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Wikipedia and the temptation of automated writing

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A profusion of initiatives

In December 2022, user Roland45 undertakes the massive creation of 1,000 articles about female American scientists in Wikipedia in French (fr:Projet:Les Mille Pages). Using a selection of articles from the English-language Wikipedia, Roland45 uses DeepL to perform automatic translation and a series of Excel processes to correct formatting and publish the articles. Following discussions with the community, Roland45 changed its approach. All 1,000 articles have been published in draft form in the project area. Anyone can re-read an article and switch it to the main area.

In April 2022, Angela Fan, a researcher at Meta AI, communicated about an algorithm capable of generating biographies of women to bridge the gender gap..

In July 2022, Fabio Petroni, also a researcher at Meta AI, published Cite, a system that automatically finds a reference for unsourced passages on the English Wikipedia.

In November 2022, Meta AI and Papers with code published Galactica, a large language model trained on 48 million scientific articles. The authors highlight the fact that the model could generate Wikipedia articles automatically. Users immediately noticed that Galactica was capable of writing absurd Wikipedia articles, such as this one on living bears in space. ·

A few weeks ago, the Stanford AI group has released STORM, a new system able to generate Wikipedia articles in a convincing way (see Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2024-08-14/Recent research).

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In this issue

16 November (all comments)

"WP:POKE" redirects here. You may be looking for Wikipedia:Don't poke the bear.

"WP:POKEMON" redirects here. For the essay about AFD, see WP:POKETEST.

Welcome to WikiProject Pokémon, formerly known as the Pokémon Collaborative Project. Wikipedians have formed this project to improve Wikipedia's encyclopedic coverage of all Pokémon related articles. If you would like to help, be bold and jump right in! You may also add yourself to the participants list.

If you'd like to bring an article to this project's attention, mention it on the talk page as appropriate.

History

The oldest ancestor of this project was WikiProject Pokédex (and its child project WikiProject PokéNav), which created articles for many Pokémon and Pokémon characters. This project fell into inactivity due to a loss of interest, and the many stubs they created became the subject of a great deal of criticism, especially given the creation of the guidelines for the handling of fictional subjects.

This criticism led to the creation of the Poképrosal, a proposal to merge all of these stubs into lists. While this proposal met with a consensus support, it stalled when it was proposed that it must be possible to expand these Pokémon stubs.

This effort to expand these stubs into articles led to the creation of the Pokémon Adoption Center, a project that assigned stubs to individual users to expand.

When the PAC project ran out of stubs to assign, this project was founded (under the name "Pokémon Collaborative Project"), to maintain and improve the newly expanded articles.

Eventually, the interest for individual articles for every Pokémon died down, and Pokémon that were not considered to be notable were merged into lists. These lists first took the form of mega-articles containing mini-articles for individual species, though they are now shorter descriptions on each Pokémon in a table. These lists were initially organized in groups of 20 by Pokédex number (e.g. List of Pokémon (1-20)), though they were later expanded to groups of 50 (e.g. List of Pokémon (1-51)), and are now divided into the generations each Pokémon was introduced in (e.g. List of generation I Pokémon).

As the amount of Pokémon-related articles diminished, WikiProject Pokémon slowly became more inactive, and the modern lists ended up consisting of sometimes just a singular Pokédex entry. Articles on individual Pokémon, even if they were technically notable, ended up being deleted due to their poor writing and lack of reliable sources. In mid-2023, however, a renewed push through the Video game characters project to standardize and enhance articles and lists of all video game characters resulted in an increase in the number of high quality articles and lists of pokémon. This WikiProject's new aim is to improve these lists and articles, including appropriate, reliable sources and more information.

Scope

Related WikiProjects

• WikiProject Games (top level project)
  • WikiProject Video Games (co-ordinator project)
    • Nintendo Task Force
      • WikiProject Pokémon (this project)
    • WikiProject Square Enix
• WikiProject Japan (top level project)
  • WikiProject Anime and manga
    • WikiProject Digimon
    • WikiProject Yu-Gi-Oh!

Any article related to any of the various works of fiction (games, anime, manga, trading cards, etc.) in the Pokémon Universe. Here is the current list of all Pokémon articles.

• Improve the general standards of Pokémon articles, aiming for Good Article status in all of them.
• Get the list articles to featured list status.
• More work can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Pokémon/index

Article status

FA	GA	B	C	Start	Stub	FL	List	Category	Disambig	Draft	File	Portal	Project	Redirect	Template	NA	???
4	57	37	56	100	12	3	56	80	12	7	179	0	9	3,390	23	52	0

Detailed status table with Importance

• Pokémon articles by quality and importance
  Quality	Importance
  	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	Total
  FA		1	2	1		4
  FL	2			1		3
  GA	16	7	20	14		57
  B	7	6	15	9		37
  C	3	16	14	23		56
  Start		12	24	64		100
  Stub				12		12
  List	9	5	17	25		56
  Category					80	80
  Disambig					12	12
  File					179	179
  Project					9	9
  Redirect			3	9	3,378	3,390
  Template					23	23
  Other					7	7
  Assessed	37	47	95	158	3,688	4,025
  Total	37	47	95	158	3,688	4,025

Featured articles

• MissingNo.
• Pokémon Channel
• "Don't Say You Love Me (M2M song)"
• Raichu

Featured lists

• List of Mystery Dungeon video games
• List of Pokémon
• List of generation IX Pokémon

Good articles

Games

• Pokémon Sun and Moon
• Pokémon X and Y
• Pokémon Black and White
• Pokémon Colosseum
• Pokémon Crystal
• Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
• Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
• Pokémon Gold and Silver
• Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
• Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow
• Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
• Pokémon Sword and Shield
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass
• PETA satirical browser games

Other

• Ash Ketchum
• Larry (Pokémon)
• Nessa (Pokémon)
• "Pokémon, I Choose You!"
• Pokémon Apokélypse
• Wizards of the Coast

Species

• Bulbasaur
• Chandelure
• Charizard
• Delibird
• Ditto (Pokémon)
• Dracozolt, Arctozolt, Dracovish, and Arctovish
• Eevee
• Fuecoco
• Galarian Corsola
• Gengar
• Jigglypuff
• Kleavor
• Klefki
• Lucario
• Magikarp and Gyarados
• Mawile
• Mew (Pokémon)
• Mewtwo
• Mimikyu
• Mr. Mime
• Pikachu
• Popplio, Brionne, and Primarina
• Psyduck
• Slowpoke (Pokémon)
• Snorlax
• Sobble
• Sprigatito, Floragato, and Meowscarada
• Tinkaton
• Unown
• Voltorb
• Wooloo

Our ultimate goal

Taken from User:Captain Galaxy/PokémonSpeciesGT.

Pokémon species

59 articles

List of generation I Pokémon

List of generation II Pokémon

List of generation III Pokémon

List of generation IV Pokémon

List of generation V Pokémon

List of generation VI Pokémon

List of generation VII Pokémon

List of generation VIII Pokémon

List of generation IX Pokémon ^(subtopic)

Bulbasaur

Charizard

Squirtle

Butterfree

Pikachu

Raichu

Ninetales

Jigglypuff

Slowpoke

Psyduck

Haunter

Gengar

Voltorb

Cubone

Weezing

Mr. Mime

Jynx

Electabuzz

Pinsir

Magikarp and Gyarados

Ditto

Eevee

Snorlax

Mewtwo

Mew

MissingNo.

Typhlosion

Wooper

Unown

Delibird

Gardevoir

Mawile

Regi

Pachirisu

Garchomp

Lucario

Zoroark

Chandelure

Klefki

Popplio, Brionne, and Primarina

Mimikyu

Meltan

Sobble

Wooloo

Galarian Corsola

Dracozolt, Arctozolt, Dracovish, and Arctovish

Kleavor

Sprigatito, Floragato, and Meowscarada

Fuecoco

Tinkaton

Article Alerts and Recent changes

Articles for deletion

• 02 Nov 2024 – Delibird (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Hemiauchenia (t · c) was closed as keep by Liz (t · c) on 09 Nov 2024; see discussion (11 participants)

Categories for discussion

• 14 Nov 2024 – Category:Pokémon species introduced in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Web-julio (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Nov 2024 – Category:Pokémon species introduced in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Web-julio (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Nov 2024 – Category:Pokémon species introduced in Pokémon Sword and Shield (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Web-julio (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Nov 2024 – Category:Pokémon species introduced in Pokémon Red and Blue (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Web-julio (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Nov 2024 – Category:Pokémon species by game (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Web-julio (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Nov 2024 – Category:Pokémon species introduced in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Web-julio (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Nov 2024 – Category:Pokémon species introduced in Pokémon Gold and Silver (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Web-julio (t · c); see discussion

Featured list candidates

• 29 Oct 2024 – Pokémon episodes removed from rotation (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Pokelego999 (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 12 Nov 2024 – Regi (Pokémon) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Pokelego999 (t · c); start discussion
• 24 Oct 2024 – Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Pokelego999 (t · c); start discussion
• 02 Oct 2024 – Haunter (Pokémon) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Kung Fu Man (t · c); start discussion
• 27 Sep 2024 – Pokémon Heroes (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Pokelego999 (t · c); start discussion
• 13 Aug 2024 – Pokémon Concierge (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Pokelego999 (t · c); start discussion

Featured article reviews

• 12 Feb 2024 – Pokémon Channel (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by Vrxces (t · c); see discussion

List of abbreviations (help):

D

Edit made at Wikidata

r

Edit flagged by ORES

N

New page

m

Minor edit

b

Bot edit

(±123)

Page byte size change

16 November 2024

• diffhist Talk:MissingNo. 02:24 +224 Web-julio talk contribs (→Pronounciation: Reply) Tag: Reply

15 November 2024

• Deletion log 20:02 Graeme Bartlett talk contribs undeleted page Talk:Lavender Town (2 revisions) (Undeleted together with the associated page with reason: 2005-Fan requested history)

14 November 2024

• diffhist Talk:Gameplay of Pokémon 23:46 +796 Pokelego999 talk contribs (Notice of Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 November 14#Confusing Pokémon Redirects (via MassXfD.js))
• diffhist Talk:Gameplay of Pokémon 23:42 +778 Pokelego999 talk contribs (Notification: listing of Blaze (Pokemon) at WP:Redirects for discussion.) Tag: Twinkle
• diffhist m Talk:Atsuko Nishida 22:50 −11 Tom.Reding talk contribs (→top: -dup blp params; cleanup) Tag: AWB
• diffhist Talk:Detective Pikachu (film) 21:27 +46 Dimadick talk contribs
• diffhist Talk:Detective Pikachu (film) 21:26 +22 Dimadick talk contribs

13 November 2024

• diffhist Talk:Pokémon fan games 16:41 +1,032 Pokelego999 talk contribs (→Pokémon Essentials Merge Discussion: Reply) Tag: Reply
• diffhist Talk:Pokémon fan games 16:09 +426 Zxcvbnm talk contribs (→Pokémon Essentials Merge Discussion)

12 November 2024

• diffhist Talk:Regi (Pokémon) 17:58 +234 Pokelego999 talk contribs
• diffhist Talk:Alolan Forms 17:41 −47 (Oinkers42) talk contribs (Added Characters task force)
• diffhist N Talk:Paldean Forms 17:40 +183 (Oinkers42) talk contribs (Created Talk page)
• diffhist N Talk:Hisuian Forms 17:40 +183 (Oinkers42) talk contribs (Created Talk page)
• diffhist Talk:Galarian Forms 17:39 −47 (Oinkers42) talk contribs (Added Characters task force)
• diffhist Talk:Pokémon fan games 16:43 +1,486 Pokelego999 talk contribs (→Pokémon Essentials Merge Discussion: new section) Tag: New topic

11 November 2024

• diffhist m Talk:Pokémon Legends: Arceus 13:31 −161 Sergecross73 talk contribs (Reverted edit by 139.135.241.249 (talk) to last version by Blaze Wolf) Tag: Rollback
• diffhist Talk:Pokémon Legends: Arceus 13:27 +161 139.135.241.249 talk (→can you give me delta?: new section) Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit New topic
• diffhist Talk:Gameplay of Pokémon 12:47 +885 Cogsan talk contribs (Notification: listing of Rare pokemon at WP:Redirects for discussion.) Tag: Twinkle

10 November 2024

• diffhist Talk:Pokémon Chronicles 08:28 −27,408 Paper Luigi talk contribs (archived old discussions) Tag: Replaced

9 November 2024

• diffhist Talk:Delibird 22:45 +74 Liz talk contribs (Old AFD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Delibird closed as keep (XFDcloser))

Participants

Here is a list of current participants of this project. If you wish to join, please add your username to the Active list in alphabetical order, using {{user}} (or {{admin}} if you're an Administrator). If you were previously a part of this WikiProject and your name is on the Inactive list, please remove it when you have added your name to the Active list.

Active

• BaldiBasicsFan (talk · contribs)
• Blaze Wolf (talk · contribs)
• Captain Galaxy (talk · contribs)
• Clovermoss (talk · contribs)
• Cogsan (talk · contribs)
• DecafPotato (talk · contribs)
• Fahad Ahmed Alanzi (talk · contribs)
• FerDeLancer (talk · contribs)
• Kung Fu Man (talk · contribs)
• M S Hassan (talk · contribs)
• Pokelego999 (talk · contribs)
• Sjones23 (talk · contribs)
• ThaFDA (talk · contribs)
• Thwaluigi (talk · contribs)
• TrademarkedTWOrantula (talk · contribs)
• XCBRO172 (talk · contribs)

Inactive

• 684pika (talk · contribs)
• ConcurrentState (talk · contribs)
• Fireball27141 (talk · contribs)
• Gnawdy6 (talk · contribs)
• Machibito (talk · contribs)
• PineappleWizard123 (talk · contribs)
• Pizzaplayer219 (talk · contribs)
• Schminnte (talk · contribs)
• Starmeeeee (talk · contribs)
• Tophattedd (talk · contribs)
• Youtuber Alex00max (talk · contribs)

Userbox

This user is a member of WikiProject Pokémon.

Members may add {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Pokémon/Userbox}} to any page in their userspace to transclude a userbox signifying their membership. Alternate colors are also available; see the documentation page for details.

Documentation and style

Templates and categories

Main page: Category:Pokémon templates

• Talk pages: {{WikiProject Pokémon}} - For generic Pokémon-related article talk pages.

• Articles: {{Nintendo-stub}} - For tagging stub Pokémon articles.

• Infoboxes: Wikipedia:WikiProject Pokémon/Pokémon species - Infobox for articles about a certain Pokémon. Depreciated template, preserved for historical reasons.

• Images
  • Category:Pokémon game covers - For cover art of video game boxes.
  • Category:Television-screenshots of Pokémon - For screenshots taken from the anime.
  • Category:Pokémon Trading Card Game images - For scanned images of cards from the trading card game.
  • Category:Pokémon lead images - For lead Pokémon images for Pokémon species articles

• Templates
  • {{Pokedex}} - Used for citing the Pokédex
  • {{Pokémon}} - A navigational point for the franchise

• User talk
  • {{Hcp2}} - For inviting new editors to join the Project.
  • {{Hcp}} - For welcoming editors who've just joined the Project.

• Barnstar
  • {{Barnstar Pokémon}}

		The Pokémon Barnstar
		I award this barnstar to Ash Ketchum for his great improvements of pages on Pokémon species. —Professor Oak

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