▲ 812 ▼ Jimmy Wales Says Wikipedia Could Use AI. Editors Call It the 'Antithesis of Wikipedia' (www.404media.co) submitted 1 year ago by tonytins@pawb.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 106 comments fedilink hide all child comments Paywall bypass: https://archive.is/oWcIr
[–] Devmapall@lemmy.zip 31 points 1 year ago (8 children) Oh gross permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Agent641@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (7 children) Why? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 1 year ago (4 children) Fandom (previously Wikia) is an extremely shitty service with low-quality wikis mostly consisting of content copied from independent wikis and a terrible layout that only exists to amplify their overwhelming advertising. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (2 children) my one weird trick for using fandom.com is to disable javascript for that domain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) What if they put anubis on it ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago Anubis only does a proof of work challenge if you lack a specific cookie that it gives you. You can temporarily enable JavaScript, pass the challenge, get the cookie, then disable JavaScript. I use uBlock Origin, btw, to make selectively enabling/disabling JavaScript per domain a simple two-click task. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tortellinius@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago While this is true, the majority of the wikis are not at all low quality. Some are the only ones existing for a topic. The wikis are community-based, after all. But its easy to vandalize and is highly profit-driven. The fandom wikis are filled with ads that absolutely destroy navigation. Infamous is the video ad that scrolls you up automatically in the middle of reading once it finishes. You have to pause it to read the article with no interruption. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lime@feddit.nu 16 points 1 year ago (1 child) they captured the "niche wiki" market as wikia, then rebranded and started serving shittons of ads. the vim wiki is unusable these days because it runs like ass and looks like a gamer rgb nightmare permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) There's an addon for that, Indie Wiki Buddy. It tries to redirect you to non fandom/fextralife wikis if they exist, and if not, it proxies fandom wikis through BreezeWiki which just displays the content. And I'll take this opportunity to plug Hohser and the uBlock AI blocklist as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (7 children) Why? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 1 year ago (4 children) Fandom (previously Wikia) is an extremely shitty service with low-quality wikis mostly consisting of content copied from independent wikis and a terrible layout that only exists to amplify their overwhelming advertising. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (2 children) my one weird trick for using fandom.com is to disable javascript for that domain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) What if they put anubis on it ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago Anubis only does a proof of work challenge if you lack a specific cookie that it gives you. You can temporarily enable JavaScript, pass the challenge, get the cookie, then disable JavaScript. I use uBlock Origin, btw, to make selectively enabling/disabling JavaScript per domain a simple two-click task. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tortellinius@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago While this is true, the majority of the wikis are not at all low quality. Some are the only ones existing for a topic. The wikis are community-based, after all. But its easy to vandalize and is highly profit-driven. The fandom wikis are filled with ads that absolutely destroy navigation. Infamous is the video ad that scrolls you up automatically in the middle of reading once it finishes. You have to pause it to read the article with no interruption. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lime@feddit.nu 16 points 1 year ago (1 child) they captured the "niche wiki" market as wikia, then rebranded and started serving shittons of ads. the vim wiki is unusable these days because it runs like ass and looks like a gamer rgb nightmare permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) There's an addon for that, Indie Wiki Buddy. It tries to redirect you to non fandom/fextralife wikis if they exist, and if not, it proxies fandom wikis through BreezeWiki which just displays the content. And I'll take this opportunity to plug Hohser and the uBlock AI blocklist as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 1 year ago (4 children) Fandom (previously Wikia) is an extremely shitty service with low-quality wikis mostly consisting of content copied from independent wikis and a terrible layout that only exists to amplify their overwhelming advertising. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (2 children) my one weird trick for using fandom.com is to disable javascript for that domain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) What if they put anubis on it ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago Anubis only does a proof of work challenge if you lack a specific cookie that it gives you. You can temporarily enable JavaScript, pass the challenge, get the cookie, then disable JavaScript. I use uBlock Origin, btw, to make selectively enabling/disabling JavaScript per domain a simple two-click task. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tortellinius@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago While this is true, the majority of the wikis are not at all low quality. Some are the only ones existing for a topic. The wikis are community-based, after all. But its easy to vandalize and is highly profit-driven. The fandom wikis are filled with ads that absolutely destroy navigation. Infamous is the video ad that scrolls you up automatically in the middle of reading once it finishes. You have to pause it to read the article with no interruption. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (2 children) my one weird trick for using fandom.com is to disable javascript for that domain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) What if they put anubis on it ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago Anubis only does a proof of work challenge if you lack a specific cookie that it gives you. You can temporarily enable JavaScript, pass the challenge, get the cookie, then disable JavaScript. I use uBlock Origin, btw, to make selectively enabling/disabling JavaScript per domain a simple two-click task. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) What if they put anubis on it ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago Anubis only does a proof of work challenge if you lack a specific cookie that it gives you. You can temporarily enable JavaScript, pass the challenge, get the cookie, then disable JavaScript. I use uBlock Origin, btw, to make selectively enabling/disabling JavaScript per domain a simple two-click task. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago Anubis only does a proof of work challenge if you lack a specific cookie that it gives you. You can temporarily enable JavaScript, pass the challenge, get the cookie, then disable JavaScript. I use uBlock Origin, btw, to make selectively enabling/disabling JavaScript per domain a simple two-click task. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tortellinius@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago While this is true, the majority of the wikis are not at all low quality. Some are the only ones existing for a topic. The wikis are community-based, after all. But its easy to vandalize and is highly profit-driven. The fandom wikis are filled with ads that absolutely destroy navigation. Infamous is the video ad that scrolls you up automatically in the middle of reading once it finishes. You have to pause it to read the article with no interruption. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lime@feddit.nu 16 points 1 year ago (1 child) they captured the "niche wiki" market as wikia, then rebranded and started serving shittons of ads. the vim wiki is unusable these days because it runs like ass and looks like a gamer rgb nightmare permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) There's an addon for that, Indie Wiki Buddy. It tries to redirect you to non fandom/fextralife wikis if they exist, and if not, it proxies fandom wikis through BreezeWiki which just displays the content. And I'll take this opportunity to plug Hohser and the uBlock AI blocklist as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) There's an addon for that, Indie Wiki Buddy. It tries to redirect you to non fandom/fextralife wikis if they exist, and if not, it proxies fandom wikis through BreezeWiki which just displays the content. And I'll take this opportunity to plug Hohser and the uBlock AI blocklist as well. permalink fedilink source parent