Andrew Davidson

Great talk at #Wikimania21 by @jesswade about the story of @DrGladysBWest and her key role in creating GPS. Read Jess's article on Wikipedia and there's another one like that every day! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_We…

The drunken noodles at #Wikimania21 looked nice but, at home here in London, we used our wok for a full English breakfast. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_brea…

Did you know that ... the @bankofengland is protected against a run of unwanted deposits by a double shield? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urine_def…

@CanLager @QueensAwardVS @VirendraSharma @RupaHuq @EalingLabour @EalingLD @Ealing_Tories @EalingGreens @veesablu @stuntbutt @CranfordAction @HestonActionG Virtue Rewarded! Kudos to @veesablu for nominating and @swiftwasgray for organising. Here's Cathy with our Can Crew cleaning up the river in Pitshanger Park. Well done everyone!

We are proud and excited to have been honoured with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK! We will celebrate by litter picking a few more streets for the #GreatBigSouthallCleanup! #QAVS2021 @QueensAwardVS

@TimeOutLondon It's actually still open until 24th June but you need to move quickly as I got a good haul of Captain Flint's treasure yesterday and will be back for more! @arthurbealeltd

West End yacht chandler Arthur Beale has closed and here's why that matters bit.ly/3w6Mfmq

We braved the plague to get to the sale at @arthurbealeltd and got a good haul of Captain Flint's treasure: a flagpole, boathook, Capt. Tolley's Creeping Crack Cure and much more. As the shop sets sail, we will continue to track it online at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Be…

One man went to mow, went to mow the ... #NationalMeadowsDay These are @PitshangerW5 park and the back garden which has come on nicely since #NoMowMay

Fever hospitals for infectious diseases used to be the most common kind of hospital in England but where are they now that we need them? Find out more on Wikipedia thanks to the @WellcomeLibrary and @wikimediauk. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fever_hos…

@pigsonthewing Here's the map of mysterious Timbuctoo...

@pigsonthewing I found an old street plan which shows the two houses, which are close together, and have put this into Laing's article. From this, I reckon Laing's house is at the following coordinates. tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohac…

Trying (for Wikipedia of course) to locate precise coordinates for two historic buildings, Gordon Laing House and Rene Caille House - in Timbuktu. Not found on any online maps or in any web searches It's like being back on the 1990s web, and reminding me of my - our - privilege.

Purple tansy, poppies and plenty more at @PitshangerW5 for the #wildflowerhour

Annual Honesty for the #wildflowerhour en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunaria_a…

@ClaricePhelps39 is now recognized on Wikipedia's front page, thanks to @jesswade @WikiWomenInRed and many others. #stillshepersisted en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarice_P…

@AlexGelle @jesswade @Wikipedia And then there's Userviews which lists all the articles and their level of readership. This shows that they have over 2000 readers each day and that's nearly 4 million in total. Top of the charts is @klbouman! tools.wmflabs.org/userviews/?pro…

@AlexGelle @jesswade @Wikipedia Yes, there's a couple of ways of doing this. The first is X-tools which lists all the creations with details of their status: xtools.wmflabs.org/pages/en.wikip…

after 2 years writing daily biographies of women, people of colour + LGBTQ+ scientists/engineers for @Wikipedia, every time someone tells me that they’re planning an event i have an encyclopaedic knowledge of awesome speakers. i can recommend outstanding people for hours. 😄🌈🎤

@sexhistorian has fun with perilous posting on @Wikipedia at @WellcomeLibrary for #PublicHealth with @HistorianAlice

Wikipedia now has six million articles but Edda Tasiemka got there first! The "Human Google" is now front page news in @Wikipedia... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edda_Tasi…

We've made a short video to explain what Wikibase is, and to encourage institutions to talk to us about setting up their own Wikibase to host their data. #Wikibase #Wikidata @Wikidata @WikimediaDE

Our #GeneralElection editathon last night at @nwspk attracted several journalists. Katherine had the most stamina and has produced an entertaining account of the editing into the early hours of Friday the 13th...

Working with @wikimediauk at @nwspk on the #General Election. #DogsAtPollingStation is now on @Wikipedia! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_at_p…