Wikipedia: WikiProject AI Cleanup

I found the page Wikipedia:Signs of AI Writing[1] very interesting and informative. It goes into a lot more detail than the typical "em-dashes" heuristic.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing

Re: Wikipedia: WikiProject AI Cleanup

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Post by KolmogorovComp » Mon, Jan 19, 2026, 10:46 AM UTC

I wish they also spent on the reverse: automatic rephrasing of the (many) obscure and very poorly worded and/or with no neutral tone whatsoever.

And I say that as a general Wikipedia fan.

Re: Wikipedia: WikiProject AI Cleanup

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Post by philipwhiuk » Mon, Jan 19, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC

KolmogorovComp wrote: post #5

I wish they also spent on the reverse: automatic rephrasing of the (many) obscure and very poorly worded and/or with no neutral tone whatsoever. And I say that as a general Wikipedia fan.

WP:BOLD and start your own project to do it.

Re: Wikipedia: WikiProject AI Cleanup

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Post by jraph » Mon, Jan 19, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC

maxbaines wrote: post #3

This is hardly surprising given - New partnerships with tech companies support Wikipedia’s sustainability. Which relies on Human content. https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2026/01/15/wikipedia-ce...

I agree with the dig, although it's worth mentioning that this AI Cleanup page's first version was written on the 4th of December 2023.

Re: Wikipedia: WikiProject AI Cleanup

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Post by progbits » Mon, Jan 19, 2026, 11:08 AM UTC

The Sanderson wiki [1] has a time-travel feature where you read a snapshot just before a publication of a book, ensuring no spoilers.

I would like a similar pre-LLM Wikipedia snapshot. Sometimes I would prefer potentially stale or incomplete info rather than have to wade through slop.

1: https://coppermind.net/wiki/Coppermind:Welcome

Re: Wikipedia: WikiProject AI Cleanup

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Post by Antibabelic » Mon, Jan 19, 2026, 11:13 AM UTC

progbits wrote: post #8

The Sanderson wiki [1] has a time-travel feature where you read a snapshot just before a publication of a book, ensuring no spoilers. I would like a similar pre-LLM Wikipedia snapshot. Sometimes I would prefer potentially stale or incomplete info rather than have to wade through slop. 1: https://coppermind.net/wiki/Coppermind:Welcome

But you can already view the past version of any page on Wikipedia. Go to the page you want to read, click "View history" and select any revision before 2023.

Re: Wikipedia: WikiProject AI Cleanup

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Post by progbits » Mon, Jan 19, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC

Antibabelic wrote: post #9

progbits wrote: post #8

The Sanderson wiki [1] has a time-travel feature where you read a snapshot just before a publication of a book, ensuring no spoilers. I would like a similar pre-LLM Wikipedia snapshot. Sometimes I would prefer potentially stale or incomplete info rather than have to wade through slop. 1: https://coppermind.net/wiki/Coppermind:Welcome

But you can already view the past version of any page on Wikipedia. Go to the page you want to read, click "View history" and select any revision before 2023.

I know but it's not as convenient if you have to keep scrolling through revisions.