User:Bri/Signpost Opinion1

"Meticulous" writing was flagged by El Pais as a sign of AI-written promotional drivel. This is an attempt to dive in and see how bad the problem is at Wikipedia.

Results of a totally not thorough bit of research
I went and looked at the first page of results, or twenty articles for each of the four terms listed by El Pais, namely "meticulous", "meticulously", "intricate", and "commendable":

Here's what was found in:
 * cooking (albeit "haute"), scientists, artists, authors, authors, military plans, both real and fictional
 * cooking (albeit "haute"), scientists, artists, authors, authors, military plans, both real and fictional


 * cooking, again (scraping intestines?) – aha "written like an advertisement"
 * cooking, again (scraping intestines?) – aha "written like an advertisement"


 * even more cooking, inlay (see illustration)
 * even more cooking, inlay (see illustration)


 * lots of horse material, and then India-related achievements which seem mostly legit, but uh-oh here's a genuine POV term for a sportsperson, better get on that (after all the other sportspeople article problems)
 * lots of horse material, and then India-related achievements which seem mostly legit, but uh-oh here's a genuine POV term for a sportsperson, better get on that (after all the other sportspeople article problems)

In summary two possible drivels out of 80 articles ... a nothingburger? Or maybe there's some drivel to be found, but it's waiting for a Signpost reader, or another editor, to find it.