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I want a bot which posts about English Wikipedia articles marked for deletion due to notability. There are so many cases of the notability guidelines being abused, especially to target underrepresented groups, it seems like this would be a useful tool to combat that. Does such a thing exist?
Not that anyone noticed, but the English #Wikipedia recently crossed the 6,666,666 article mark.
Unofficially, the milestone article was... SatanCon! It's the annual convention of the Satanic Temple.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SatanCon
![English Wikipedia screenshot of the first revision of the "SatanCon" article
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Rhododendrites (talk | contribs | block) at 13:28, 9 June 2023 (Holy cow! It's article number 6,666,666! Hail, Wikipedia! :)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
SatanCon is the annual convention of the Satanic Temple, a non-theistic religious organization which uses Satanic imagery to advocate for egalitarianism, social justice, and the separation of church and state. The conventions combine traditional conference-style educational panels with social events, arts, and a marketplace.
Background
The Satanic Temple is a non-theistic religious organization founded in 2013. It uses Satanic imagery, humor, and legal tactics to advocate for the separation of church and state, critical thinking, reproductive rights, abolishing corporal punishment in schools, and other causes.[1] It does not believe in a supernatural Satan, but uses the idea of Satan and the public's reaction to the concept as a metaphorical or satirical tool to challenge religious authority and advocate against what it views as injustice.[2][3]](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/444242 "English Wikipedia screenshot of the first revision of the \"SatanCon\" article
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Rhododendrites (talk | contribs | block) at 13:28, 9 June 2023 (Holy cow! It's article number 6,666,666! Hail, Wikipedia! :)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
SatanCon is the annual convention of the Satanic Temple, a non-theistic religious organization which uses Satanic imagery to advocate for egalitarianism, social justice, and the separation of church and state. The conventions combine traditional conference-style educational panels with social events, arts, and a marketplace.
Background
The Satanic Temple is a non-theistic religious organization founded in 2013. It uses Satanic imagery, humor, and legal tactics to advocate for the separation of church and state, critical thinking, reproductive rights, abolishing corporal punishment in schools, and other causes.[1] It does not believe in a supernatural Satan, but uses the idea of Satan and the public's reaction to the concept as a metaphorical or satirical tool to challenge religious authority and advocate against what it views as injustice.[2][3]")
Integration of the #Fediverse and #Mastodon Identity standards into the software that powers #WikiPedia & other Wiki's is so important I find it hard to express.
It is the first big step of integration between the Wikipedian and Fediverse communities, and it has been massively under-noticed and not gotten nearly the attention this deserved.
I'm all for it, want to find ways to help & hope this is the beginning of much more integration to come. 🔥
Hay evento de #wikipedia en #xalapa! que yo ni wa'star pero ahí se los paso por si se quieren rifar una escapada xalapeña.
27, 28 y 29 de abril en la normal veracruzana.
Registro: https://forms.gle/xBPFCnVQMzBZpwfV6
The Akan #Wikipedia has been closed because...it's not an actual language, it's a language *family*. Instead, efforts have moved to Wikipedias in the #Twi and #Fante languages, the latter of which was just created today!
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/04/20/closing-akan-wikipedia-not-a-goodbye-but-a-hello/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akan_languages (
in other languages: https://w.wiki/6cJy)
Editors are now moving the content from Akan Wikipedia into the Twi and Fante versions accordingly.
#infosec #wikipedia #security #hiring
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/4611087
I'm assisting a blind student in learning how to navigate the web using a laptop.
NVDA reads out the title first, then properties about the document, then the summary box on the side.
I can't find any way to skip that whole box and move straight to the main content. There is no main content landmark, nor is there a heading, not is it in the Contents section.
Take https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurgood_Marshall as an example. How can I navigate to the first sentence of the main article?
Thanks for any help.
#blind #accessibility
