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articles (which is good), but we have vandals and trolls (bad), the WMF's finances are fairly solid (good). It gets more interesting when he is asked about AI. "I think it's better if AI is trained on Knowledge (XXG) than if it's trained on Facebook or X. What we ask for in return is citation credit.
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to Prigozhin and company, just 360 meters from the Kremlin wall, next to the FSO block - apparently does not offend him. Neither does the tag line "memorial Ye. V. Prigozhinu and D. V. Utkinu" (sic, direct transliteration from ru) on Yandex maps, both ru and en editions. Why would then anyone care
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by Taylor Dibbert, focuses on Harrison's writing routine. He tries to write 1–2 hours a day before going to his day job as a lawyer, but first he starts with a cup of coffee and reading 15 minutes worth of fiction. He starts writing with his favorite pen and paper, but often switches to computer.
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The single use of the word Ruviki in the article was included because the source used that word. RuWiki again was used because a link used the word. I think the most obnoxious thing about Putin's fork was that they stole the name RuWiki. It completely gives away their game, the fork is trying to
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The case pits, potentially for the first time in such a significant way, Knowledge (XXG)’s volunteer-centric editorial norms against Indian regulations like the IT Rules, 2021, which require all loosely defined internet "intermediaries" to take action against content online if it is, among other
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A bunch of flowers, some photos, and a banner or two that are up for only a week or so are not going to embarrass Putin. A photo of him standing besides a man he reportedly ordered murdered should if he isn't beneath having shame. Isn't this just the latest example of his claim of having them
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Whoops! From the X photo it should be "He". Good catch. I'll change "she" to "Hussain" (to avoid any confusion with "Trump"). And "obviously" is probably not the best word, the only thing obvious here is that different people have different views on what is the most amazing article.
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does not include a sentence in the real Russian Knowledge (XXG), "According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW)... the order to kill Prigozhin was almost certainly given by Putin." But it does include a photo of Putin and Prigozhin together, that might be embarrassing to
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There are different spellings in the article — ruwiki and ruviki. Also, it's funny that the main fork, the one that was started by former Knowledge (XXG) admins before Ruwiki was even announced, is almost never mentioned in the various articles about Knowledge (XXG) forks.
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Live Law also says that "ANI has alleged that Wikimedia, through its officials, has actively participated in removing the edits to reverse the content." This claim appears to confuse actions by unpaid volunteers with actions by Wikimedia Foundation employees.
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The Knowledge (XXG) article appears to summarize and cite reliable journalism covering ANI, and the complaint seems not to be about the journalism, but rather that Knowledge (XXG) presents what journalists wrote elsewhere then links to those articles.
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it gets into what I am really interested in, which are institutions that are experiencing a crisis. The Fed currently fits that description — people are not happy about inflation, and there’s even questions about: what is money, and what is currency?
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last month, saying that it had received no funds in the previous five months. Though wages and author royalties have not been paid during that time about 6,000 new articles have been posted. According to the announcement,
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a long, detailed interview which gives the best overview of Harrison's career, but is mostly about the new novel, and about Knowledge (XXG) and its fictionalized version, Infopendium, which is the focus of the story.
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of the forthcoming book "this is a reported work of fiction", Harrrison continues "ultimately, I hope to be known for producing smart and well-researched stories throughout my career."
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Dewey also asks about whether Knowledge (XXG) is past its glory days, and about Harrison's day-to-day interaction with Wikipedians, as well as about celebrity Wikipedians.
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pretend it's the real Russian Knowledge (XXG), it's not. I think that people who intentionally try to confuse the issue also give themselves away.
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in Putin's fork. About 64% of the article has been removed, but almost all of the photos of related buildings and other locations have been kept.
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What's on Putin's fork, the court's docket, and in Harrison's book?: Failing forks, smart and well-researched stories, LGBT rights, and oral sex!
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writer Murtaza Hussain tweeted "Say what you want about Trump but he is going to have the most amazing Knowledge (XXG) page in history."
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One possible complication is that the Knowledge (XXG) community does not consider ANI to be a generally reliable source. The report at
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The battle of Bucha is best represented on Putin's fork in a section of the article Military operations in Ukraine (since 2022) named
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for contentious claims. For its coverage related to Indian domestic politics, foreign politics, and other topics in which the
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Do you want to contribute to "In the media" by writing a story or even just an "in brief" item? Edit our next issue in the
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is about one-third the length of the article on the real Russian Knowledge (XXG) and all 3 illustrations have been removed.
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I just think it's funny their url is ru.ruwiki.ru. Did they make it clear enough that it's Russian?
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A link back to us, this is important, so people can understand where the knowledge comes from."
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The court case is scheduled for August 20 with ANI claiming damages of 2 crore rupees – about
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Not a week but almost a year. Not one banner but dozens. It's still there, daily maintained.
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will be published August 13, was interviewed at least three times this month. The editor of
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and generally unreliable due to its reported dissemination of pro-government propaganda.
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may have an established stake, there is consensus that Asian News International is
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cover an edit-a-thon in Dehli that sought to take on Knowledge (XXG)'s gender gap.
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There is no article on Putin's fork on the Russian-Ukrainian war starting in 2014.
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Conservapedia presents Einstein's Theory of Relativity as a liberal conspiracy
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For general reporting, Asian News International is considered to be between
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things, defamatory, and a court or government order is issued against them.
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This reporter has examined how Putin's fork covered those subjects.
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What's on Putin's fork, the court's docket, and in Harrison's book?
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Harrison has started another book, a murder mystery set at the
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is misspelled as Dehli (in the last sentence of the article).
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of the Atlantic provinces. Articles improved include "fiddler
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Wikimedia Russia director starts Russian fork and is replaced
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which essentially denies that an incident occurred. As
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on disinformation in India was prominently mentioned.
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Indian news agency sues Knowledge (XXG) over article
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