Today was a heritage day at my local high school. Kids could dress in their local heritage gear, or wear blue. Mine chose the latter. The other outfits…well they were lovely. I’d like to highlight another Wikipedia group who is standing out for me at the moment. They are from the Basque region and their …
Author archives: Derek
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Introduction I’ve often wondered where our statesmen choose to go once they have retired. Cecil John Rhodes, for example, died at 49 in a modest cottage at 246 Main road (Q20617285), on the way to Vishoek. Poor bloke. His Groote Schuur Mansion had burnt down about 10 years before. Today, Rhodes Cottage is a thatched …
A post about lamp posts
🌞 💡 Streetlight Watch Introduction: Streetlights – it seems like there are far more pressing things to be irked about. But poorly maintained public lighting is a very visible instance of failing infrastructure and the opportunity to show that city management responds to reports and addresses them. An app to the rescue? That is magical …
Open Education Week
This post is over a year late. Sorry peeps. It took a visit to Wikipedia 25 to pep me up. It was GREAT! 3 – 7 March 2025 was Open Education Week 2025 and I took part in one of the OEWeek Live conversational webcasts . Clockwise (from at top left), Bryan, Gracie from Visual …
Sharing your Credentials
Plan to Wikify
The W Pitch
To “Wikify”…
WIR Final Month
I’m back from Paris where I attended WikiMania 2026 and I picked up this Wikifying a Conference booklet. It has been put together by Tamsin Braisher and Mike Dickison. They have been “thinking openly” about how to Wikify a Conference. Their book is licensed CC BY SA. I thought that I’d try to digitalize (not …
4 Months into WIR
AWA Website (work in progress) To create a branded identity for an organization, start with their current colours. I usually generate a colour palette by visiting the organisations website or checking out their logo (the African Wikipedia Alliance has the latter, not the former). I thought I’d help out (hate them to feel excluded). Wikipedia:Lets_Go …