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65% of Wikimedia's most expensive traffic comes from bots.
"Since January 2024, we have seen the bandwidth used for downloading multimedia content grow by 50%. This increase is not coming from human readers, but largely from automated programs that scrape the Wikimedia Commons image catalog of openly licensed images to feed images to AI models."
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/04/01/how-crawlers-impact-the-operations-of-the-wikimedia-projects/
#wikimedia #wikipedia #AI #GenAI
Let’s Connect April Connectathon
Let\'s Connect monthly Connectathon happens every first Friday of the month. It is an opportunity for all Let\'s Connect participants to understand what is happening […]\nDiff
Newsletter: The real threat isn't AI using open knowledge — it's AI companies killing the projects that make knowledge free. The future of free and open access isn't saying “wait, not like that” — it’s saying "yes, like that, but under fair terms”.
https://www.citationneeded.news/free-and-open-access-in-the-age-of-generative-ai/
“Wait, not like that”: Free and open access in the age of generative AI
The real threat isn’t AI using open knowledge — it’s AI companies killing the projects that make knowledge freeMolly White (Citation Needed)
Good morning! On this first Tuesday in February, you are all invited to read through Wikipedia’s List of common misconceptions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions) per ancient xkcd custom.
#xkcd #xkcd843 #misconceptions #Wikipedia
Tiny Apocalyptic Time Tip 🌐✨
If you too feel uneasy about
the state of the world,
and you too worry about losing access to one of the greatest knowledge treasure of the internet,
Know that you can download an
offline copy of Wikipedia!
Here's how 📚👇
1. Download the free and open source software Kiwix (this will be your reader): https://kiwix.org/en/applications/
2. If you want smaller versions of Wikipedia, you can download them within Kiwix.
Within the app, go to "Categories" in the menu on the left, then browse to a topic/version you want. Scroll to the bottom for Wikipedia mini, for example. Click on it then click "Download" on the right 
3. Once you have downloaded a database, click on "Opened" on the left > database you want to search > "Open Main Page" on the right.
4. You can use the Search field on the upper-right to find topics like on online Wikipedia! 🔍
5. If you want the full English version of Wikipedia (110GB), you might want to download it from the torrent file instead. Install a torrent client of your choice (I use Transmission).
Then, go to this page, click on "Download - 109.89 GB" blue button on the first result (size may vary overtime), then select "Torrent file": https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&category=wikipedia
6. Once you have the torrent file, open it with your torrent client to start the download. This is BIG! Be patient! 📦
7. Once the download is completed, open your Wikipedia `.zim` file with Kiwix!
8. Magic! 📖✨
Extra Tip: You can download many other awesome knowledge files from the Kiwix Library! Personally, I also got the iFixit knowledge base! ⚒️ 
#Wikipedia #Kiwix #Offline #KnowledgeIsPower
Kiwix Applications - Access Knowledge Offline on Various Platforms- Kiwix
Discover Kiwix applications that enable offline access to knowledge on different platforms. Explore the convenience of accessing information without an internet connectionKiwix
boosts appreciated!!! 
can somebody with more wikipedia editor clout than me please try to create a page for fedipact?
i think this would help inform people about our cause lol
there are more than enough news articles about fedipact that could be cited
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66155433.amp
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051241308323
https://wedistribute.org/2023/06/fedipact-blocking-meta/
https://privacy.thenexus.today/should-the-fediverse-welcome-surveillance-capitalism/
and it's already mentioned on the threads page so it wouldn't be too much of a stretch either!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(social_network)#ActivityPub_support
tysm c:
#wikipedia #FediPact #meta #threads
Threads threatens to muscle in on Mastodon's Fediverse and admins are up in arms about it
Privacy concerns have lead to petitions being signed to keep Meta out.Katie Wickens (PC Gamer)
As I wrote last week: "As other information sources fall, Wikipedia’s stubborn independence becomes more vital than ever. The attacks from [the right] aren't just about an online encyclopedia — they're part of a broader assault on any information source that refuses to be controlled."
https://forward.com/news/686797/heritage-foundation-wikipedia-antisemitism/
Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors – The Forward
The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism.The Forward
The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information. Why do they hate it so much?
https://www.citationneeded.news/elon-musk-and-the-rights-war-on-wikipedia/
#Wikipedia #ElonMusk #USpolitics #USpol
Elon Musk and the right’s war on Wikipedia
The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information.Molly White (Citation Needed)
WikiProject AI Cleanup is all about fighting low-quality GenAI content and misinfo on Wikipedia.
@404mediaco has published a portrait of the group of editors trying to protect the free content online encyclopedia:
https://www.404media.co/the-editors-protecting-wikipedia-from-ai-hoaxes
The Editors Protecting Wikipedia from AI Hoaxes
WikiProject AI Cleanup is protecting Wikipedia from the same kind of misleading AI-generated information that has plagued the rest of the internet.Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)
»@bundesedit ist ein Twitterbot der Änderungen an Wikipedia Artikeln durch anonyme Benutzer aus den Netzwerken der Bundesregierung, des Bundestages, der Bundesministerien und Bundesämter veröffentlicht.« (via netzpolitik.org)
bundesedit (bundesedit) on Twitter - https://twitter.com/bundesedit
#twitter #deutschland #transparenz #politik #wikipedia
bundesedit (bundesedit) auf Twitter
Das Neueste von bundesedit (@bundesedit). Veröffentlichung von anonymen Änderungen von Wikipedia Artikeln aus Bundestag, Bundesministerien, Bundesämtern und anderen Bundeseinrichtungen. Germany