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Sam Wilson
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A Wikimedian from Fremantle, Western #Australia. I work for the #Wikimedia Foundation, and in my spare time am interested in local history and #genealogy, and write software that does stuff in those areas. I edit #OpenStreetMap and sometimes get away from the computer and into my #woodworking workshop.
Photos: Profile portrait is https://w.wiki/5yYs and profile banner is https://flic.kr/p/29K8KLh
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60 days ago•••
It's xmas evening, I'm supping on mince pies and brandy and waiting for the King to send me a message, and transcribing some old letters on Wikisource.
This one is from 1876, and says (maybe?) P.B.M.S.S on the corner. Does anyone have an idea of what this might say and mean?
#genealogy
76 days ago•••
The #Mozilla rebranding announcement says that the "green palette that is quintessential with nature and nonprofits that make it their mission to better the world, this is a nod to making the internet a better place for all."
I'm not sure the enviro movement is the first thing I think of when I see green text on black, with a blinking green text caret.
98 days ago•••
I wish #OpenStreetMap had a key for table vs counter service, because Australian cafés are really a bit inconsistent. I'm at a place here that seems to be going for the European approach of "table service but we'll ignore you for half an hour first, and don't even bother trying to pay when you order".
112 days ago•••
When the #InternetArchive is all good again I'm going to see if I can ask for all my uploaded items to have #torrent trackers so I can host local copies of them all. Am not quite sure how that works when you edit them, but I guess it's all groovy.
273 days ago•••
I've been in Europe for three weeks and hardly found any #OpenStreetMap things to edit at all — it's all just so complete (at least as far as this Aussie can tell; I'm sure locals have lots to add). The other day I did find a road that turned into a dirt track, so I've at least updated that! https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/151866062 #Salzburg
317 days ago•••
Only three weeks today till the 2024 Wikimedia Hackathon. I'm a bit excited. #wmhack
327 days ago•••
I've been wanting to add a similar (but Wikidata-powered) bibliography thing to my website. #staticSites
374 days ago•••
I can't believe SimplePie #RSS (PHP library) is still going strong — since 2006! It appears to still be a reasonable thing to use to parse news feeds.
436 days ago•••
New version of #Wikisource Export is released now.
It's not massive, but does change how the HTML is loaded before transformation into EPUB — so please do shout if you notice anything wrong! 😃
446 days ago•••
I wonder how many sites with a .wiki domain aren't actually wikis.
486 days ago•••
The new Edit Recovery feature for #MediaWiki is ready for very beta testing on the Beta Cluster, but do keep in mind that this is not even a beta release but more a beta beta, so be gentle. 😃
(This is a thing that I and the rest of my team have been working on for the last few weeks.)
487 days ago•••
The #Wikipedia citation template on the National Library of Australia's catalogue seems to be broken, it has every URL as just "h". For example: https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/6326406/citation
557 days ago•••
Paulina "allows you to search for people and find out if they have freely accessible works in the public domain."
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