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Working with snapshots of structured data on Wikimedia Commons

Some techniques for working with metadata that describes more than 100 million files.

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The Ghost Stays in the Picture, Part 3: The Power of the Image

The final installment from Eryk Salvaggio as part of his fellowship researching generated imagery and Flickr.

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The Ghost Stays in the Picture, Part 2: Data Casts Shadows

Second of three installments from Eryk Salvaggio as part of his research on generated imagery and Flickr.

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Improving millions of files on Wikimedia Commons with Flickypedia Backfillr Bot

Our new bot improves metadata for Flickr photos on Wikimedia Commons, and makes it easier to find out which photos have been copied across.

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Data Lifeboat Update 5: Prototypes and policy

More questions than answers, and that's a good thing.

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The surprising utility of a Flickr URL parser

We’ve made a library that knows how to read lots of different forms of Flickr.com URL.

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Huzzah! New grant from the Mellon Foundation

We're thrilled to join the fold of organizations connected with and supported by the Mellon Foundation.

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