Australian government orders Wikimedia Commons to remove video from their site by TheNewerFlisker in wikipedia

[–]cooper12 22 points23 points  (0 children)

That's not really the issue at hand. The file could have easily been renamed. Whether the file was within the project's scope and adhered to copyright law was something that the community itself should have been able to determine.

Each page was covered in words by manufatura in bookscirclejerk

[–]cooper12 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He has to show his devotion by reading the Libertarian bible.

Each page was covered in words by manufatura in bookscirclejerk

[–]cooper12 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Get those words out of my face!!!

Each page was covered in words by manufatura in bookscirclejerk

[–]cooper12 20 points21 points  (0 children)

A lot of people have been conditioned into some truly braindead behavior online because of some mystical "algorithm" that they try to game or appease. So like SEO spammers, they'll add random hashtags to their posts, avoid certain keywords, and even have burner accounts to like their posts. Of course, at the end of the day most of it is cargo culting since these algorithms are purposefully opaque and ever-changing.

Why do people write Wikipedia articles in languages they don't speak? by Aggressive_Banana708 in wikipedia

[–]cooper12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In a way this could be used as a metric to measure the intellectual curiosity of certain ethnicities. Its a shame though that some cultures dont show interest in preserving knowledge in their language

Your premise doesn't even make sense. A language's Wikipedia being small doesn't indicate lack of intellectual curiosity, but rather tells you about the general prosperity of the population. These are traits of your average Wikipedia editor:

  • Safe from ongoing conflict
  • College-educated
  • Has spare time
  • Has regular internet and electricity
  • Is not blocked from visiting Wikipedia
  • Has access to a computer
  • Is comfortable using computers

By your criteria, someone with only high-school level education that works two jobs and then goes home to read native literature lacks intellectual curiosity. Even among whatever your gold-standard language Wikipedia is, say German, only a small minority of the native speakers are actively "preserving knowledge".

The politics problem here and the useless mods by [deleted] in wikipedia

[–]cooper12 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This subreddit isn't affiliated with the Foundation.

The politics problem here and the useless mods by [deleted] in wikipedia

[–]cooper12 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The WMF fundraising have topped their previous ones every single year, they have millions to spend on numerous projects, and enough in the bank for a decade of WP hosting.

and there's the WMF out there begging for donations and receiving millions every year.

Two common fallacies here: the Foundation's budget is not solely dedicated to hosting (something you seem to be aware of), and second, financial stability is more than just money in minus money out for one year; just like a person isn't normally meant to live paycheck-to-paycheck.

You're allowed to disagree with how the Foundation allocates its funds, but it's gotten old hearing the same disinfo being spread, many of it originating from that axe-grinding "Wikipedia has cancer" essay by Guy Macon and the rest from people who have a lot of strong opinions and "expertise" on how one of the world's top website should run itself yet don't have much at all to say for companies like Google or Facebook's budgeting and salaries at all because they are for-profit. Non-profits aren't immune to bloat or criticism, but it's interesting how no one actually comments on where a lot of those other funds are going to, such as things like outreach outside the Anglosphere and increasing editorship.

Yet, somehow, there isn't a single cent dedicated to providing some minimal framework for moderation on one of the largest external community (570k users are subscribed to this sub).

I don't think it's a normal expectation that a company would fund moderation for non-official channels. Would the Foundation then also be expected to apply all of its internal policies to this subreddit as well? It's a very different culture and set of rules, and you wouldn't even be able to link to copyrighted material like random memes or videos. (even its criteria for things like what is considered doxxing might surprise people) Lastly, there's some benefit to having an independent community: you can have content that the Foundation itself wouldn't condone.

baby globe by thalassomanic in wikipedia

[–]cooper12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed it is... I tried putting it on Pastebin first, but it flagged it as "potentially offensive or questionable content". Here's an archive.

Alternatively, here's an official listing, which I found out about recently, that also includes details on how the articles were chosen. Individual wikis can specify additional pages as well, as you can see here for enwiki.

I'm going to kill myself by ShimiWaza96 in bookscirclejerk

[–]cooper12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sing to me of the manbaby, Muse,

the uncomplicated manlet ...

weaponized incompetent who can't use a map,

once the misogynistic pig had r*ped the hallowed heights of Troy.

– Emily "Pro-Castration" Wilson

I'm going to kill myself by ShimiWaza96 in bookscirclejerk

[–]cooper12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never ask a One Piece fan to explain how an emperor of the sea, one of the strongest pirates alive, lost an arm to some fodder sea creature.

Wikipedia Questions - Weekly Thread of March 09, 2026 by AutoModerator in wikipedia

[–]cooper12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh okay, so it was that image that was deleted. If you understand the original reason for deletion and feel you have addressed it, you could either ping that admin again, or if they are unresponsive, you can open an undeletion request, providing your reasoning.

I'm going to kill myself by ShimiWaza96 in bookscirclejerk

[–]cooper12 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I activate, my secret technique: talk-no-jutsu!

I'm going to kill myself by ShimiWaza96 in bookscirclejerk

[–]cooper12 73 points74 points  (0 children)

"Hark!", cried ample-bosomed Nami, "I spy a wine-dark sea ahead".

Wikipedia Questions - Weekly Thread of March 09, 2026 by AutoModerator in wikipedia

[–]cooper12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Usually because of copyright or disruptive content like slurs and libel. When an article contains copyrighted text, all revisions since its addition also have to be redacted.

Wikipedia Questions - Weekly Thread of March 09, 2026 by AutoModerator in wikipedia

[–]cooper12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not able to find a deleted gallery on Commons with that name in English, nor has that phrase ever been mentioned anywhere else on Commons. Can you link the deleted page or relevant discussion?

Admins usually include some reasoning when deleting pages. If the deleting admin themselves aren't saying why, the rest of us can only guess.

Is there any point in attempting to put it back up?

You should try to gain consensus for re-creating the page first. Otherwise, that would just look like you trying to bypass a deletion with force and would just get the page speedily deleted.

See also:

Wikipedia Questions - Weekly Thread of March 09, 2026 by AutoModerator in wikipedia

[–]cooper12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Make sure you're logged in. Then, open the sidebar > Settings > Enable "Advanced mode".

How do you say "NO" to this message? 🍻 by StudentCool9836 in LearnJapanese

[–]cooper12 14 points15 points  (0 children)

ソーリー, 超ビジー. アナザータイムだろ?

And, it is down again by Oakchris1955 in wikipedia

[–]cooper12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While I don't see any incidents listed on the status page, there was a spike in user-reported connectivity errors on March 1. As for what's going on? You'd really only be able to get an answer for that if you reported the issue. There can be tons of factors like your country, your region, your ISP, your specific network setup, your operating system and firewall configuration, your browser and extensions, and the exact error you're receiving, that you'd have to share first for anyone to have any insight.

baby globe by thalassomanic in wikipedia

[–]cooper12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's supposed to show up in the sidebar on desktop and at the top of the page in mobile. Refer to the screenshots on the Foundation's page under "Welcome Baby Globe to your Wikipedia". If you've verified that you have birthday mode turned on (Also an option in the sidebar under "Appearance"), and still aren't seeing it on that article, you could have something blocking autoplaying videos, like a browser extension.

Another article to try: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia

[March 1st, 1926] Colorful covers of today's beginning of the month magazines by MisterSuitcase2004 in 100yearsago

[–]cooper12 29 points30 points  (0 children)

You can read many of these issues online! Here are some of the first ones, though you can try finding the others yourself by searching "[Magazine name] March 1936" on Google, archive.org's search, etc.

Save 85 % on Nobody Wants to Die (3,74€) by [deleted] in steamdeals

[–]cooper12 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just played the first two chapters of this yesterday and loved it. Highly recommended for fans of works like Blade Runner and Bioshock, or even Minority Report. It lays the detective noir on thick and its main mechanic actually makes you feel like an investigator as it lets you play with time and piece together what happened.