[Wikimedia-l] Re: Mozilla's social media pledge

2022-12-20 Thread p858snake
I know sammy/theresnotime was at one stage talking about spining up a proof of concept instance as a example on jow the foundation could run one for the official accounts. There is a phab task about mirroring/setting up mastadon accounts which can been seen at T323837

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Mozilla's social media pledge

2022-12-20 Thread David Gerard
Legoktm runs https://wikis.world which a small number of Wikimedians and WIkimedia groups are already on. But yes - recommended best practice for organisations is to run their own instance. Putting an instance up on a domain you own is also a clear stamp of authenticity. Twitter has stayed up so

[Wikimedia-l] Mozilla's social media pledge

2022-12-20 Thread Erik Moeller
Worth a read: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/ "Our intention is to contribute to the healthy and sustainable growth of a federated social space that doesn’t just operate but thrives on its own terms, independent of profit- and

[Wikimedia-l] Tom Lehrer blanket PD declaration

2022-12-20 Thread Samuel Klein
A number of projects could benefit. Doesn't mention CC0 but seems like a superset (affirms that he held exclusive © on all songs + lyrics) https://tomlehrersongs.com/ Happy holidays. (And thanks, TL!)  ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list --

[Wikimedia-l] Re: ChatGPT and Wikipedia

2022-12-20 Thread Pharos
I'd like to share my experiment with using ChapGPT to help write an article on English Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artwork_title You can see an explanation of the process here, your comments are welcome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Artwork_title#Use_of_ChatGPT Thanks,

[Wikimedia-l] Art+Feminism User Group Report

2022-12-20 Thread Kira Wisniewski
Greetings, Art+Feminism submitted our user group report today. It can be viewed here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Art%2BFeminism_User_Group/Reporting/FinalReport2021-2022 Warmly, KW -- Kira Wisniewski, Executive Director ART+FEMINISM www.artandfeminism.org/ she/her/hers  Donate

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Obnoxious fundraisers again: Undismissable notice

2022-12-20 Thread Alastair D
A further concern about these fundraising banners on en.m.wikipedia.org relates to its presentation of the non-signed-in reader's options as either "Give xx" or "Maybe later" or two large buttons (see the floating banner overlapping the bottom of the article screenshot I copied onto the en.wiki

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Obnoxious fundraisers again: Undismissable notice

2022-12-20 Thread niemand.em...@gmail.com
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: ChatGPT and Wikipedia

2022-12-20 Thread ZhaoFJx
I'd be curious about copyright issues though, as it's licensed on Github . It may indeed be infringing copyright, since he may require attribution. However, I agree with The Cunctator that the community won't do anything about it.

[Wikimedia-l] WIKIMOVE Recap 2022

2022-12-20 Thread Eva Martin
Dear friends and listeners, We would like to wrap up the year with a recap of our first year with WIKIMOVE , the podcast about the future of the Wikimedia movement, produced by Wikimedia Deutschland. A massive thank you to our guests for sharing their