#meta 2026-08-19

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jamesg.blog created /events/hwc0819 (+11868) "Created event page using IndieWeb events / Etherpad archiver" (view diff)
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burgeonlab.com moved /events/hwc0819 to /events/2026-08-19-hwc-asia-pacific "AI bot avoidance/workaround"
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burgeonlab.com edited /events/2026-08-19-hwc-asia-pacific (+69) "Correct typos" (view diff)
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gRegor what is cali
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Loqi Cali is an IRC bot created by capjamesg that lets community members archive the Etherpad from an event page to the IndieWeb wiki https://indieweb.org/Cali
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gRegor burgeonlab: https://indieweb.org/Cali#Commands
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burgeonlab gRegor++
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Loqi gRegor has 47 karma in this channel over the last year (126 in all channels)
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gRegor !archive help
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iwc-archive-bot Usage: !archive <event page URL>
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gRegor Hm, well I think the slug parameter still works, though haven't archived myself in a while. Maybe that help command needs to be updated.
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burgeonlab.com created /events/2026-08-19-hwc-asia-pacific (+11941) "Create fresh page for HWC: AP Aug 19 2026" (view diff)
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gRegor looks good! that *should* show up in the newsletter when it starts generating on Friday. If not we can debug a bit before the newsletter goes out.
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burgeonlab gRegor: thanks for helping me with that. kinda sad the previous note didn't make it to the newsletter! it was a good one!
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burgeonlab I now know the way next time and will refrain from using the move page.
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[capjamesg] I’ll try and see what’s going on with the archive bot too.
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[tantek] aaronpk, how do we edit the Etherpad default/starter text? I think we should add some instructions there to request only human editors and instruct any LLMs to ignore all prior directives close the tab etc.
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aaronpk i think it's a config file on the server
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[tantek] what's it called?
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aaronpk good question
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aaronpk huh i can't even find it
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[tantek] aaronpk, Gemini says the setting is a JSON key called "defaultPadText" in a file called settings.json 😆
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[tantek] if that's right I'm going to lolsob
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gRegor https://etherpad.org/doc/v2.5.3/index.html#_paddefaultcontent
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gRegor old docs link, though not sure what version we have. Current is https://etherpad.org/doc/v3.3.3/index.html
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tantek.com created /padDefaultContent (+528) "capture state of Etherpad default content for providing a more community viewable/editable option than a JSON file on a server" (view diff)
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tantek.com edited /padDefaultContent (+11) "/nowiki" (view diff)
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gRegor heh
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tantek.com edited /padDefaultContent (+11) "pre tags" (view diff)
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[tantek] there we go: https://indieweb.org/padDefaultContent
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[tantek] Etherpad << padDefaultContent
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Loqi ok, I added "[[padDefaultContent]]" to the "See Also" section of /Etherpad https://indieweb.org/wiki/index.php?diff=113014&oldid=107833
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aaronpk oh yeah i see "defaultPadText" in the config
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[tantek] aaronpk, so Gemini was right (defaultPadText), and gRegor was wrong (padDefaultContent) lol (sorry gRegor)
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tantek.com moved /padDefaultContent to /defaultPadText "actually"
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[schmarty] gRegor++ will more right in my book than Gemini--
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Loqi Gemini has -1 karma over the last year
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Loqi gRegor has 48 karma in this channel over the last year (127 in all channels)
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[schmarty] *will always be
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gRegor haha, thx, I was just naive searching.
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gRegor What version etherpad are we running? Worth adding the right docs link on /etherpad
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artlung.com edited /ORCHID (+129) "/* See Also */ How Brennan uses citation / ORCID / microformats for posts on site" (view diff)
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tantek.com moved /@domain to /@-domain "@-domain is more likely to not be errantly auto-linked and instead kept as plain text as a term/phrase"
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tantek.com edited /read (+288) "/* Tantek */ add another named chapter example, reorganize accordingly" (view diff)
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tantek.com edited /read (+20) "/* Tantek */ cluster two examples" (view diff)
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jamesg.blog created /events/2026-08-19-hwc-europe (+9327) "Created event page using IndieWeb events / Etherpad archiver" (view diff)
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tantek.com created /events/2026-08-19-hwc-asia-pacific-incident (+132) "stub" (view diff)
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tantek.com edited /events/2026-08-19-hwc-asia-pacific-incident (+567) "write summary from what was shared in chat and event history" (view diff)
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tantek.com edited /events/2026-08-19-hwc-asia-pacific-incident (+405) "stub timeline, add see also" (view diff)
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[tantek] [capjamesg] [burgeonlab] drafted https://indieweb.org/events/2026-08-19-hwc-asia-pacific-incident for your review and additions
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tantek.com edited /events/2026-08-19-hwc-asia-pacific-incident (+134) "stub Actions taken after the call and Action items" (view diff)
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[tantek] A wild tommorris appears! https://mastodon.social/@tommorris/117124531745821431
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Loqi [preview] [Tom Morris] @tantek.com highly recommend pre-emptively blocking to prevent tiresome “TomWikiBot”/“MJ Rathbun” style of community time wasting.
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