etraya | text | un: finch | subject: wikipedia addition

I've taken the liberty of using some points to request a static copy of Wikipedia be added to the network. For those unfamiliar, Wikipedia is an exhaustive collection of factual information compiled and verified by volunteers worldwide. You might consider it a digital version of the library. For further information, I recommend the Wikipedia article on Wikipedia. Notable features include: (1) It is uneditable to maintain the integrity of the source information. (2) You may, however, leave comments and participate in resulting forum-like conversations. (3) All pages with information possibly pertaining to a resident's personal history have been removed to ensure privacy. (4) This is a representative snapshot of Wikipedia from our collective source worlds where that is an internet-capable Earth. I'm told it's circa 2025 CE. I do not intend to offer assistance in utilizing this resource, but the companion bots have a digital literacy module and should be able to serve in that capacity if anyone has a need. Comments are left open for you to discuss amongst yourselves as desired. I will not be responding.

[ ooc: Feel free to start threads here about this development, or link to a Wikipedia page and indicate what your character would leave as a comment on it! Reply to one another! Do this any time, not just in this post! Snidely link others to Wiki articles instead of answering them sometimes! Note #3 is meant to indicate that fourth-walling is impossible from this.

Also, Harold wanted to disable comments, but Aurora disabled the disabling comments feature he tried to add. :( Anyway: Merry Christmas, Etraya! ]

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Wow.

There's really an article for everything.

[Accelerator is going to go ahead and stick a few links in a comment.

Internet slang
Text messaging
Instant messaging
Texting etiquette
Etiquette in technology
Glossary of 2020s slang
Trolling
"Don't trust anyone over 30"
Shitposting
OK boomer
Baby boomers]

Some of you need to read these. It was a fucking pain finding the Western equivalents for some of them, so be grateful.

Edited 2025-12-23 17:17 (UTC)

Gavle goat.
Well this explains a lot. While actually bringing up new questions.
Are the bots Swedish now?

Thanks, finch! I kept trying to remember what this was for weeks and there was no way to look this up until now. Happy holidays!!

Edited 2025-12-23 17:22 (UTC)

what about those of us who can't read?
and what's with all the pictures of old guys?

( says the guy using voice to text just to be a shit to the guy who says he's not going to help, but. )

Obviously they are? You can see the Aurora Borealis really easily in Scandinavia, and Aurora runs the Companion Bots, so, ergo, all of them all Swedish.

Shut up, you can read.

Let us start here and perhaps we can discern how this discovery of yours will affect the advancement of our mission.

Assuming you are able to understand the basics of quantum relativity.

shit really?
wish someone would have told me that sooner

You're reading right now!

there's a thing that reads out messages to you if you ask it to

Versed enough to know that much like the Schrödinger equation, the events simultaneously taking place right now is that you're goading me and making irrelevant statements. If you really want to talk to me in depth about subatomic particles, then I'll see you Thursday.

In the meanwhile, here's an article for you to study.

Perhaps. Regardless, I still fail to see how your discovery relates to our present circumstances.

A personal invitation. How kind of you.

As for your suggestion.