Tag: Wikipedia
Because of Wikipedia, the wrong Vatican flag was spread all over the world
Maxence Glineur May 31, 2023 at 08:00 a.m. 6 Alexandre Boero for Clubic Apparently, our teachers were right: the online collaborative encyclopedia is not always reliable. The Catholic community has…
Children under 15 excluded from Wikipedia? The absurd flaw of a bill
Parliament is discussing a bill which sets the numerical majority at 15 years. Below, minors must have the consent of their parents to register on a social network. Problem: the…
Wikipedia: will you take it with or without AI, your encyclopedia?
Alexander Boero May 04, 2023 at 09:00 2 © Primakov / Shutterstock.com Within the teams of the Wikipedia encyclopedia, we are rather divided as to the use of AI on…
Free and Open Source Express: Cyber Resilience Act, Free Education, Paying Developers, Women in Wikipedia
Image: “Keep calm and use open source” (MedithIT/CC by) Cyber Resilience Act, “a sword of Damocles on free software” for April Questioned by many free software organizations, the European…
Elon Musk uses Wikipedia to know which media to sanction
Elon Musk has decided to award a “State Funded” badge to the Twitter accounts of various international media, a decision that does not pass with those concerned. The CEO is…
Wikipedia plans to recruit AI to create thousands of articles
The Wikipedia founder plans to use ChatGPT to write articles for the online encyclopedia. Credit: 123rf The power of ChatGPT is such that according to its creators, all occupations currently…
Wikipedia: the movement against pension reform is covered in 14 languages
Image: demonstration against the pension reform project, February 23, 2023 in Besançon. Photo Toufik de Planoise / Wikimedia Commons / CC by-sa In Wikipedia, current events, either very specific but…
Wikipedia offers insight into the legal headaches of generative AIs with copyright
The arrival of generative artificial intelligences, such as ChatGPT for text and Midjourney for images, raises heavy legal questions, particularly in terms of copyright. The Wikimedia Foundation, which maintains the…
Open source express: a policeman at Linagora, Adullact, Wikipedia and OpenStreetMap in college
Image: “Keep calm and use open source” (MedithIT/CC by) General Xavier Guimard, a Free Software specialist at Linagora If the weight of proprietary software publishers (such as at Defense or…
Wikipedia refuses to edit articles on Ukraine: Russia fines it
A new fine has been imposed on the Wikimedia Foundation, following a decision by a Russian court. The reason ? The online encyclopedia does not embrace the Moscow narrative in…
Pakistan threatens to ban Wikipedia for ‘blasphemous’ content
A countdown has started. The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) announced on Wednesday that it has given Wikipedia until Friday evening February 3 to remove content deemed “blasphemous” of its online…
The Wikipedia pages of elected officials cleared of embarrassing information by their advisers: episode 4985
Maxence Glineur January 29, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. 4 © National Assembly The participatory encyclopedia becomes, according to events and legislative changes, a communication battlefield for public and political figures…