I made this bot so that users who want to provide a quick summary of the wikipedia article they linked to in their comment can do so just by including a mention of the bot in their comment, and the bot will reply to the comment with the summary.

Currently multiple wikipedia links are not supported.

bot: https://lemmy.world/u/wikibot

    • @wikibotB
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      29 months ago

      Here’s the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:

      Hello Internet is an audio podcast hosted by educational YouTube content creators Brady Haran and CGP Grey. The podcast debuted in 2014 and released 136 numbered episodes and 18 unnumbered episodes until February 2020, when the last episode was published. The podcast is currently indefinitely suspended and inactive. Listeners of the podcast are known as “Tims”. The episodes of the podcast are usually about the interests of the creators and the differences between the hosts’ lifestyles.

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    • asudoxOP
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      29 months ago

      I think bots like these should work without having to be mentioned since they’re so useful and unobtrusive.

      Could you elaborate further on that?

      • Nix
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        39 months ago

        Like itd be convenient if they worked whenever someone included a wiki link. So people didn’t have to remember to mention its username

          • Nix
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            39 months ago

            Ohh ok that’s fair. I just feel like barely anyone will remember to use it

            • asudoxOP
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              39 months ago

              That indeed was my concern when I discussed this with the user that suggested this mention-only setup and also in the long text I sent to the user in the convo I sent you.