#wikimediacommons — Public Fediverse posts

@opencage here is the missing attribution to the map creator, which is required by the copyright license:

Created by Eric Gaba (Wikimedia username Sting), licensed under GFDL 1.2 and CC BY-SA 3.0, 2.5, 2.0, 1.0

Commons user page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sting

Commons file page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Falkland_Islands_topographic_map-en.svg

#Wikimedia #WikimediaCommons #maps

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

The Prettiest White Flowers To Plant in Your Garden Now https://www.allforgardening.com/1872673/the-prettiest-white-flowers-to-plant-in-your-garden-now/ #DepositPhotos #garden #gardener #gardening #ImageCredit #PartialShade #WhiteFloweringPlants #WhiteFlowers #WikimediaCommons

The Prettiest White Flowers To Plant in Your Garden Now https://www.allforgardening.com/1872673/the-prettiest-white-flowers-to-plant-in-your-garden-now/ #DepositPhotos #garden #gardener #gardening #ImageCredit #PartialShade #WhiteFloweringPlants #WhiteFlowers #WikimediaCommons

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

https://technology.inquirer.net/147036/digitally-mapping-the-philippines-historical-markers

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

Longvilliers: Contribution à Commons et Wikisource - Actes notariés de Longvilliers (Yvelines), Le mercredi 3 juin 2026 de 18h00 à 20h00. https://www.agendadulibre.org/events/34910 #wikimediaCommons #wikisource #contribuer

Longvilliers: Contribution à Commons et Wikisource - Actes notariés de Longvilliers (Yvelines), Le dimanche 3 mai 2026 de 18h00 à 20h00. https://www.agendadulibre.org/events/34909 #wikimediaCommons #wikisource #contribuer

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: https://w.wiki/H$RC

And if you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: https://vaes9.com/posts/perspective_correction

Previous post: https://en.osm.town/@seav/116136396984757004

Longvilliers: Contribution à Commons et Wikisource - Actes notariés de Longvilliers (Yvelines), Le vendredi 3 avril 2026 de 18h00 à 20h00. https://www.agendadulibre.org/events/34904 #wikimediaCommons #wikisource #contribuer

RE: https://en.osm.town/@seav/115676050157631533

This #Lua module I created nearly four months ago is now used in just over 2000 historical marker photos in #WikimediaCommons! 🎉 This makes the photos hopefully a bit more useful.

List of photos: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:NHCP_marker_depicts_inscription&namespace=6&limit=500

#Wikimedia #OpenData #HistoricalMarkers #Philippines

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: https://w.wiki/H$RC

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

Previous post: https://en.osm.town/@seav/115452299371618892

Wikipedia “Edited” 2025 year in review, summarizing from Wikimedia XTools queries, and Wikipedia itself, curated manually for my personal site:

* 7 articles created (new personal best), with several firsts for me. In creation order:
  * "Take California" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_California) — first music related
  * "West Coast Health Alliance" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Health_Alliance) — first health related
  * "Northeast Public Health Collaborative" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Public_Health_Collaborative)
  * "RaptureTok" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RaptureTok) — first hashtag article
  * "Governors Public Health Alliance" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governors_Public_Health_Alliance)
  * "Stephanie D'Agostini" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_D%27Agostini) — first comedian
  * "Mic Drop Comedy" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mic_Drop_Comedy) — first comedy club

* 2 Category: articles created — first ever for me. In creation order:
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:2025_establishments_in_Hawaii
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:2025_establishments_in_Maryland

* 28 redirects created: https://xtools.wmcloud.org/pages/en.wikipedia.org/Tantek/all/onlyredirects

and

* 1 image uploaded to Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2025-12-11-stefdag.jpg?photo

In total:

* 272 edits (not counting User: page edits) across Wikipedia and Wikimedia commons
  * 229 main Wikipedia articles edits
  * 39 Talk: page edits
  * 2 Category: page edits (above-mentioned articles created)
  * 2 Wikipedia Commons edits
 
* 329 edits and contributions counting User: page edits: https://xtools.wmcloud.org/globalcontribs/Tantek/all///2025-12-31T01:36:35Z?limit=330

This is my first time posting a Wikipedia “Edited” year in review, despite having edited Wikipedia for 20+ years (https://tantek.com/2025/300/t20/wikipedia-editing-anniversary).

While this #indieweb version of a year in review was fun to make and look back on, since all the data is public, there’s an opportunity here for a service (perhaps another XTool) or open source project to create such a summary for any Wikipedia editor.

Beyond a nicer presentation than plain text lists and numbers, such a summary could include visuals like a graphs of some of these stats over time, like Wikipedia pages created or edits of various kinds each year.

Until then, I encourage everyone editing Wikipedia to make their own “Edited” (I made that up, feel free to pick a better term) year in review and post it on your personal site! Feel free to re-use any of the design or separation of numbers that I chose, or make up your own.


This is post 7 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts #yearInReview #Wikipedia #WikipediaEdited #Wikimedia #WikimediaCommons #XTools

← https://tantek.com/2026/006/t1/2025-people-projects-insights-creations
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In #Wikimedia land, I created my first #Lua module in #WikimediaCommons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Module:NHCP_marker_depicts_inscription

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

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: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Perspective_corrections_by_Eugene_Alvin_Villar

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

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.)

https://wikidata.org/wiki/Q52144727

#history #HistoricalMarkers

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: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Perspective_corrections_by_Eugene_Alvin_Villar

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

Anyway, I have a backlog of around 140 photos with more on the way: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:TODO_-_Needs_perspective_correction

Nancy: Atelier de contribution Wikipédia : les savants lorrains, Le samedi 16 novembre 2024 de 14h00 à 17h00. https://www.agendadulibre.org/events/31052 #wikipedia #wikimediaCommons #contribuer #histoire #rencontre #atelier

Not intending this to be a regular thing, but it took me another three months to process an additional 50 photos. I have now completed doing perspective corrections on 350 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers! 🎉

You can explore all 350 photos in this #WikimediaCommons category: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Perspective_corrections_by_Eugene_Alvin_Villar

If you’re curious how I am doing this, a slightly outdated process is on my blog: https://www.vaes9.com/posts/perspective_correction

Anyway, I still have a backlog of 150+ photos with more on the way: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:TODO_-_Needs_perspective_correction

Nancy: Cartes postales de la seconde Guerre Mondiale, Le samedi 12 octobre 2024 de 14h00 à 17h00. https://www.agendadulibre.org/events/30935 #wikipedia #wikimediaCommons #contribuer #histoire

Y aunque tuvimos algunos problemas técnicos... ¡publicados los vídeos de #esLibre2023!

Buena oportunidad para conocer temas interesantes sobre #SoftwareLibre, #HardwareLibre y #CulturaLibre 😎

Como siempre, en #WikimediaCommons con licencia libre #CreativeCommons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

🔗 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:EsLibre_2023