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  1. I’ve been continuing this work of tagging photos of historical markers in #WikimediaCommons and 8 months in, we’ve just tagged over 4000 photos with our #Lua-powered template.

    I did some analysis and I’m a bit surprised that the rate of tagging has been pretty consistent at ~500 photos per month! 📈👍️ I thought there would be diminishing returns by now, but maybe there are a few hundred more photos left to tag.

    #Wikimedia #OpenData #HistoricalMarkers #Philippines

  2. I’ve been continuing this work of tagging photos of historical markers in #WikimediaCommons and 8 months in, we’ve just tagged over 4000 photos with our #Lua-powered template.

    I did some analysis and I’m a bit surprised that the rate of tagging has been pretty consistent at ~500 photos per month! 📈👍️ I thought there would be diminishing returns by now, but maybe there are a few hundred more photos left to tag.

    #Wikimedia #OpenData #HistoricalMarkers #Philippines

  3. I’ve been continuing this work of tagging photos of historical markers in #WikimediaCommons and 8 months in, we’ve just tagged over 4000 photos with our #Lua-powered template.

    I did some analysis and I’m a bit surprised that the rate of tagging has been pretty consistent at ~500 photos per month! 📈👍️ I thought there would be diminishing returns by now, but maybe there are a few hundred more photos left to tag.

    #Wikimedia #OpenData #HistoricalMarkers #Philippines

  4. I’ve been continuing this work of tagging photos of historical markers in #WikimediaCommons and 8 months in, we’ve just tagged over 4000 photos with our #Lua-powered template.

    I did some analysis and I’m a bit surprised that the rate of tagging has been pretty consistent at ~500 photos per month! 📈👍️ I thought there would be diminishing returns by now, but maybe there are a few hundred more photos left to tag.

    #Wikimedia #OpenData #HistoricalMarkers #Philippines

  5. I’ve been continuing this work of tagging photos of historical markers in #WikimediaCommons and 8 months in, we’ve just tagged over 4000 photos with our #Lua-powered template.

    I did some analysis and I’m a bit surprised that the rate of tagging has been pretty consistent at ~500 photos per month! 📈👍️ I thought there would be diminishing returns by now, but maybe there are a few hundred more photos left to tag.

    #Wikimedia #OpenData #HistoricalMarkers #Philippines

  6. My latest article for Inquirer.net, the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, is now up! 🎉

    technology.inquirer.net/147036

    Here I talk about using technology to make a digital map and database of the #Philippines’ national historical markers using #Wikidata and #WikimediaCommons.

    #history #HistoricalMarkers #tootSEA #TechINQ

  7. My latest article for Inquirer.net, the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, is now up! 🎉

    technology.inquirer.net/147036

    Here I talk about using technology to make a digital map and database of the #Philippines’ national historical markers using #Wikidata and #WikimediaCommons.

    #history #HistoricalMarkers #tootSEA #TechINQ

  8. My latest article for Inquirer.net, the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, is now up! 🎉

    technology.inquirer.net/147036

    Here I talk about using technology to make a digital map and database of the #Philippines’ national historical markers using #Wikidata and #WikimediaCommons.

    #history #HistoricalMarkers #tootSEA #TechINQ

  9. My latest article for Inquirer.net, the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, is now up! 🎉

    technology.inquirer.net/147036

    Here I talk about using technology to make a digital map and database of the #Philippines’ national historical markers using #Wikidata and #WikimediaCommons.

    #history #HistoricalMarkers #tootSEA #TechINQ

  10. My latest article for Inquirer.net, the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, is now up! 🎉

    technology.inquirer.net/147036

    Here I talk about using technology to make a digital map and database of the #Philippines’ national historical markers using #Wikidata and #WikimediaCommons.

    #history #HistoricalMarkers #tootSEA #TechINQ

  11. I have finished editing an additional 50 photos, meaning I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 550 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭! 🎉

    You can browse through all 550 in #WikimediaCommons: w.wiki/H$RC

    And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: vaes9.com/posts/perspective_co

    Previous post: en.osm.town/@seav/116136396984

  12. I have finished editing an additional 50 photos, meaning I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 550 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭! 🎉

    You can browse through all 550 in #WikimediaCommons: w.wiki/H$RC

    And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: vaes9.com/posts/perspective_co

    Previous post: en.osm.town/@seav/116136396984

  13. I have finished editing an additional 50 photos, meaning I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 550 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭! 🎉

    You can browse through all 550 in #WikimediaCommons: w.wiki/H$RC

    And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: vaes9.com/posts/perspective_co

    Previous post: en.osm.town/@seav/116136396984

  14. I have finished editing an additional 50 photos, meaning I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 550 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭! 🎉

    You can browse through all 550 in #WikimediaCommons: w.wiki/H$RC

    And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: vaes9.com/posts/perspective_co

    Previous post: en.osm.town/@seav/116136396984

  15. I have finished editing an additional 50 photos, meaning I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 550 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭! 🎉

    You can browse through all 550 in #WikimediaCommons: w.wiki/H$RC

    And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: vaes9.com/posts/perspective_co

    Previous post: en.osm.town/@seav/116136396984

  16. I have finished editing an additional 50 photos, meaning I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 500 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭! 🎉

    You can browse through all 500 in #WikimediaCommons: w.wiki/H$RC

    And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: vaes9.com/posts/perspective_co

    Previous post: en.osm.town/@seav/115452299371

  17. I have finished editing an additional 50 photos, meaning I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 500 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭! 🎉

    You can browse through all 500 in #WikimediaCommons: w.wiki/H$RC

    And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: vaes9.com/posts/perspective_co

    Previous post: en.osm.town/@seav/115452299371

  18. I have finished editing an additional 50 photos, meaning I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 500 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭! 🎉

    You can browse through all 500 in #WikimediaCommons: w.wiki/H$RC

    And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: vaes9.com/posts/perspective_co

    Previous post: en.osm.town/@seav/115452299371

  19. I have finished editing an additional 50 photos, meaning I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 500 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭! 🎉

    You can browse through all 500 in #WikimediaCommons: w.wiki/H$RC

    And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: vaes9.com/posts/perspective_co

    Previous post: en.osm.town/@seav/115452299371

  20. I have finished editing an additional 50 photos, meaning I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 500 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭! 🎉

    You can browse through all 500 in #WikimediaCommons: w.wiki/H$RC

    And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: vaes9.com/posts/perspective_co

    Previous post: en.osm.town/@seav/115452299371

  21. In #Wikimedia land, I created my first #Lua module in #WikimediaCommons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mod

    This module does all the heavy lifting for enhancing file pages of photos of #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭 with #Wikidata items. It provides a way to point to the Wikidata item about the marker and to show the actual text inscribed in the marker. This is all done by just adding the {{NHCP marker depicts inscription}} template. 🧵 1/3

    #OpenData #LinkedOpenData

  22. In #Wikimedia land, I created my first #Lua module in #WikimediaCommons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mod

    This module does all the heavy lifting for enhancing file pages of photos of #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭 with #Wikidata items. It provides a way to point to the Wikidata item about the marker and to show the actual text inscribed in the marker. This is all done by just adding the {{NHCP marker depicts inscription}} template. 🧵 1/3

    #OpenData #LinkedOpenData

  23. In #Wikimedia land, I created my first #Lua module in #WikimediaCommons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mod

    This module does all the heavy lifting for enhancing file pages of photos of #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭 with #Wikidata items. It provides a way to point to the Wikidata item about the marker and to show the actual text inscribed in the marker. This is all done by just adding the {{NHCP marker depicts inscription}} template. 🧵 1/3

    #OpenData #LinkedOpenData

  24. In #Wikimedia land, I created my first #Lua module in #WikimediaCommons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mod

    This module does all the heavy lifting for enhancing file pages of photos of #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭 with #Wikidata items. It provides a way to point to the Wikidata item about the marker and to show the actual text inscribed in the marker. This is all done by just adding the {{NHCP marker depicts inscription}} template. 🧵 1/3

    #OpenData #LinkedOpenData

  25. In #Wikimedia land, I created my first #Lua module in #WikimediaCommons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mod

    This module does all the heavy lifting for enhancing file pages of photos of #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭 with #Wikidata items. It provides a way to point to the Wikidata item about the marker and to show the actual text inscribed in the marker. This is all done by just adding the {{NHCP marker depicts inscription}} template. 🧵 1/3

    #OpenData #LinkedOpenData

  26. It took me longer than expected but I have finished editing an additional 50 photos meaning I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 450 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭! 🎉 I hope to complete 500 by the end of 2025.

    You can browse through all 450 in #WikimediaCommons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cat

    And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: vaes9.com/posts/perspective_co

  27. It took me longer than expected but I have finished editing an additional 50 photos meaning I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 450 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭! 🎉 I hope to complete 500 by the end of 2025.

    You can browse through all 450 in #WikimediaCommons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cat

    And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: vaes9.com/posts/perspective_co

  28. It took me longer than expected but I have finished editing an additional 50 photos meaning I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 450 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭! 🎉 I hope to complete 500 by the end of 2025.

    You can browse through all 450 in #WikimediaCommons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cat

    And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: vaes9.com/posts/perspective_co

  29. It took me longer than expected but I have finished editing an additional 50 photos meaning I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 450 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭! 🎉 I hope to complete 500 by the end of 2025.

    You can browse through all 450 in #WikimediaCommons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cat

    And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: vaes9.com/posts/perspective_co

  30. It took me longer than expected but I have finished editing an additional 50 photos meaning I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 450 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭! 🎉 I hope to complete 500 by the end of 2025.

    You can browse through all 450 in #WikimediaCommons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cat

    And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: vaes9.com/posts/perspective_co

  31. State of Delaware: Explore the Archives’ New Interactive Historical Markers Map. “The Delaware Public Archives is excited to announce the launch of an enhanced State of Delaware Historical Markers Map, now available on our website. … With just a few clicks, users can explore all the state’s official historical markers, discover detailed information about each site, and easily navigate to […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/16/state-of-delaware-explore-the-archives-new-interactive-historical-markers-map/

  32. State of Delaware: Explore the Archives’ New Interactive Historical Markers Map. “The Delaware Public Archives is excited to announce the launch of an enhanced State of Delaware Historical Markers Map, now available on our website. … With just a few clicks, users can explore all the state’s official historical markers, discover detailed information about each site, and easily navigate to […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/16/state-of-delaware-explore-the-archives-new-interactive-historical-markers-map/

  33. I rarely leave my neighborhood these days, so when the opportunity came last weekend to visit a town about 80 km from my home, I took a little detour to visit and take photos of the town’s only national historical marker.

    (Those who have been following me long enough know that documenting historical markers in #Wikidata and #WikimediaCommons is one of my niche interests.)

    wikidata.org/wiki/Q52144727

    #history #HistoricalMarkers

  34. I rarely leave my neighborhood these days, so when the opportunity came last weekend to visit a town about 80 km from my home, I took a little detour to visit and take photos of the town’s only national historical marker.

    (Those who have been following me long enough know that documenting historical markers in #Wikidata and #WikimediaCommons is one of my niche interests.)

    wikidata.org/wiki/Q52144727

    #history #HistoricalMarkers

  35. I rarely leave my neighborhood these days, so when the opportunity came last weekend to visit a town about 80 km from my home, I took a little detour to visit and take photos of the town’s only national historical marker.

    (Those who have been following me long enough know that documenting historical markers in #Wikidata and #WikimediaCommons is one of my niche interests.)

    wikidata.org/wiki/Q52144727

    #history #HistoricalMarkers

  36. I rarely leave my neighborhood these days, so when the opportunity came last weekend to visit a town about 80 km from my home, I took a little detour to visit and take photos of the town’s only national historical marker.

    (Those who have been following me long enough know that documenting historical markers in #Wikidata and #WikimediaCommons is one of my niche interests.)

    wikidata.org/wiki/Q52144727

    #history #HistoricalMarkers

  37. I rarely leave my neighborhood these days, so when the opportunity came last weekend to visit a town about 80 km from my home, I took a little detour to visit and take photos of the town’s only national historical marker.

    (Those who have been following me long enough know that documenting historical markers in #Wikidata and #WikimediaCommons is one of my niche interests.)

    wikidata.org/wiki/Q52144727

    #history #HistoricalMarkers

  38. Troy University: Wiregrass Archives launches interactive map for Alabama historical markers. “The Wiregrass Archives at Troy University-Dothan recently completed the Alabama Historical Marker Digital Enhancement Project, a grant-funded project that created a public-facing digital map for historical markers across the state. A partnership between the Alabama Historical Association Marker […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/02/troy-university-wiregrass-archives-launches-interactive-map-for-alabama-historical-markers/

  39. Troy University: Wiregrass Archives launches interactive map for Alabama historical markers. “The Wiregrass Archives at Troy University-Dothan recently completed the Alabama Historical Marker Digital Enhancement Project, a grant-funded project that created a public-facing digital map for historical markers across the state. A partnership between the Alabama Historical Association Marker […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/02/troy-university-wiregrass-archives-launches-interactive-map-for-alabama-historical-markers/

  40. Finally done processing an additional 50 photos meaning I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 400 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭! 🎉 I hope to complete 500 by the year’s end.

    You can browse through all 400 in #WikimediaCommons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cat

    And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: vaes9.com/posts/perspective_co

    Anyway, I have a backlog of around 140 photos with more on the way: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cat

  41. Finally done processing an additional 50 photos meaning I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 400 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭! 🎉 I hope to complete 500 by the year’s end.

    You can browse through all 400 in #WikimediaCommons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cat

    And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: vaes9.com/posts/perspective_co

    Anyway, I have a backlog of around 140 photos with more on the way: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cat

  42. Finally done processing an additional 50 photos meaning I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 400 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭! 🎉 I hope to complete 500 by the year’s end.

    You can browse through all 400 in #WikimediaCommons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cat

    And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: vaes9.com/posts/perspective_co

    Anyway, I have a backlog of around 140 photos with more on the way: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cat

  43. Finally done processing an additional 50 photos meaning I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 400 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭! 🎉 I hope to complete 500 by the year’s end.

    You can browse through all 400 in #WikimediaCommons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cat

    And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: vaes9.com/posts/perspective_co

    Anyway, I have a backlog of around 140 photos with more on the way: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cat

  44. Finally done processing an additional 50 photos meaning I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 400 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers of the #Philippines 🇵🇭! 🎉 I hope to complete 500 by the year’s end.

    You can browse through all 400 in #WikimediaCommons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cat

    And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: vaes9.com/posts/perspective_co

    Anyway, I have a backlog of around 140 photos with more on the way: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cat

  45. New-to-me, from The Dispatch (Mississippi): Historian captures state’s past, one marker at a time. “Every Saturday for two years, William ‘Brother’ Rogers hopped in the car, often with one or both of his sons, and set out across Mississippi, searching for history cast in metal. By 2016, Rogers had photographed every historic marker he knew of in all of Mississippi’s 82 counties…. Rogers […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/28/the-dispatch-mississippi-historian-captures-states-past-one-marker-at-a-time/

  46. #AlbanyNY served up about 47 #historicalmarkers in 1886 to celebrate the city charter's bicentennial. Shocking/not shocking that only one never made it to its intended destination – the one honoring Black citizens.

    The full story is here:

    hoxsie.org/2020/10/01/what-hap

    #BlackHistoryMonth #AlbanyHistory #BlackHistory #Albany #UpstateNY #UpstateNewYork

  47. #AlbanyNY served up about 47 #historicalmarkers in 1886 to celebrate the city charter's bicentennial. Shocking/not shocking that only one never made it to its intended destination – the one honoring Black citizens.

    The full story is here:

    hoxsie.org/2020/10/01/what-hap

    #BlackHistoryMonth #AlbanyHistory #BlackHistory #Albany #UpstateNY #UpstateNewYork

  48. #AlbanyNY served up about 47 #historicalmarkers in 1886 to celebrate the city charter's bicentennial. Shocking/not shocking that only one never made it to its intended destination – the one honoring Black citizens.

    The full story is here:

    hoxsie.org/2020/10/01/what-hap

    #BlackHistoryMonth #AlbanyHistory #BlackHistory #Albany #UpstateNY #UpstateNewYork

  49. #AlbanyNY served up about 47 #historicalmarkers in 1886 to celebrate the city charter's bicentennial. Shocking/not shocking that only one never made it to its intended destination – the one honoring Black citizens.

    The full story is here:

    hoxsie.org/2020/10/01/what-hap

    #BlackHistoryMonth #AlbanyHistory #BlackHistory #Albany #UpstateNY #UpstateNewYork

  50. #AlbanyNY served up about 47 #historicalmarkers in 1886 to celebrate the city charter's bicentennial. Shocking/not shocking that only one never made it to its intended destination – the one honoring Black citizens.

    The full story is here:

    hoxsie.org/2020/10/01/what-hap

    #BlackHistoryMonth #AlbanyHistory #BlackHistory #Albany #UpstateNY #UpstateNewYork

  51. 3) The other larger project we'll do in Intro to Public History involves #HistoricalMarkers.

    Students will learn a bit about historical markers, where they come from, some of the discussion about their uses and abuses, etc. Then, they'll study historical markers in our specific region and consider them in terms of historical representation and narrative.

    With that background, they'll be invited to either revise a group of current markers or to create a new set of historical markers around a particular event or theme in local history.

    If all goes well, they'll do some sort of digital tour to bring their markers to life.

    This is inspired, in part, by Delia Fernandez-Jones' Latinx Historical Markers project, which you can learn more about here:

    deliafernandezjones.com/latinx

    #Histodons #PublicHistory #Teaching #AcademicMastodon

  52. 3) The other larger project we'll do in Intro to Public History involves #HistoricalMarkers.

    Students will learn a bit about historical markers, where they come from, some of the discussion about their uses and abuses, etc. Then, they'll study historical markers in our specific region and consider them in terms of historical representation and narrative.

    With that background, they'll be invited to either revise a group of current markers or to create a new set of historical markers around a particular event or theme in local history.

    If all goes well, they'll do some sort of digital tour to bring their markers to life.

    This is inspired, in part, by Delia Fernandez-Jones' Latinx Historical Markers project, which you can learn more about here:

    deliafernandezjones.com/latinx

    #Histodons #PublicHistory #Teaching #AcademicMastodon

  53. 3) The other larger project we'll do in Intro to Public History involves #HistoricalMarkers.

    Students will learn a bit about historical markers, where they come from, some of the discussion about their uses and abuses, etc. Then, they'll study historical markers in our specific region and consider them in terms of historical representation and narrative.

    With that background, they'll be invited to either revise a group of current markers or to create a new set of historical markers around a particular event or theme in local history.

    If all goes well, they'll do some sort of digital tour to bring their markers to life.

    This is inspired, in part, by Delia Fernandez-Jones' Latinx Historical Markers project, which you can learn more about here:

    deliafernandezjones.com/latinx

    #Histodons #PublicHistory #Teaching #AcademicMastodon