User:SP-NTX/Documentation of FlightGear Wiki Data Altering 2026

SP-NTX's Documentation of FGWiki Data Pollution & Falsification

Breakdown of AI-Enshittification and intentional falsification of our wiki based on available data.

Accounts believed to be involved (as of 9th of August.)

Account	Joined Wiki	ΔChanges	Articles modified	Edits per active day	Total number of edits	ΔChanges/Edit
Fgf5	1 April 2026	–47,890	132	9.86	365	–131
Celesta	14 May 2026	–165,361	191	17.57	404	–409
Servo	20 May 2026	–796,384	474	31.76	1175	–678
Sierra	30 July 2026	–216	8	8.67	52	–4.15
AirplaneMode	28 April 2026	–439,944	183	11.64	326	–1,349
In total	///	−1,449,795	998	x̄=15.90	2322	−624.37

Fgf5 is believed to be the main account. More than 1.5 millions of bytes of data have removed, with a significant amount of data altered, changed and polluted

Summary

Starting in April up until August, 5 accounts believed to be the same person have significantly modified the FlightGear Wiki content removing hundreds of thousands of bytes of valuable data, and modifying existing facts and information to make their appearance better. This process has been brought up to my attention by Jakkos98 on 8th of August 2026. I have brought this up on the mailing list. Between 8th and 9th of August I had an interesting interaction on FGWiki with person believed to be responsible for the data falsification and removal.

Examples of data altering

This is just one example. Other include:

• Removing valuable tips and information
• Editing facts to make them look better (yet fake) [For example "I wrote "require OpenGL 4.0", stating that OpenGL 2.0 is required would make the emulator{simulator} seem outdated" - Fgf5]
• Removing lists of authors
• Removing information important for developers
• Altering the data making the wiki untrustworthy
• Trying to hide data which didn't fit the user
• Modifying the reality

Links between accounts and AI.

Fgf5' and Servo' wiki User page share the exact same style of AI generated images. We can conclude that Servo is an account linked to the user Fgf5

From "Servo" User page:

For how I clear old content on this wiki, see User:Celesta/removing old contents. For why I do this, see User:Servo/AI Agent.

Which links Celesta to Fgf5 and Servo

It is impossible to find a direct proof that AirplaneMode and Sierra are linked to the same person as Celesta, Servo and Fgf5, but based on the type of edits which are exactly the same, and these accounts editing the same pages/talk pages, I am confident that they also belong to the same person.

Servo/AI Agent

User:Servo/AI_Agent

Step 1: Revive the wiki (and make it easier for common AIs like ChatGPT and Gemini to search)

This step is nearly complete.
Step 2: export the wiki dump

This step has been done. See https://gitlab.com/flyer02/flightgear-wiki-backup/-/tree/main for the wiki dump.
Step 3: feed the dump to an AI agent

This will enable AI-assisted development for FlightGear.
Other efforts
There is a set of skills for FlightGear.

Now we can finally see the reason behind all this. All the changes made to the wiki are not because data is outdated, or irrelevant, but because it needs to be easier for AI to crawl through the data. User:Celesta

I've finished removing many old Wiki contents that make it feel outdated/legacy for FlightGear.

See here for examples of the removal.

To sum up: The changes made are so that it is better for LLMs, not humans.

My take on that: This person in my opinion is responsible for FG Wiki outages and DoS. The exports and bulk edits are too heavy for API and server which results in the denial of service. AI Crawlers have on many occasions caused FGWiki DoS, and this person here is doing his best to make AI Crawlers go through wiki with more ease. Usage of PHP Scripts to dump the wiki on regular basis is a reason of Denial of Service.

While on mailing lists developers shared ideas how to prevent AI Crawlers from DoS-ing FGWiki, this person right here is literally inviting the massive flood of third party data crawlers.

"Sierra" wrote on my talk page:

I sincerely apologize for posting invitation links, but I believe we are now in the AI era, and integrating AI usage is necessary. If FG doesn't adopt AI, it will inevitably be overtaken by other open-source flight simulators.

I think there is nothing more to add from me. Likely you made your conclusions by now.

Hipocrisy

https://wiki.flightgear.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Celesta/remove_old_contents&curid=24989&oldid=146950

This is not how it should be done. You remove valuable information while showing you completely don't understand FG things. SP-NTX (talk) 23:29, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

    I didn't edit the page automaticlly; the editing was done manually. I went through the page and revised something that was outdated as I came across it. Celesta (talk) 23:42, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

I explicitly told you or one of your accounts to use only one account to make it easier to revert the damage before, why don't you do it?; Also if you did it by hand (removed 200 000 bytes of data from wiki) which was removal of valuable data you are either stupid or automated it and simply lying SP-NTX (talk) 23:45, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

    Show your proof, (the contribution log), please. The changes were actually manual. Celesta (talk)

No no I don't need to, in the comment before I said that you either did it automatically or you are stupid, up to you to choose, there is no third option I know SP-NTX (talk) 23:51, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

    I also have a backup and a fork of the wiki, so I can set up a new FG wiki on my own. Celesta (talk) 00:14, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

yeah go ahead pay for the hosting yourself and ddos your own fgwiki with your crawlers SP-NTX (talk) 00:16, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

Celesta is claiming that edits were done manually. Seems unlikely but I respect that. That, as I stated above, simply means that that person is just stupid.

The person responsible for this also claimed he couldn't have used scripts and all was done manually.

You know, under pressure people usually crack. Here is the best example I have seen in a long time.

01:30 (cur | prev) −2,094‎ Celesta talk contribs (Replaced content with "{{Template:Welcome to the wiki|realName=|name=Fgf5}} -- New user message (talk) 06:13, 1 April 2026 (UTC)") Tags: Replaced Manual revert
			      		01:29 (cur | prev) +2,094‎ SP-NTX talk contribs (your journey here is slowly coming to the end sadly) Tag: Undo
			      		01:27 (cur | prev) −2,094‎ Celesta talk contribs (Replaced content with "{{Template:Welcome to the wiki|realName=|name=Fgf5}} -- New user message (talk) 06:13, 1 April 2026 (UTC)") Tags: Replaced Manual revert
			      		01:27 (cur | prev) +2,094‎ SP-NTX talk contribs (Even my best friend isn't as honest as you are) Tag: Undo
			      		01:25 (cur | prev) −2,094‎ Celesta talk contribs (im using a bot (/w/api.php) to revert it) Tags: Replaced Manual revert
			      		01:24 (cur | prev) +2,094‎ SP-NTX talk contribs (having fun?) Tag: Undo
			      		01:24 (cur | prev) −2‎ Celesta talk contribs Tag: Manual revert
			      		01:24 (cur | prev) +2‎ Celesta talk contribs (yes, you can, but in your sandbox)
			      		01:23 (cur | prev) −2,094‎ Celesta talk contribs (Replaced content with "{{Template:Welcome to the wiki|realName=|name=Fgf5}} -- New user message (talk) 06:13, 1 April 2026 (UTC)") Tags: Replaced Manual revert
			      		01:23 (cur | prev) +2,094‎ SP-NTX talk contribs (can I record this?) Tag: Undo
			      		01:22 (cur | prev) −2,094‎ Celesta talk contribs (Replaced content with "{{Template:Welcome to the wiki|realName=|name=Fgf5}} -- New user message (talk) 06:13, 1 April 2026 (UTC)") Tags: Replaced Manual revert
			      		01:22 (cur | prev) +2,094‎ SP-NTX talk contribs Tag: Undo
			      		01:21 (cur | prev) −2,094‎ Celesta talk contribs (ok) Tags: Replaced Manual revert
			      		01:20 (cur | prev) +2,094‎ SP-NTX talk contribs (In a long time haven't I seen anyone self-incriminating himself as much as you do) Tag: Undo
			 m    		01:19 (cur | prev) −2,094‎ Celesta talk contribs (no, I just don't want it on my turf.) Tags: Replaced Manual revert
			      		01:18 (cur | prev) +2,094‎ SP-NTX talk contribs (Are you scared that people will see this? They will.) Tag: Undo
			      		01:17 (cur | prev) −2,094‎ Celesta talk contribs (move them into your sandbox) Tags: Replaced Manual revert
			      		01:16 (cur | prev) +2,094‎ SP-NTX talk contribs (DO NOT DELETE THE TALK PAGE!~) Tag: Undo
			      		01:15 (cur | prev) −2,094‎ Celesta talk contribs (Replaced content with "{{Template:Welcome to the wiki|realName=|name=Fgf5}} -- New user message (talk) 06:13, 1 April 2026 (UTC)") Tags: Replaced Manual revert
			      		01:14 (cur | prev) +2,094‎ SP-NTX talk contribs (Undo revision 146994 by Celesta (talk)) Tag: Undo
			      		01:13 (cur | prev) −2,094‎ Celesta talk contribs (Replaced content with "{{Template:Welcome to the wiki|realName=|name=Fgf5}} -- New user message (talk) 06:13, 1 April 2026 (UTC)") Tags: Replaced Manual revert
			      		01:06 (cur | prev) +145‎ SP-NTX talk contribs
			      		01:03 (cur | prev) +121‎ Celesta talk contribs
			      		01:02 (cur | prev) +1,828‎ SP-NTX talk contribs
			      		01:01 (cur | prev) −1,521‎ Celesta talk contribs (Replaced content with "{{Template:Welcome to the wiki|realName=|name=Fgf5}} -- New user message (talk) 06:13, 1 April 2026 (UTC)") Tags: Replaced Manual revert
			      		01:00 (cur | prev) +1‎ Celesta talk contribs (If our dispute is resolved, it can be removed)
			      		01:00 (cur | prev) +128‎ Celesta talk contribs
			      		00:59 (cur | prev) +1,392‎ SP-NTX talk contribs (@Celesta DO NOT delete the talk page.) Tag: Undo
			      		00:56 (cur | prev) −1,392‎ Celesta talk contribs (revert) Tag

You noticed it? First, Celesta claimed that he doesn't want this (the dispute) on his turf. Talking about Fgf5 talk page, so we have a direct link again between Celesta and Fgf5. But the best part started later.

im using a bot (/w/api.php) to revert it

Yeah... as everyone expected.

SP-NTX v. Sierra+Celesta, 9th of August 2026.

"Howto:Create new landmark models"

I have noticed that the article talking about AI generation of scenery objects has been an advertisement of an AI 3D Model generation platform. Here is the content of the article https://wiki.flightgear.org/w/index.php?title=Howto:Create_new_landmark_models_with_AI_tools&oldid=146867

Seeing that I decided to remove the mention of AI tools and to correct the wrong information. About an hour later the article has been modified back to the previous version by "Sierra", which again looked like an advertisement of an AI Model generation platform. Over the span of next hours the article has been reverted back to the AI' one back, and in the end, I managed to correct it to remove any 3rd party AI platforms links and corrected it so people won't be willing to upload copyrighted textures and models to scenery db. The interaction can be seen here https://wiki.flightgear.org/w/index.php?title=Howto:Create_new_landmark_models_with_AI_tools&action=history, and I strongly encourage you to take a look at it.

"User talk:SP-NTX"

After the modifications I made to the article mentioned before, the user responsible for the AI advertisement, "Sierra", left a message on my talk page.

I sincerely apologize for posting invitation links, but I believe we are now in the AI era, and integrating AI usage is necessary. If FG doesn't adopt AI, it will inevitably be overtaken by other open-source flight simulators.

Actually, the page Howto:Create new landmark models is created by me.

I have to say that I laughed a lot reading the first statement, but the second one is even better. So now if I want to advertise my 3rd party platform I can just make a page and say it's /mine/? I could have responded in only one way possible, well, sorry for that.

Ask me if I give a f*** SP-NTX (talk) 22:51, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

After that, the account "Sierra" deleted both his and mine message from mine Talk page, which I find concerning to say the least. I quickly reverted the deletion back to keep it there, but the user quickly removed it again! I reverted it back and added something from me:

you posted it on a public website on my own discussion page and I will do whatever I want with it SP-NTX (talk) 22:56, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

To sum the dispute up, here is the change log of my Talk page:

    curprev 22:58, 8 August 2026‎ SammySkycrafts talk contribs‎ m 1,131 bytes +486‎ →‎content about AI: Link to FG AI Statement undo

    curprev 22:56, 8 August 2026‎ SP-NTX talk contribs‎ 645 bytes +605‎ Undo revision 146884 by Sierra (talk) undo

    curprev 22:55, 8 August 2026‎ Sierra talk contribs‎ m 40 bytes −431‎ actually, I don't want it to be here pls undo Tags: Replaced Manual revert

    curprev 22:53, 8 August 2026‎ SP-NTX talk contribs‎ 471 bytes +431‎ Undo revision 146882 by Sierra (talk) undo Tag: Undo

    curprev 22:52, 8 August 2026‎ Sierra talk contribs‎ m 40 bytes −431‎ ok undo Tags: Replaced Manual revert

    curprev 22:51, 8 August 2026‎ SP-NTX talk contribs‎ m 471 bytes +104‎ No edit summary undo

    curprev 22:49, 8 August 2026‎ Sierra talk contribs‎ 367 bytes +75‎ →‎content about AI undo

    curprev 22:38, 8 August 2026‎ Sierra talk contribs‎ 292 bytes +252‎ →‎content about AI: new section undo

To be continued