rglullis

Can you describe how (if?) the flair part integrates with AP?

I'm downvoting because this community doesn't feel like the right place for any type of meta-discussion.

An oversimplification: wikidata is a graph database where people edit semantic triples (subject, predicate, object) instead of text articles.

One could argue that the Fediverse is itself a graph database that anyone could edit, though current implementations are mostly focused on taking this abstract data and putting a usable shell that resembles specific applications.

Is every entry on a ibis an as:Article object? Could it be generalized for any type of Linked Data? This would make it possible to not only have a federated wikipedia but the whole wikidata project.

I'd guess that whoever would be willing to give you copies of legal documents just to join an "exclusive" instance would also be okay with contributing a few bucks per month to pay for its costs.

Why do you want to run an instance for that many people? Do you have 1000 people already, or is that just a number that you decided to work with? Why would people be interested in joining an instance with less functionality than the bigger ones?

Also: does it have to be Mastodon, or would you consider other alternatives? Pleroma and GoToSocial would be a lot easier to manage.

Hey, just wanted to thank you for bringing up the issue with the portal at alien.top. I updated both the portal and the lemmy instance now, should be working again.

1. Go to Wikidata. Create an account if you don't have one.
2. Search for the person.
3. Find the "Add Statement" button (all the way on the bottom of the list of statements)
4. For property, select "Mastodon User" (you start typing it, it will show up in the dropdown).
5. Add the mastodon handle (without the first @ sign)
6. Submit.

This is totally a display of form over function.

The main issue for newcomers is the paradox of choice, and unless you are some exceptional case you'll end up clicking more than one of the options and be facing a wall of options to choose from.

Also, what is the use case for recommending Emissary?

The confusion is yours: citizenship and nationality are equivalent terms. You might be thinking of residency status, which gives you the right to live and access to all of the welfare system, but does not make you a citizen, so you don't have the right, e.g., to vote for national elections nor gives you a Portuguese passport.

For the while, yes.

FYI: there is !toyota@gearhead.town. Maybe it would be better/nicer to use that one instead of being too specific?

I can make you a mod there too if you'd like.