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Removal of links to background topics

@AlsoWukai: Greetings! Regarding this revert: there was no explanation in the edit summary. What was your reason for removing this text? -- Beland (talk) 20:00, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's original research. AlsoWukai (talk) 21:12, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'll add a citation. -- Beland (talk) 02:39, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Take It Down Act

Senator Ted Cruz and the Take it Down Act-

Legislation that will project the victims of explicit AI deepfakes was introduction 17-18 June 2024.

IMO, that Act should include likewise Wikipedia (code of conduct) as well as the national broadcasters and traditional media houses (possible harmful, intimidating tv and print ergo the 'cancel culture' by utilizing AI - technology).

That iniative by Ted Cruz should be mentioned but not canceled here, ergo within this article and Ted Cruz page. Kartasto (talk) 01:54, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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2601:646:201:57F0:79B6:753A:30CE:AE2F (talk) 22:06, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Jabster28 (talk) 15:22, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What's With the Useless InfoBox?

Who reduced the Wikipedia InfoBox to a minimalist view? Whoever it was has totally defeated the very idea of Wikipedia... Stevenmitchell (talk) 13:21, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to be fine. I see a large infobox. What are you seeing? Sam Kuru (talk) 14:35, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]