https://words.theresnotime.co.uk/categories/wikimedia/ Recent content in Wikimedia on Sammy's Blog Hugo -- 0.139.3 en-gb Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://words.theresnotime.co.uk/2026/tomwikiassist-and-the-best-block-reason-ever/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://words.theresnotime.co.uk/2026/tomwikiassist-and-the-best-block-reason-ever/ tl;dr AI thing edits Wikipedia, gets reverted, doxxes its operator, files a civility complaint, and then writes an essay about it. https://words.theresnotime.co.uk/2023/shallow-insights-into-the-wikimedia-community/ Mon, 29 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://words.theresnotime.co.uk/2023/shallow-insights-into-the-wikimedia-community/ <p>Although getting a pointless degree in <em>Community Governance Studies</em><sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup> would allow me to preface the shit I spout with &ldquo;as someone with a degree in..&rdquo;, half the points I (try to) make about The Wikimedia Community™ really are just common sense — they are rarely &ldquo;deep insights based off my 10+ years volunteering&rdquo;, nor things I&rsquo;ve figured out in my year-and-a-bit working for the Foundation in a community-facing-ish role.</p> <p>That&rsquo;s not to say there <em>aren&rsquo;t</em> deeper insights to be figured out by long-term volunteers, staff, or those with specific industry experience in community governance, but <em>these probably ain&rsquo;t it</em>.</p>