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a><br> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PetraLaseur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetraLaseur</span></a></p>