Re: Is it okay to remove half of FlightGear wiki to make it easier to process by AI?
Alan Teeder <[email protected]>
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There is another "user" called Celeste involved. Is there anything about this on the Forum? On 08/08/2026 20:27, SP-NTX -FlightGear wrote: > This matter was brought to my attention by jakkos98, and I think no > one else noticed it yet. > > User named 'Servo' on FGWiki, as well as possible second account > "Airplane Mode", edited HUNDREDS OF wiki articles, removing tables, > data, authors, etc. > Almost 200 000 bytes of data removed in less than 20 days claiming it > is to make it easier for AI to read the data !? > > So for what reason does wiki exist, for people to share knowledge and > keep it archived for future or to make it nicer for AI because someone > said so? > > Since months we had problems with AI web crawlers literally ddos-ing > the FGwiki and now people want to make it easier for them to do it? > > I have nothing against developing/getting knowledge WITH the usage of > AI. AI is a tool like any other, it is okay, what is not okay, is > removing data made by humans, for other humans, just because someone's > AI' context window is limited. Jesus Christ. > > I contributed to FGwiki on many occasions and I find actions made by > these users disgusting and disrespectful. > > As a side note, it's worth mentioning that the edits made by that user > look like it is an automated script with some LLM doing the changes, > so I would consider them as a POLLUTION to the real data created by > users, a poison to the accuracy of data. > > As of 8th of August, almost every article has been modified by that > script/person, which is a serious concern for me, as data on > FlightGear Wiki can not be trusted as real, unaltered knowledge. > > I appeal to FGWiki moderation to revert the damage caused by that > person/AI as soon as possible. > > Kind Regards, > S, SP-NTX > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel