CPOD from 2025/04/14

4"x3" slide depicting John Wilkes Booth leaning forward to shoot President Abraham Lincoln as he watches Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater in Washingt ...

Artist: unattributed; based on the depiction from a mechanical glass slide by T. M. McAllister of New York, c1865-75
Restored by
.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table{background-color:#f0f0ff;box- ...License: Public domain; Credit Heritage Auctions

See explanation at https://commons.wikimedia.org/

Für universitäre Sammlungen spielt das Wikiversum eine immer größere Rolle, z. B. um Daten zu veröffentlichen & zu vernetzen.
Wer einen Einblick bekommen möchte in die Arbeit mit Wiki-Projekten, ist daher herzlich zu unserem Workshop eingeladen!
Arbeit mit Wiki-Projekten: Frauen- & Kolonialgeschichte in Wikimedia Commons sichtbar machen
13. Mai
10-15:30 Uhr
Stadtbibliothek Erlangen
Anmeldung: https://sammlungen.io/termine/workshop-frauen-und-kolonialgeschichte-in-wikimedia
#Wikidata #Sammlungen #SODaZentrum #Wikimedia

CPOD from 2025/04/13

A girl in Maracaibo selling goods for Palm Sunday observance. Today is Palm Sunday.

Artist: Wilfredor; License: CC0; Credit Own work

See explanation at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Girl_selling_for_Palm_Sunday.jpg

CPOD from 2025/04/12

Machu Picchu, Peru

Artist: Diego Delso; License: CC BY-SA 4.0; Credit Own work

See explanation at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Machu_Picchu,_Per%C3%BA,_2015-07-30,_DD_60.JPG

CPOD from 2025/04/11

The old Jewish cemetery near Waibstadt, Germany. The gravestones in this part date from the 19th century; the photo shows a typical section of that part of the cemetery.

Artist: Roman Eisele; License: CC BY-SA 4.0; Credit Own work

See explanation at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waibstadt_-_J%C3%BCdischer_Friedhof_-_mittlerer_Teil_-_Ansicht_vom_Hauptweg_1.jpg

AI Crawlers Are Harming #Wikimedia, Bringing #OpenSource Sites To Their Knees, And Putting The #OpenWeb At Risk - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/10/ai-crawlers-are-harming-wikimedia-bringing-open-source-sites-to-their-knees-and-putting-the-open-web-at-risk/ more bad stuff from #ai

The old Jewish cemetery near Waibstadt, Germany. The gravestones in this part date from the 19th century; the photo shows a typical section of that part of the cemetery.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waibstadt_-_J%C3%BCdischer_Friedhof_-_mittlerer_Teil_-_Ansicht_vom_Hauptweg_1.jpg

CPOD from 2025/04/10

Beautiful unfurling leaf of a Polystichum setiferum ('Herrenhausen'). Focus stack of 21 photos.

Artist: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma; License: CC BY-SA 4.0; Credit Own work

See explanation at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naaldvaren_(Polystichum_setiferum_%27Herrenhausen%27)_10-04-2024_(d.j.b.).jpg

How crawlers impact the operations of the #Wikimedia projects
Web crawlers collecting training data for #AI models are overwhelming #Wikipedia's infrastructure, with bot traffic growing exponentially since early 2024, according to the #WikimediaFoundation. According to data released April 1, bandwidth for multimedia content has surged 50% since January, primarily from automated programs scraping #WikimediaCommons' 144 million openly licensed media files.
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/04/01/how-crawlers-impact-the-operations-of-the-wikimedia-projects/

CPOD from 2022/06/12

A Black Lives Matter mural in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, USA. Written in the letters "BLM" is a partial list of names of Black Americans killed by police from Eric Garner to George Floyd.

Artist: Rhododendrites; License: Public domain; Credit Own work

See explanation at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BLM_mural_in_Greenpoint_(35406p).jpg

CPOD from 2025/04/09

A modernist staircase of the BGK Building in Gdynia, Poland

Artist: Bart Lumber; License: CC0; Credit P1200419

See explanation at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Staircase_of_the_BGK_Building_(26620981474).jpg

Image du 9 avril :

Une cage d'escalier moderniste à Gdynia (Pologne).

License : CC0
Artiste : Bart Lumber
Crédits : P1200419

La Fondation #Wikimedia, qui héberge #Wikipédia et #Wikidata, compte 700 salariés et contractuels :
- 82 % vivent hors de San Francisco
- près de la moitié habite hors des États-Unis
- ils sont dans 54 pays

C'est le début des retours d'expériences sur ma résidence #wikimédia @urfistlyon !

Première étape : j'ai été invitée à la méridienne de l'École nationale supérieure des sciences de l'information et des #bibliothèques pour en parler.

La présentation (avec en couverture mon portrait et ma mascotte) :

https://filesender.renater.fr/?s=download&token=a5173ac0-bcf9-4422-ad85-983e6f7756ae

Les journées d'études consacrées au mouvement #Wikimédia s'enchainent. En voilà une très intéressante sur la collecte et les usages des données #Wikipédia dans les recherches en SHS. Ça se déroule au Campus Condorcet le 17 juin https://site-fef6fe.gitpages.huma-num.fr/journee/wikipedia.html #VeilleESR

CPOD from 2025/04/08

Portrait of a geometric moray (Gymnothorax griseus), Red Sea, Egypt. This moray eel belongs to the family Muraenidae and is found throughout the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea at depths to 40 metres (130 ft). Its length is up to 65 centimetres (26 in).

Artist: Diego Delso; License: CC BY-SA 4.0; Credit Own work

See explanation at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morena_pimienta_(Gymnothorax_griseus),_mar_Rojo,_Egipto,_2023-04-19,_DD_54.jp

#Wikimedia #LGBT+ welcomes its first staff members - https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/04/07/wikimedia-lgbt-welcomes-its-first-staff-members/ #trump will be delighted

CPOD from 2025/04/07

Portrait of Billie Holiday and Mister, taken by William Gottlieb at the Downbeat Club, New ...

Artist: William P. Gottlieb; License: Public domain; Credit This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Music Division under the digital ID gottlieb.04281.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

See explanation at https://commons.wikimedia.org/

Who Owns Free Knowledge? Examining Power, Platformization, and the Promise of the #Commons, Conference by #Weizenbaum & #Wikimedia, Berlin, Thursday 10 April. Join me for a barcamp session on the future of public service media in the online age and how it relates to #Fediverse and Wikimedia.
https://www.wikimedia.de/veranstaltungen/konferenz-who-owns-free-knowledge/

Verkkosivustoilla on uusi ongelma: tekoälyfirmojen botit kahlaavat suosittuja verkkosivustoja läpi jatkuvasti, eivätkä ne kunnioita mitään sääntöjä

Tämä nostaa verkkosivustojen ylläpidon kuluja merkittävästi. Jopa Wikipedia on pulassa bottiarmeijoiden kanssa - ne haukkaavat nyt jopa 65% kaikesta Wikipedian palvelinkapasiteetista.

https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2025/04/06/verkkosivustot-hukkuvat-tekoalybottien-liikenteeseen