Margaret

statistician, wikimedian and wikidata enthusiast. Linking, linking, linking (on wikis - not yet on twitter.)

[Margaret @MeMerricks]

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This is the official blog from my #wikidata fellowship 2022, an opportunity to populate wikidata with Australian fauna Thanks @wm_au @SiobhanLeachman and @tobyhudson Please note @rdmpage @nicolekearney

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This Zelkova serrata tree is a natural monument of South Korea. It is listed as a WDPA protected area (0.0 km2) Data now in #wikidata & image in #kowiki (How I wish we valued our trees in Australia in the same way

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Ruskin Row: Stop Council's plan to Cut Down two more Healthy Trees - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/oiewiJF3Di via @ChangeAUS

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Working on https://t.co/KDoj3y7yfL & https://t.co/4OwWH0JEQY finding images for #enwiki articles with no P18 (image) in #Wikidata. The image shows captioning in #Wikipedia with CC-BY-4.0 together with a linked institution.

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One of the pleasures of adding Wikidata identifiers is finding Qitems which need to be merged. Here 3 items were merged, and a Chinese and English page linked

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My first bushfire of 2024/2025 fire season. Just north of the junction of Warringah Road & the Wakehurst Parkway
#bushfire

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@wikileaks Wonderful news. And more than bloody time. A disgrace for the US, the UK and of course, the Australian government

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@wikimediamy @Wikimedia Amazing work by our hosts. A very welcoming place. Thank you so much to all those responsible.

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@wm_au Been working hard on this (for Korean wiki items)

[Digitising the NHM @NHM_Digitise]

Today we're celebrating the end of our "Larger Micro Moth" digitisation project, which we wrapped up earlier this month. What makes a Larger Micro Moth? Well, the definition is a little bit fuzzy (just like the moths themselves).

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@TheRegencyCook Or the modern equivalent, and in the antipodes: Lying in a tepid bath to escape the heat, watching a netflix series on your phone... (Buttered crumpets - delicious but too messy for this enthusiast of bath-lying and besides you need a maid) @FrankPouncby

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@RhinaDT Stunning staircase (and never to be built again) Who permits shimmying these days? #savekewherbarium

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@KewKeepers @PrivateEyeNews @DefraGovUK @Darran_Jaques @BBCNews @Lagomarsino_L @ProspectUnion @Donna_DUK @KewScience @sianberry @RBGCanada Well, what would the scientists know about research? Managers apparently know and understand everything.

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@carlystarr82 I drive further. I prefer Coles meat for singles, and their specialist bread.

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@AirservicesNews @wm_au @FrankPouncby @annreynolds988 The planned runways at the new Badgerys Creek airport imply dangerous takeoffs and landings which are not in conformity with international accepted stabilised approach and departure procedures.

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Congratulations to the @wm_au partners for 2024: @BHL Biodiversity Heritage Library Australia, Victorian Field Naturalist Clubs & @nicolekearney
Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers & Mary Coe
Environment Centre NT & @CaddieBrain
& Environmental Protection Agency

[BHL Australia @bhl_au]

BHL Australia is thrilled & honoured to be one of four recipients of Wikimedia Australia's 2024 Partner Project grants. Thank you @wm_au! https://t.co/MS3QZR2Hp4 cc @BioDivLibrary @atlaslivingaust

[Nicole Kearney: find me @nicolekearney.bsky.social @nicolekearney]

Some #HistoricSciArt to brighten your day: Fairy Wrens from vol. 2 (1902) of "The Emu: official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union": https://t.co/N9FQkI2wNs via @BioDivLibrary, digitised by @AMNH cc @BirdlifeOz

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Plantago aucklandica is a megaherb! https://t.co/dvah4JLLkB via @te_papa

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reminder about the #commons science photo competition. @wm_au @annreynolds988 @SiobhanLeachman Photos need not be uploaded as part of a local competition.

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@SandyKnapp @NYBG @NHM_Botany Beautifully pressed splendid specimen. Thanks for this