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Reflections, travel, tech deep-dives, and dated project logs.
A photograph becomes reusable knowledge only when a stranger can tell what it shows, where, when and under which licence
Reviewing other photographers' Quality Image nominations on Wikimedia Commons changed how I shoot, edit and describe my own work. Notes from the review page.
Uploading a phone video to Wikimedia Commons should not require learning video encoding. How Clip2Commons converts it in your browser.
More than 109 applications, 26 participants, 18 new accounts and 157 files on Commons. What happened when Wikipedia's 25th birthday came to Vidisha.
At Wikimania 2026 in Paris I spoke about why photographers keep entering Wiki Loves campaigns only when they trust the jury. The longer version of that talk.
In 2026 I sat on two national Wikimedia juries for the Philippines, Wiki Loves Birds and Wiki Loves Earth. What judging another country's landscapes taught me.
AI-generated images make Commons harder to trust, while AI-powered search could make good files far easier to find. A contributor's view.
When I applied to Cohort 1 of the EduWiki Hub Mentorship Program, I did so as someone who had spent the previous year contributing to the Wikimedia technical ecosystem.
Most of my edits on Wikimedia Commons are not uploads. They are categories, corrections and placing images in Wikipedia articles. Why that quiet work matters.
From one email in June 2025 to results in March 2026: how a volunteer team ran India's first national Wiki Science Competition.
In this blog I will share my experience of organising mediawiki training workshop for new contributors.