« Une pomme est un fruit » est la première version de l’article Wikipédia sur la pomme, lors de sa création le 20 novembre 2002.
Par la suite, cette phrase est devenue le symbole de l'évolution des articles sur Wikipédia 😉 . #LeSaviezVous#wikipédia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C3%89volution_de_l%27article_Pomme.ogv
A nerd nostalgia thread of possible #RetroComputing interest:
From 1993-1994, I was a “technical assistant” in the RF Engineering department of #Comcast#Cellular. Back then, Comcast was a scrappy regional cable #TV operator making its first foray into #mobile telephony, not the multinational #telecommunications and media behemoth we know today. (1/6)
IIRC, any given AMPS antenna could only handle about 400 #mobile phone calls at once, and there were usually three antennae spanning the 360º around a #cellular tower. Busy areas often dropped phone calls as users were handed off between antennae.
Hmm, the #Wikipedia inverse Erlang-B #VisualBasic function bears a striking resemblance to my 1994 code… (5/6)
So, #wikipedia friends: my notability is somewhat borderline, and my article is bad, both of which evidenced by my article having had {{update}} since 2016. (The article's existence predates my time with WMF, and survived one RFD during my time at WMF.) Thoughts on next steps?
I could self-nom for deletion, or provide some citations for relevant updates, or...? In any case the current state seems bad for everyone—for me, and for the wiki. So thoughts welcome.
For #WIPWednesday, some #tatting underway. I'm currently on a kick to do denim doilies, and have done 3 in #BobbinLace so far. But now I want another style.
Using the wonderful hand-dyed thread from @yarnplayer called Blue Skies.
Pattern is by Anne Orr. I recently discovered what a #TextileHistory rock star she was--art editor, writer, entrepreneur, pattern designer... and no #Wikipedia page. I'll be fixing that eventually.
On/around 27th May 2024, the traffic from Azerbaijan to www.bbc.com & www.bbc.co.uk reduced by over 80%.
Looking at our data, I can see that the vast majority of traffic in Azerbaijan comes from AS29049 (Delta Telecom) which is their majority ISP according to Wikipedia.
OONI says tests were passing as recently as 28th May from AS29049 but there's definitely something going on...Unsure exactly what.
(the gap in AS29049 is a GeoIP data migration) #Azerbaijan#Censorship#InfoSec
📣 Care-Arbeit hat mehr Anerkennung verdient – auch im Digitalbereich.
Gestern hat unsere Vorständin @FranziskaHeine mit @tante in einem Impulsvortrag dieses Thema auf der @republica präsentiert.
In der anschließenden Paneldiskussion mit Anika Krellmann (KGSt) und MdB Anna Kassautzki (SPD) wurde darüber diskutiert, dass Maintenance in staatlichen Förderprogrammen bislang keine Rolle spielt.
Woke up, had coffee & Italian sweets, kicked impostor syndrome in the 🎱 🎱 #Wikipedia#Editing wasn't ever on my bingo card, but here we are!
Any tips for rookie editors (that aren't in the official guidance)?
Stay humble.
Ask questions.
Keep at it, slowly.
Expect to never stop learning.
If something seems difficult or strange, remember you're not alone and plenty of people are eager to help as we share a common purpose/mission of improving Wikipedia, you can reach out on talk pages, village pumps, wiki project pages, and off-wiki on fedi to explain what you want to do, and ask for help.
Wir gratulieren der Community von Wikipedia:Hannover herzlich zum Geburtstag! 🎉
Seit 10 Jahren treffen sich die Ehrenamtlichen vor Ort regelmäßig, um gemeinsam an #Wikipedia zu arbeiten, Fotos in Wikimedia #Commons hochzuladen oder Datensätze in #Wikidata anzulegen.
Aber nicht nur die Arbeit, auch der soziale Zusammenhalt spielt eine große Rolle für die Ehrenamtlichen. 💛
Herzlichen Dank für euren Einsatz & auf viele weitere erfolgreiche Jahre! 🌟
Comment est né #Wikipédia ? Quels sont les langues les plus représentées sur l’encyclopédie ? Comment fonctionne sa communauté ?
Toutes les réponses sont dans ce documentaire, rediffusé sur la chaîne Youtube d’ @arte 😉⬇️: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwiTU7Dkr28
Dimanche on reste en #Suisse pour notre permanence mensuelle à #Lausanne. Rejoins-nous pour contribuer et apprendre à contribuer sur #Wikipédia et réduire le #BiaisDeGenre !
Les gens qui viennent écrire sur leur entreprise sur #Wikipédia, je ne sais pas si vous vous êtes passé le mot récemment, mais arrêtez de dire que vous venez "dans un but informatif et non promotionnel", ça ne sert à rien.
Vous dites TOUS ça depuis quelque temps, et ça n'empêche pas que vos articles finissent TOUS supprimés pour "publicité ou promotion manifeste".
@LookBehindYouNowAndThen I'm not sure if he's a supremacist, more likely a racial separatist/"race realist". Wouldn't be shocked if he's racist, but yeah #TheProtocolsOfTheEldersOfZion is quite the deep cut, and his alt-right views are probably the only way he even knows what that is (I only know what that is when I started researching the origins of the #Israel v. #Palestine conflict and it came up as I was skimming #Wikipedia)
Oh I see, so a different person made the "manicule" to the margin, probably later in time. Manicule is not in dictionary dot com, but once again, #Wikipedia has me covered!
On a un vrai problème de publicité sur @wikipedia_fr : il y a plein d'articles consacrés à des entreprises qui sont manifestement écrit par et pour la com' de l'entreprise. C'est dithyrambique, aucune critique, ça fait que recracher le story-telling de la boîte ("leader de ...", "remporte le trophée", "premier acteur de"....).
New filings reveal FBI authorized use of DEADLY FORCE when they raided Mar-a-Lago (notthebee.com)