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Abstract Wikipedia, James Forrester – #368

This is a special episode about Abstract Wikipedia with James Forrester, Principal Software Engineer and Tech Lead for Abstract Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation. We refer to the previous episode about Abstract Wikipedia. All episodes in English (podcast feed) Credits The music and sound clips are from Surf Shimmy by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Image: Abstract-Wikipedia-favicon.svg, Wikimedia Foundation, Public domain. Discuss the episode on the […]

https://wikipediapodden.se/abstract-wikipedia-james-forrester-368/

John Samuel May 6

Mastodon May 6

We’re kicking off a new series: Community Spotlights.

Through these stories, we celebrate the people who make the #SocialWeb a wonderful place to connect.

Our first subjects are @Tzipporah & @Yehuda, the grandfather & grandkid duo that admin #TurtleIsland, a server focused on building community with Native/Indigenous people, other BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) people, and allies.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/05/community-spotlight-tzipporah-and-yehuda-of-turtle-island-social/

#Mastodon #Fediverse

Community Spotlight: Tzipporah and Yehuda of Turtle Island Social

Spotlighting Tzipporah and Yehuda of the Native/Indigenous-focused Turtle Island Social server

Mastodon Blog

John Samuel Mar 23

Started experimenting with Abstract Wikipedia. Stay tuned....

#wikipedia

John Samuel Mar 23

Wikimédia France Mar 23

Wikipédia fête ses 25 ans à @sorbonne_univ_ !

Co-organisée avec l'ABC, cette journée a exploré l'avenir de l'encyclopédie face à l'#IA.

Source d'entraînement des LLM, Wikipédia reste un rempart pour la #Francophonie et la diversité culturelle. Entre #AIAct et éthique, nos intervenants ont débattu des futurs communs du savoir libre.

Bravo aux participant·es de l'éditathon et merci aux intervenant·es et aux équipes d'ABC !

#Wikipédia25 #IAgénérative #Editathon #SavoirLibre

John Samuel Mar 22

Wikifunctions Mar 19

Newsletter #240
* Abstract Wikipedia is now in Beta: https://abstract.wikipedia.org
* Recent Changes in the software
* Volunteer’s Corner upcoming on 13 April 2026
* Fresh Functions weekly: 21 new Functions

https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:Status_updates/2026-03-19

Abstract Wikipedia

John Samuel Mar 22

Wikimédia France Mar 20

📖 Comment fonctionne réellement #Wikipédia aujourd'hui ?

Plus de 332 langues, des millions d'articles et des processus de vérification en constante évolution.
Venez découvrir les humains et les dispositifs derrière les écrans lors de cet atelier-conférence au CCN.

🎤 Intervenant : Mickaël Schauli
📅 23 mars de 12h30 à 13h30
🔗 Inscriptions : https://ccn.unistra.fr/agenda/atelier-wikipedia-des-rouages-toujours-plus-perfectionnes-uvilxo1xgcdl/

#CommunsNumériques #Unistra #Strasbourg
https://ccn.unistra.fr/agenda/atelier-wikipedia-des-rouages-toujours-plus-perfectionnes-uvilxo1xgcdl/

Atelier : Wikipédia : des rouages toujours plus perfectionnés

John Samuel Mar 19

Pourquoi créer un nouveau langage de programmation ?

Un nouveau langage de programmation !

Encore un de plus ? À quoi sert-il ? N’en existe-t-il pas déjà suffisamment ?

https://laplumedejsam.substack.com/p/pourquoi-creer-un-nouveau-langage

#programmation #langages #multilingual #programming #dev

John Samuel Mar 1

What if a programming language really spoke our human languages? I wrote about how a side‑project on numerals slowly turned into a multilingual programming language spanning 17 languages:

https://jsamwrites.substack.com/p/the-slow-quiet-birth-of-a-multilingual

#programming #AI #multilingual #development #softwaredevelopment #languages #programminglanguages

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John Samuel Feb 21

@piracalamina Thank you for your feedback.

Uruguayan information is available here : https://queer-memory.toolforge.org/country.html?id=Q77

Queries related to

1. Culture : https://github.com/johnsamuelwrites/queer-memory/blob/main/assets/culture.js
2. People : https://github.com/johnsamuelwrites/queer-memory/blob/main/assets/home.js

Please do not hesitate to create issues here : https://github.com/johnsamuelwrites/queer-memory/issues

It will help me to track the missing information

Queer Memory - Country Profile

John Samuel Feb 16

I’m happy to share that Queer Memory - an application to showcase queer history around the world is now live (powered by Wikidata). It is currently available in English, French, and Spanish.

If you have a moment, I’d really appreciate your feedback:

https://queer-memory.toolforge.org/

#lgbt #lgbtqia #queer #queerhistory #queermemory

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