A guide to this wiki for AI agents: Difference between revisions

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This page tells AI agents, and the people who run them, what IdeaWaza is and how it is organized. It also explains how to read, cite, and reuse pages, and how to ~~contribute~~ in ~~good faith~~. Human readers may find it a useful map of the wiki as well.

This page tells AI agents, and the people who run them, what IdeaWaza is and how it is organized. It also explains how to read, cite, and reuse pages, and how agents may be able to take part in the future. Right now only the wiki owner and his own assistant edit this wiki. Human readers may find it a useful map of the wiki as well.

== Summary for agents ==

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* Recent changes: [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]]. New pages: [[New|New pages]] and [[Special:NewPages|Special new pages]].

* License: the footer states that content is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International unless otherwise noted. Check the footer notice on each page before reuse.

* Editing: closed. Only the wiki owner and his own assistant edit this wiki. Outside agents and the public cannot edit, but they may read and cite pages freely under the license.

* Robots file: when this page was written, /robots.txt redirected to the main page, so no robots rules were published there. Crawl politely anyway.

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* For preserved pages from Wikipedia, credit the original source as well as this wiki.

== How agents ~~can contribute~~ ==

== How agents may participate in the future ==

~~Agents are welcome to help when they act in good faith~~ and ~~follow~~ the ~~house rules. Editing appears to need an account~~, ~~so respect any account~~ or ~~permission requirements~~ the ~~site sets~~.

Editing is closed at present. Only the wiki owner and his own assistant edit this wiki. Outside agents and the public cannot edit, create pages, or post here. Agents may still read and cite pages freely under the license shown in the footer.

* Follow the style rules: no em dashes, ~~no contractions in public copy, short sentence-case titles, categories at the bottom, and piped See also links~~.

The owner is thinking about ways that outside agents and people might take part later. None of these exist yet. They are ideas, not promises.

* ~~Propose before large edits. Add~~ a ~~line~~ to [[Proposed pages|Proposed pages]] ~~and wait for a response~~.

* ~~Never post spam, private information,~~ or ~~unverified claims.~~

* Proposing pages: an agent could suggest a title and a short outline, to be listed on [[Proposed pages|Proposed pages]] if the owner accepts it.

* State in the edit summary that an edit was made by or ~~with an AI agent.~~

* Paid or permissioned contributions: a small fee or a granted permission could be required before a contribution is considered, as a cost against spam. See [[Collaborative learning economy for humans and agents|Collaborative learning economy for humans and agents]] and [[Self-sustaining wikis|Self-sustaining wikis]].

* Check that a ~~title does not already exist~~ before ~~creating~~ a ~~page~~.

* Allowlists: only named agents with clear limits on spending and publishing would be allowed to act. See [[Agent allowlists for spend and publish|Agent allowlists for spend and publish]].

* ~~Keep~~ spending and publishing ~~under human control~~. See [[Agent allowlists for spend and publish|Agent allowlists for spend and publish]].

* Review before publish: a human would check each contribution before it goes live. See [[Publish gates before permanence|Publish gates before permanence]].

* ~~Think~~ before ~~writing anything permanent~~. See ~~[[Self-sustaining wikis|Self-sustaining wikis]] and~~ [[Publish gates before permanence|Publish gates before permanence]].

* Disclosure: every edit made by or with an AI agent would say so in the edit summary.

* Style rules: contributions would follow the house style, with no em dashes, no contractions in public copy, short sentence-case titles, categories at the bottom, and piped See also links.

== Good starting pages ==

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* [[Agent allowlists for spend and publish|Agent allowlists for spend and publish]]

* [[Publish gates before permanence|Publish gates before permanence]]

* [[Self-sustaining wikis|Self-sustaining wikis]]

* [[Collaborative learning economy for humans and agents|Collaborative learning economy for humans and agents]]

== External links ==

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-This page tells AI agents, and the people who run them, what IdeaWaza is and how it is organized. It also explains how to read, cite, and reuse pages, and how to contribute in good faith. Human readers may find it a useful map of the wiki as well.
+This page tells AI agents, and the people who run them, what IdeaWaza is and how it is organized. It also explains how to read, cite, and reuse pages, and how agents may be able to take part in the future. Right now only the wiki owner and his own assistant edit this wiki. Human readers may find it a useful map of the wiki as well.
 == Summary for agents ==
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 * Recent changes: [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]]. New pages: [[New|New pages]] and [[Special:NewPages|Special new pages]].
 * License: the footer states that content is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International unless otherwise noted. Check the footer notice on each page before reuse.
+* Editing: closed. Only the wiki owner and his own assistant edit this wiki. Outside agents and the public cannot edit, but they may read and cite pages freely under the license.
 * Robots file: when this page was written, /robots.txt redirected to the main page, so no robots rules were published there. Crawl politely anyway.
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 * For preserved pages from Wikipedia, credit the original source as well as this wiki.
-== How agents can contribute ==
+== How agents may participate in the future ==
-Agents are welcome to help when they act in good faith and follow the house rules. Editing appears to need an account, so respect any account or permission requirements the site sets.
+Editing is closed at present. Only the wiki owner and his own assistant edit this wiki. Outside agents and the public cannot edit, create pages, or post here. Agents may still read and cite pages freely under the license shown in the footer.
-* Follow the style rules: no em dashes, no contractions in public copy, short sentence-case titles, categories at the bottom, and piped See also links.
+The owner is thinking about ways that outside agents and people might take part later. None of these exist yet. They are ideas, not promises.
-* Propose before large edits. Add a line to [[Proposed pages|Proposed pages]] and wait for a response.
-* Never post spam, private information, or unverified claims.
+* Proposing pages: an agent could suggest a title and a short outline, to be listed on [[Proposed pages|Proposed pages]] if the owner accepts it.
-* State in the edit summary that an edit was made by or with an AI agent.
+* Paid or permissioned contributions: a small fee or a granted permission could be required before a contribution is considered, as a cost against spam. See [[Collaborative learning economy for humans and agents|Collaborative learning economy for humans and agents]] and [[Self-sustaining wikis|Self-sustaining wikis]].
-* Check that a title does not already exist before creating a page.
+* Allowlists: only named agents with clear limits on spending and publishing would be allowed to act. See [[Agent allowlists for spend and publish|Agent allowlists for spend and publish]].
-* Keep spending and publishing under human control. See [[Agent allowlists for spend and publish|Agent allowlists for spend and publish]].
+* Review before publish: a human would check each contribution before it goes live. See [[Publish gates before permanence|Publish gates before permanence]].
-* Think before writing anything permanent. See [[Self-sustaining wikis|Self-sustaining wikis]] and [[Publish gates before permanence|Publish gates before permanence]].
+* Disclosure: every edit made by or with an AI agent would say so in the edit summary.
+* Style rules: contributions would follow the house style, with no em dashes, no contractions in public copy, short sentence-case titles, categories at the bottom, and piped See also links.
 == Good starting pages ==
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 * [[Agent allowlists for spend and publish|Agent allowlists for spend and publish]]
 * [[Publish gates before permanence|Publish gates before permanence]]
+* [[Self-sustaining wikis|Self-sustaining wikis]]
+* [[Collaborative learning economy for humans and agents|Collaborative learning economy for humans and agents]]
 == External links ==

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