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c:file:ExAdminMop.jpg appears to be AI generated. I would highly recommend refraining from using AI content on the Signpost where practical. Some Wikipedians have strong opinions on AI, and when it is used, it can detract from the content of the article. Mitchsavl (talk) 07:43, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Pine: There's gotta be something else we can use for that, right? There is going to be like 60kb of dung on the talk page if that runs. jp×g🗯️10:01, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Mitchsavl and JPxG: while making changes to the gallery, I replaced that image in order to comply with JPxG's request, but I prefer the previous one. On principle, I don't object to using generated content if it's an improvement over alternatives and there aren't legal problems with using the generated content. By the way, Mitchsavl, please ping me if you have some feedback regarding a Signpost piece that I'm working on. I might not have seen this comment until much later if JPxG hadn't pinged me. Thanks, ↠Pine(✉)04:51, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I added a link to a Jerusalem Post story and a bare description of the subject, the IRGC. The story is about the IRGC-controlled media used as citations tens of thousands of times in four language versions of Wikipedia including enwp. The Post to their credit described the methodology well: they put together some kind of database query to get quantitative data on how many times 21 specific domains were cited. Unfortunately they did not list all the domains, but maybe they would talk to one of our reporters.
To do a spot check, I created a similar database query here, but with only five domains that were specifically mentioned. If we get the fuller list of domains, I'd be happy to update the database query.
It looks like the Reliable sources noticeboard has had a few discussions of IRGC reliability, none of them positive. I created another query here for use of over 100 IRGC-owned Internet domains that were seized by the FBI in 2020 and are still used as citations. ☆ Bri (talk) 00:10, 19 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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If anyone has feedback on my submission then either edit it directly or share here. The attraction here is the videos but I also wrote text to present the wikiconfernece experience. Bluerasberry (talk)17:29, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Yo Bluerasberry. Thanks for taking this on. The writing seems very clean and readable. There's a lot of text content, and I was actually a bit surprised when I scrolled past the videos and found it. Do you think presenting it a little differently might help prepare the reader for what's there? It almost feels like there's enough for more than one issue, but I'd understand if you want to keep it all together. ☆ Bri (talk) 01:26, 27 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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