Am I missing something, or are there >4K Commons-compatible high quality paintings just waiting for someone to write a script? https://w.wiki/Fd6D

@wikidata ecnyclopedia articles that have no "main subject": https://w.wiki/FcFb (first 500) There is a lot of "Pauly-Wissowa" which probably should be filtered out, but some strange cominations like https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q152499 which is both a "war" and an "encyclopedia article", and […]

Even as a scientist, I got tired of getting a "scholarly article" every other time I click "random item" on @wikidata So, I give you: Better random! (It also "steals" the keyboard shortcut, so it just works as before) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Magnus_Manske/better_random.js

This Wikidata vector database sounds fantastic, but the interface needs just a bit of explanation/examples to understand what one can do with it, otherwise...

Die Google App ersetzt alle Links, die ihr teilt, durch eigene, womit sie deren Nutzung und die Nutzer automatisch überwachen kann! Gut zu wissen: Man kann diese Leecherlinks in der App von Google ausschalten: Einstellungen, weitere Einstellungen. Für mehr digitale Resilienz. #savesocial

I feel my command line Wikimedia tools interface `ti` didn't get the attention it deserves, so I am spamming your timeline (again?) with it: https://github.com/magnusmanske/tools_interface

If anyone knows a user "Diego S-T", please let him know that his tool needs a restart https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/tools/toolforge-a-list-bulding-tool

With eg. Python/OpenCV, it should be easy to detect if an image contains a human or not. I would run this on Wikimedia Commons myself, but I don't want to transfer the entirety of Commons through my internet connection. Could someone with access to the Commons file system run that on […]

I found something that might be useful for WIkimedia Commons, Wikisource, and Wikipedia references in general: Link to specific pages in a PDF via its URL (including Commons). Open source, beautiful page flip animation etc. Example […]

By request, I repaired (and relocated) my Wikipedia reverse category tree tool: https://wikidata-todo.toolforge.org/reverse_tree.php

Fun @wikidata query of the day: ~350 people who were married, then married the sibling of their previous spouse. https://w.wiki/FN5J

The MMR vaccine is perfectly safe. Measles is not. MMR vaccine- studied for more than 50 years. Less than 1 in 1,000,000 chance of allergic reaction. No chance of death or permanent injury. NO evidence of increased risk of autism. Measles- 1 in 5 will die without hospitalization. 1 in 500 will […]

WTF? I used to be able to erase objects from a picture on my Android phone, now I need to "upload the photo to use the feature"? Why did #google degrade the functionality here for no reason? I don't want to upload my photo to Google. So I can't use this function anymore. This is a downgrade […]

#wikiflix passes 4200 movies https://wikiflix.toolforge.org/

Idea: Browser plugin that, when you land on a paywalled news article, automatically suggests the same story in other, actually readable sources

WikiFlix now at 4154 films! (film counter was a bit stuck)

I got a call today. Robot, saying it's from my bank. Said it's not marketing. That they will call me back if I hang up. I hung up and they called me back a few hours later, so I played. Knew my full name. Transfered me to a human. I asked how I can be sure they are from my bank. They said I […]

PetScan users: I am now using new database schemas (categorylinks, file) on the live site. WMF have been working on these and the seem complete, but I can't find any proper announcement that they are ready to use. There **should** be no visible change, but please let me know if you suddenly […]

WikiFlix reaches 3900 movies https://wikiflix.toolforge.org/

Mix'n'match catalog 7100: Physicians of Georgia Biographical Dictionary https://mix-n-match.toolforge.org/#/catalog/7100

You have a @wikidata item with few sources? Check the references of all other items linking to that item: https://w.wiki/Eoya (could be expanded to include "reference URL" P854, but I leave that as an exercise to the reader...)

~30K Bavarian musicians in Mix'n'match: https://mix-n-match.toolforge.org/#/catalog/7043 (@wikidata property P865, long overdue!)

Anyone having #toolforge problems as well? DB and container affected for me.

Die Hessen haben 93% in @wikidata : https://mix-n-match.toolforge.org/#/catalog/6976 Aber die Niedersachsen noch nicht einmal 58%? https://mix-n-match.toolforge.org/#/catalog/6981 (dafür haben sie aber insgesamt mehr...)

Today, I celebrate 20 years of Vienna, the open source macOS RSS reader. https://www.vienna-rss.com/blog/news/2025/07/07/Celebrating-20-years-of-ViennaRSS.html #longread #macos #opensource #macintosh

Holy shit! I've found a contactless payment app which works on #GrapheneOS! Google Wallet refuses to play nicely with nonofficial OSes. All UK credit card providers seem to go via GPay. But Curve - the virtual card app - works perfectly! I added my credit […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

For the historic video clip fans: FedFlix! (not by me, or related to WikiFlix;-) https://public.resource.org/ntis.gov/index.html

Despite heavy technical resistance, I managed to scrape most of the Worcester Art Museum artists into Mix'n'match: https://mix-n-match.toolforge.org/#/catalog/6964 Anyone up for creating a @wikidata property? ;-)

I just published v0.1.9 of the #wikibase REST API #RustLang crate. This now implements the new simple API search. https://crates.io/crates/wikibase_rest_api CC @wikidata

One thing I miss on @wikidata is a search (ideally part of the actual search function, or maybe some tool with an API) that can specifically look for human names with initials. Example: Do we have an item on, specifically, "G.L.D. Leite"? Not other things or people named "Leite", a human with […]

As a reminder, automatches in some Mix-n-match catalogs can be compared by location and/or image, example: https://mix-n-match.toolforge.org/#/quick_compare/6954?require_image=1

>5000 @wikidata items that have an image, an administrative unit, but no coordinates. The map shows the location of the administrative unit. Makes it easier to go out and locate the thing ;-) https://w.wiki/EPJj

Students, THIS is how generative AI (ChatGPT et alia) "reads" papers and "understands" content. It's a bullshit machine, a gaslighting machine. It shows the linguistic behavior of a psychopath (is this what us humans average to, if one trains on all our "content" and online behavior?). Yikes […]

Two people on @wikidata with the same parents, who are not (yet) siblings https://w.wiki/EK6V Some false positives (Jesus? Really?) but otherwise almost a bot job

Asteroiden von der Venus könnten der Erde gefährlich werden Die Venus beherbergt möglicherweise eine Gefahr für die Erde: Asteroiden aus ihrem Orbit können uns irgendwann nahe kommen […]

Tickets für Zugfahrten in Europa bald einfacher buchbar Von Oslo nach Athen mit einem einzigen Fahrschein. So weit ist es zwar noch nicht. Doch der Anfang soll bald gemacht werden, verspricht die Bahn […]

Orion Referenz

Is "q.e.d." the ultimate aftermath?

Weiss jemand, ob der Fefe okay ist? Der hat seit einer Woche nicht mehr gebloggt!

Added a data importer for PubChem CID (P662) to AC2WD, can now add statements and/or references to checmical compoiunds. Example: https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q126682348&diff=prev&oldid=2350509540 CC @wikidata

>13K monuments in Mix'n'Match, with coordinates https://mix-n-match.toolforge.org/#/map/6879

I have switched PetScan to use the new @wikidata term store DB. There *should* be no side effects as it is still the same DB for the moment, but please let me know if something funny happens there. #toolforge

Does `login.toolforge.org` close ssh connections for everyone, or just me? Is there a toolforge status page? (not https://status.toolforge.org/ )

Small update to the Mix'n'match UI deployed, should now be more usable on mobile

The Berlin city library is exhibiting books that are being prohibited in libraries across the US. It's the week of free speech. Thanks. #uspol #libraries #bookburning @zlb_berlin https://openbiblio.social/@zlb_berlin/114461510981301725

Höcke zur Hochstufung: "Mit welchen scheinheiligen (..) Mitteln hier eine Partei verboten werden soll (..) weil sie den Bonzen des gegenwärtigen Systems gefährlich wurde. (..) weil die Wahrheit eben den Inhabern der gegenwärtigen Republik gefährlich und unbequem ist." Spaß, das war Goebbels 1928

Das liest sich etwas schräg (Quelle: https://gnd.network/Webs/gnd/DE/UeberGND/FAQ/faq_artikel.html) #gnd

@wikidata items show the "mul" default language label if no language-specific one is set, but they don't show the "mul" aliases for some reason? https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134273704