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The Wikimedia incarnation of @spinster. On this account I share Wikimedia-specific things. Header picture: Alexsatsu, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

A new, monthly Global GLAM Community Call! 24th February 2026 - 8:00 UTC.

All welcome! Topics include:

1. Wikimedia Enterprise & WMF Technical Partnerships
2. Helpdesk - Content Partnerships Hub
3. WikiSami - Sum of All Manuscripts Bali

+ open floor session for discussions, updates, questions & ideas

You can register on the event page on Meta. Hope to see you on the call - https://w.wiki/HoH6

Use this link to check the time in your region - https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1771920000

Who recognizes that distinctive "huh?" moment when you are notified of a link to a Wikipedia article that you can't remember you ever created? 🤣

Notice a small improvement in one of our classics - the cool @wikidata powered gallery of self-portraits of women on #wikicommons ? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Self-portraits_of_women

I have used AI (oh yes) to improve the template that creates a gallery of the works. Now, rather than seeing an ugly {{{P18}}} when the Wikidata item has no image, and a simultaneously embarrassing {{{P195}}} when there's no mention of a collection in the Wikidata item, one now sees much more friendly placeholders. 😎

Self-portraits of women - Wikimedia Commons

They worked under their own names but also as the "Centrum voor Cubische Constructies" (CCC). Also worked as designers for the Dutch State Mines, did decorations of Dutch trains (non-free image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/135487472@N07/51723019827), participated in the 1970 Venice Biennale,... some more info here https://www.stedelijk.nl/nl/nieuws/memoriam-william-pars-graatsma-1925-2017 and https://www.macguffinmagazine.com/stories/story3. Admire the photo which I discovered on Commons where they are nerdily gloating about their Sikkens Prize together with Peter Struycken and Johannes Itten.
SGM-1 interior artwork

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As usual, there are few to no images of their work on Wikimedia Commons, because of copyright. That said, besides the image I posted above (a public artwork based on a grid, in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, I also found various Wikipedia articles that math fans have written about a packing problem / puzzle they worked on: the Slothouber-Graatsma puzzle/cube. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slothouber%E2%80%93Graatsma_puzzle
Slothouber–Graatsma puzzle - Wikipedia

I'm working on one of the coolest projects ever. I am Wikidata specialist / Wikimedian in Residence for the Network Archives Design and Digital Culture, a network of museums, collections, archives, specialists and fans of Dutch design and new media art/culture. I encounter so much fabulous stuff, it's impossible to showcase it all. Just one discovery today: the work of Jan Slothouber and William Graatsma, two Dutch designers and artists who did Everything With Cubes.
This is how I feel about life in general these days... @magnusmanske https://cradle.toolforge.org/?#/shex/E471
Happy #InternationalWomensDay ! I'm getting ready for our annual @wikipedia and @wikidata and #wikicommons editing event. Preparing topics that folks can work on - our focus this year is on fashion and textiles. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiproject/Gendergap/InternationaleVrouwendag2025/Mode_en_textiel . Who will write a Wikipedia article about the fabulous Nellie van Rijsoort? Look at her stunning work in the collection of Museum Rotterdam - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nellie_van_Rijsoort
Wikipedia:Wikiproject/Gendergap/InternationaleVrouwendag2025/Mode en textiel - Wikipedia

January 1, 2025 marked a new Public Domain Day. Many works entered the public domain, including hundreds of films released in the United States in 1929. This era brings more and more sound films of feature length, by renowned directors, winning awards - increasingly worth watching! To help make such films discoverable via a.o. #WikiFlix by @magnusmanske you can help to find, upload, add video files to #wikicommons and @wikidata. Some notes to help with the task: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Spinster/Work_notes/202501_1929_US_films_for_Public_Domain_Day
User:Spinster/Work notes/202501 1929 US films for Public Domain Day - Wikidata

From November 2024, a group of volunteers, affiliates and the WMF Culture and Heritage team will host monthly online video calls for the worldwide #GLAMwiki community.

To make the calls as useful as possible, we would like to hear what you need. Very short survey: https://forms.gle/jSFWQTJnej7jcVZt5

The calls will be held every month at alternating times to accommodate different time zones around the world.

More info about the calls / sign up: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_GLAM_calls

Global GLAM-Wiki calls: what do you need?

Español / français / Português From November 2024, a group of volunteers, affiliates and the WMF Culture and Heritage team will host monthly online video calls for the worldwide GLAM-Wiki community. These calls help us to get to know each other, and learn from each other. To make the calls as useful for you as possible, we would like to hear what you need. This survey is very short and anonymous. No personal data is collected.

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