Re: Is it okay to remove half of FlightGear wiki to make it easier to process by AI?

Rhys Ackerman <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.games.flightgear.devel
Message-ID <CAH1fkitJWwuQgm-Pp8UqAOfbVS+N6t+aF29MAwN+isg1GRw9yA@mail.gmail.com>
It looks to be the same person, just with multiple accounts. If you look on
their user talk page, they link to each other. "Servo" links to a page on
"Celesta" for info on what it's editing.

On Sat, 8 Aug 2026 at 21:40, Alan Teeder <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
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