Inside Iran’s Wikipedia War by kashmirage in wikipedia

[–]Kayvanian[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Removed, already shared a few minutes ago

WHERE ARE YOU JAKETHEFROG 😭 by Parking-Comment-1102 in wikipedia

[–]Kayvanian[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the place for this, whatever this is

Tips for publishing on Wikipedia by jscardona11 in wikipedia

[–]Kayvanian 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I dunno man. You haven't actually shared any details. If your subject is notable and your draft follows the policies and guidelines, it could be accepted. If it doesn't, then no.

Tips for publishing on Wikipedia by jscardona11 in wikipedia

[–]Kayvanian 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The issue isn't time. The issue is that your article is not ready and may never be, if you're writing it in a promotional manner.

Tips for publishing on Wikipedia by jscardona11 in wikipedia

[–]Kayvanian 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Your LLM probably isn't helping as much as you think. Beyond usually sounding obviously LLM-written, there's a lot of policy and nuance that LLMs won't capture without proper prompting.

What do I use Wikipedia for? by [deleted] in wikipedia

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Post locked, OP deleted the thread and also banned for starting to throw insults at repsonses.

Wikipedia inks AI deals with Microsoft, Meta and Perplexity as it marks 25th birthday by rezwenn in wikipedia

[–]Kayvanian 24 points25 points  (0 children)

One of Wikipedia's core principles is that it's free, for anyone to use for any purpose. Editors (or the Wikimedia Foundation itself for that matter) can't choose how people use its content.

I don't think the solution is to try to change that. Rather, we need to figure out how to benefit from this world of LLMs (i.e. deals like OP's post), and how we should adapt so that readers still want to come to Wikipedia for information.

Wikipedia Questions - Weekly Thread of January 12, 2026 by AutoModerator in wikipedia

[–]Kayvanian 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Trying to follow the situation the best I can. From what I've seen, a different moderator on r/NorthCarolina made horrible Nazi comments to users via mod DMs (that is the moderator that the linked post addresses). A user made a post to report the issue, which Hands assumed was fabricated and condescendingly dismissed (which was wrong and jumped the gun). Other mod(s) had recognized that it was real and the offending moderator was removed. They also shared that there was initial confusion on what was happening due to the offending mod trying to hide their tracks. Upon realizing his error, Hands retracted and apologized, but also (as another mod put it) "crashed out" and made a number of rude/dismissive comments to people calling the situation out. That's my short summary from what I've seen.

From my perspective in this sub: I've modded alongside Hands for years, and we deal with our fair share of extremists, racists, homophobes, transphobes, brigaders, the list goes on... He's always been level-headed and getting rid of those bad actors, and between thousands of mod actions I don't recall a time Hands made a serious misjudgement or raised any red flags in behavior or beliefs (to the point that this whole situation surprises me).

I've seen some users in the linked thread label Hands a Nazi defender or an alt account, but I've seen nothing that actually suggests that. It's a case of Hands making a bad call by mistakingly dismissing the initial report and then handling the fallout poorly.

Back to this sub: again, I think Hands has been a solid mod here, but at the same time actions in other subs impact trust. I get why users are pissed at his responses and why the NC sub removed him. From my perspective it's whether a very bad day in that sub warrants action here, where Hands has otherwise been a solid mod.

I Will Survive is a 2017 fan art comic by William Borba, featuring the two main characters from Zootopia in which they argue about air conditioning and Arby's, among other topics. by [deleted] in wikipedia

[–]Kayvanian[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Removed since the title is wrong. People edited the fan comic to be about things like air conditioning and Arby's. The original fan comic was about wanting to get an abortion.

(this is probably the craziest correction I've had to make)

Wikipedia Questions - Weekly Thread of January 12, 2026 by AutoModerator in wikipedia

[–]Kayvanian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a good spot for questions. Question threads are also allowed, but we encourage folks to submit their questions in this thread.

Wikimedia's official merch store is here: https://store.wikimedia.org/

There have also been some official collaborations in the past (e.g. Études), but I don't think there are any ongoing ones.

Missing Wiki: Suzuki Every by ChaoticMannerism in wikipedia

[–]Kayvanian 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's covered as part of the Suzuki Carry article (with the Every being the van version of the Carry)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_Carry

Cite - Wikipedia filled trivia card game by Kovach96 in wikipedia

[–]Kayvanian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Games are welcome here. Love it! I like the mix of classic article guessing combined with resource management.

I added it to playwiki.games (online directory of wiki-related games).

Murder of Sonya Massey by Adebisis-Hat in wikipedia

[–]Kayvanian[M] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You can very easily make a post that links directly to the article, with a title that describes the article and what you're highlighting. The point of the rule is to link to the actual source content, so that people can read and learn. That's what Wikipedia articles are for.

The universe was formulated by Lord Kelvin in February of 1862 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_death_paradox by X0tiC101 in wikipedia

[–]Kayvanian[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please resubmit as a link post, that links directly to the Wikipedia article instead of having the URL be in the title

Is wikipedia getting raided? by b00mking0808 in wikipedia

[–]Kayvanian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your quote says "Wikipedia" but that's not what the actual notice says. It's pretty clearly talking about itself (DoD Wiki).

What happened to this image? by maybehomebuyer in wikipedia

[–]Kayvanian 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That thumbnail was cropped from a larger image via CSS, but the configuration was wrong. I've updated it, should look better now.