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Why dont we create an ai that runs on[REDACTED] article for information i know that vandalism and false information may come up but ai is more of a closed development community but taking good[REDACTED] artcles parsing data from them to answer a specific question instead of looking for them could lift the very long articles which are hard to find specific information and make it easier for ordinary users scouting for info one thing i would be worried about is the current political situation with ai,current events,blp’s especially politicians. take this with a grain of salt •Cyberwolf• 14:36, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

The machine learning / AI team at the Foundation is exploring all options around this. The new technology is super exciting in terms of the potential!--Jimbo Wales (talk) 15:09, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Any implementation should be done so very carefully with much error on the side of caution. Its potential may be good but this seems another area where a possible foundation override of English Misplaced Pages decisions may come into play. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:14, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Yes i really dont think any overrides will be needed due to page parsing and Misplaced Pages is also used when you ask questions in google but still as i said take this with a grain of salt •Cyberwolf• 15:43, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

I would recommend the ai to cite sources when asked •Cyberwolf• 16:07, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Jimbo can i help i would prefer a testing position but any would do •Cyberwolf• 17:17, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Personally I think automating tasks that are of critical importance to the site with a system that is still in beta is just a recipe for disaster. I am aware Samwalton9 and his team are working on a software level version of Cluebot to help with vandalism, but with writing articles, the human touch is what makes them accurate. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 09:42, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Wiki ai is not built to replace human editors

It's built so people can get answers to questions from a long article in a short time •Cyberwolf• 19:56, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

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Edit filter change for your user page?

Hello Jimbo! It's been a long time since I've posted here. I was patrolling edit filter false positive reports today and came across an IP's request related to an edit on your user page. They were blocked by filter 803, the filter that prevents non-confirmed users editing other users' userpages. Your user page invites users to feel free to edit it, although you do mention at the top of the section that editors need to be autoconfirmed first. Would you want your userpage to be exempted from the filter, so that any user can edit it? As far as I know that's technically possible, although I'm not an edit filter manager.

The "false positive" was not constructive so I did not implement it, but I thought I'd ask about the exemption. Cheers! Ivanvector (/_Edits) 16:21, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

To allow any user to edit the page there is a template you would need to add, probably called something like {{user page unblocked}}, but its name escapes me for now. — Qwerfjkltalk 21:03, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

It was unlocked for a while, until this edit - add that back in to unlock it again. — xaosflux 21:11, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

I think people who patrol it have asked if kindly it could be left as it is, simply due to not much useful coming in from non-confirmed users, but a lot of nonsense. If I were on here 12 hours a day, I'd probably want to give it a whirl, but I wouldn't want to make work for kind people who are doing the patrolling.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 13:22, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

Important subjects

I sometimes reflect on comments by you and others that most of the important subjects have been covered on Misplaced Pages. I thought about that sentiment recently as I was digging into the history of the Huntsville Democrat and its proprietor John Withers Clay. Also his daughters who took over his paper and property after he became incapacitated and ran it and a boarding school in Huntsville. I also reflected on those ideas as I looked into the extant home on what was once their property near downtown Huntsville.

What are the important subjects? Can we understand the history of Huntsville or the U.S. or the world if we don't cover more of these subjects? It continues to be a struggle to add entries on so many subjects including the newspapers, people, buildings, and buildings that shaped who we were and who we've become. I thought these subjects were interesting so I thought I'd share them here with you and others. Take care. FloridaArmy (talk) 15:16, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

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