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 also edit #OpenStreetMap. Sometimes I get away from the computer into my #woodworking workshop. #fedi22
Websitehttps://samwilson.id.au
Githubhttps://github.com/samwilson/
Flickrhttps://flickr.com/photos/freosam
OSMhttps://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Sam%20Wilson
Sam WilsonOct 10, 2022
ByronCinNZOct 10, 2022

On the internet
Persistance is Futile
- unless you don't want it

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/06/the-internet-is-a-collective-hallucination/619320/

The Rotting Internet Is a Collective Hallucination

Too much has been lost already. The glue that holds humanity’s knowledge together is coming undone.

The Atlantic
Sam WilsonOct 9, 2022
I've been scanning: https://wiki.samwilson.id.au/The_Black_Swan,_July_1969
The Black Swan, July 1969 - Sam Wilson

Sam WilsonOct 8, 2022
It's nearly cake-cutting time at the Wikidata birthday party in Fremantle!
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWikidata_10_cake%2C_Fremantle.jpg
File:Wikidata 10 cake, Fremantle.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Sam WilsonOct 7, 2022
Molly WhiteOct 6, 2022
i ❤️ rss
Sam WilsonOct 3, 2022
The strange items I find myself editing over breakfast: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114358931 (this one was for a citation for a death date on #Wikisource).
Francis Knapp: A Red Herring in Colonial Poetry

article

Sam WilsonSep 3, 2022
I've returned to scanning A3 civil registration certificates, with an A4 scanner. :-( It's not that hard to get the two halves matched up again, and it's only text so it doesn't matter that much if it's not perfect. It's certainly a rather slow process! #digitization
Sam WilsonSep 1, 2022
The new Realtime Preview feature is now active (as a Beta Feature) on all #Wikimedia wikis. Turn it on at e.g. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures
Log in - Wikimedia Commons

Sam WilsonSep 1, 2022
I never understand #Phabricator's distinction between project members and watchers. Why do members not get notified of everything? Why must they take separate action to watch a project?
Sam WilsonAug 30, 2022
🇦🇺 uxintro Aug 30, 2022

Is there any mood out there for a #Perth fedi meetup?

Tagging those who I happen to know (or at least think) live in or near Perth: @jon_dog @samwilson @Quokka @vidak @LiangSijie - boosts encouraged because I'm sure there are more of us out there...

Sam WilsonAug 21, 2022
All wrapped up and done with #GovHack for now (not allowed to touch the thing till after judging!) so it's time to go home. Possibly via the pub.