Wikipedia's antisemitism has personally caused me more problems than any other single entity.

Someone will talk about the "evils of Zionism" and I will say "Let me clear up some misconceptions on what Zionism is, as a Zionist".

Then the antisemite will say "WIKIPEDIA SAYS IT'S THIS!!!" and then quote Wikipedia's antisemiticly biased article on Zionism.

Why is this antisemitism and not anti-Zionism?

The article is anti-Zionist, and contains several falsehoods, but it's not merely one article, it's a collection of articles on Jewish topics, on Zionism, on Israel, etc. It's demonstrated to be a coordinated effort, and it's relatively new- the same articles were not this way just a few years ago (before 10/7).

In the meantime, Wikimedia has taken the position that Jews do not get to define their own beliefs and are not trusted sources on these topics- as illustrated by policies saying that the oldest, and one of the largest anti-hate group in the US is not to be trusted.

#Wikipedia

Wikipedia's antisemitism has personally caused me more problems than any other single entity.

Someone will talk about the "evils of Zionism" and I will say "Let me clear up some misconceptions on what Zionism is, as a Zionist".

Then the antisemite will say "WIKIPEDIA SAYS IT'S THIS!!!" and then quote Wikipedia's antisemiticly biased article on Zionism.

Why is this antisemitism and not anti-Zionism?

The article is anti-Zionist, and contains several falsehoods, but it's not merely one article, it's a collection of articles on Jewish topics, on Zionism, on Israel, etc. It's demonstrated to be a coordinated effort, and it's relatively new- the same articles were not this way just a few years ago (before 10/7).

In the meantime, Wikimedia has taken the position that Jews do not get to define their own beliefs and are not trusted sources on these topics- as illustrated by policies saying that the oldest, and one of the largest anti-hate group in the US is not to be trusted.

#Wikipedia

Quelqu'un m'as envoyé cette image et je dois deviner la personne derrière la biographie
#wikipedia

What a great #Wikipedia featured article for today, given the news Adams is dropping out of the #NYC mayor's race.

In case you didn't know: Sabrina Carpenter filmed a racy music video for "Feather" inside a Catholic Church, which led to backlash and an investigation into the monsignor to gave her permission, which brought the attention of federal investigators, who uncovered ties to the Adams administration and eventually led to the indictment of Eric Adams himself.

Yes, this is 100% real.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_AFL_Grand_Final

#wikipedia #stats

When history forgot them, she wrote them back in 💛

#JessicaWade #wikipedia

The proposal to close the Greenlandic #Wikipedia is currently under review: “Most articles are short or unintelligible, and machine-generated content—initially from experimental Greenlandic machine translators and more recently from AI tools like Google Translate—has frequently produced nonsense that could misrepresent the language.”

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_Greenlandic_Wikipedia

First time I've ever been accused of *being* the subject of a #Wikipedia article I worked on:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Theo_Baker#c-Legoktm-20250924042400-LJA123-20250922070000

(Unfortunately I haven't won a Polk Award nor am I a nepo baby)

Got #Kiwix set up on a my #RaspberryPi. Full #Wikipedia now hosted locally along with other stuff. All set for the forthcoming #Apocalypse. What a cool piece of software.

New #Wikipedia article: the Indian Adoption Project.

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

This is grossly incomplete, but it's a start at least and better than the redirect that used to be there.

I only learned about this in the first place because we discussed Haaland v. Brackeen and ICWA in class earlier this week.

Tiny Apocalyptic Time Tip 🌐✨

If you too feel uneasy about
the state of the world,
and you too worry about losing access to one of the greatest knowledge treasure of the internet,

Know that you can download an
offline copy of Wikipedia!

Here's how 📚👇

1. Download the free and open source software Kiwix (this will be your reader): https://kiwix.org/en/applications/

2. If you want smaller versions of Wikipedia, you can download them within Kiwix.

Within the app, go to "Categories" in the menu on the left, then browse to a topic/version you want. Scroll to the bottom for Wikipedia mini, for example. Click on it then click "Download" on the right

3. Once you have downloaded a database, click on "Opened" on the left > database you want to search > "Open Main Page" on the right.

4. You can use the Search field on the upper-right to find topics like on online Wikipedia! 🔍

5. If you want the full English version of Wikipedia (110GB), you might want to download it from the torrent file instead. Install a torrent client of your choice (I use Transmission).

Then, go to this page, click on "Download - 109.89 GB" blue button on the first result (size may vary overtime), then select "Torrent file": https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&category=wikipedia

6. Once you have the torrent file, open it with your torrent client to start the download. This is BIG! Be patient! 📦

7. Once the download is completed, open your Wikipedia `.zim` file with Kiwix!

8. Magic! 📖✨

Extra Tip: You can download many other awesome knowledge files from the Kiwix Library! Personally, I also got the iFixit knowledge base! ⚒️

#Wikipedia #Kiwix #Offline #KnowledgeIsPower

New #Wikipedia article: the Indian Adoption Project.

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

This is grossly incomplete, but it's a start at least and better than the redirect that used to be there.

I only learned about this in the first place because we discussed Haaland v. Brackeen and ICWA in class earlier this week.

Looks like #Wikipedia is down?

There's only one week left to apply for the position of CEO of Wikimedia Netherlands. Is open knowledge your default, spreek je een aardig woordje Nederlands and do you have the experience we are looking for? Send us a note https://www.wikimedia.nl/directeur/

#vacature #utrecht #wikipedia #wikimedia