FYI, related news that might interest participants in this thread: 1. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/03/ai-can-rewrite-open-source-code-but-can-it-rewrite-the-license-too/
2. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/03/after-outages-amazon-to-make-senior-engineers-sign-off-on-ai-assisted-changes/ Pine🌲 On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 11:41 AM Dmitry Brant via Wikitech-l < [email protected]> wrote: > There is also the possibility of adding an AGENTS.md file to the root of > a repo, where we can give specific instructions to the agent itself, which > can include things like "When submitting a pull request or Gerrit patch, > ALWAYS disclose that it was made with the help of an AI agent," or even > "Prior to doing any work, ALWAYS ask a Yes or No question whether the user > has read our Commit Message Guidelines at this URL: ..." (<< I have > confirmed that this works, at least with Claude Code) > > Now, the extent to which the agents will *honor* the instructions is not > at all clear, and perhaps the presence of an AGENTS.md file could be > perceived as an invitation or endorsement for using an agent, but it still > could be an option to consider. > > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 12:39 PM Dan Andreescu via Wikitech-l < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Good point about diverse interfaces, @Sohom. It made me think that >> adding something to the commit message guidelines >> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit/Commit_message_guidelines> might >> work. We direct people there even if they use a different tool to commit. >> And we could link to all the useful thoughts here on this thread. >> >> Something like "using LLMs to help contribute is allowed, we ask that you >> please include [...this note...] in your commit message and read the >> following advice on coding with LLMs..." >> >> On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 11:32 AM Sohom Datta via Wikitech-l < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I don't think that's currently possible due to the wide diversity of >>> interfaces we use (Wikimedia Gerrit can be controlled by us, but what about >>> Github). Also the code upload is done through a third-party CLI which is >>> going to be hard to integrate with. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sohom Datta >>> --- >>> Open-source contributor @Wikimedia, @Chromium >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 11:29 AM Svetlana Tkachenko via Wikitech-l < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Novem Linguae >>>> >>>> > Anyway, I've taken a stab at documenting some of this by creating the >>>> > page https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Using_AI_in_MediaWiki_patches >>>> just >>>> > now. Feel free to edit. >>>> >>>> I would suggest REQUIRING that users MUST tick a "I used AI to write >>>> this code" box if this was the case, at time of upload of their patch. This >>>> may help the reviewer to prioritise the search of hallucinations in the >>>> code provided. >>>> >>>> Sveta >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikitech-l mailing list -- [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>>> >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikitech-l mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ > > > > -- > Dmitry Brant > https://dmitrybrant.com > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/
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