News from Sam Wilson.
Fremantle 2026 August 12 (Wednesday), 8:18AM · Fremantle · I wandered through Freo to the pub, getting some piccies for the wikis: And then on to the PSAS gallery: ← Previous My main RSS news feed: https://samwilson.id.au/news.rss (or Wikimedia.rss , Fremantle.rss , OpenStreetMap.rss , etc. for topic feeds). Email me at sam samwilson.id.au or leave a comment below…
Fremantle 2026 August 12 (Wednesday), 7:03AM · MediaWiki · upgrades · I've upgraded Freopedia and ArchivesWiki (and some other wikis on the same server) to MediaWiki 1.45. Everything seems fine so far. ← Previous Next → My main RSS news feed: https://samwilson.id.au/news.rss (or Wikimedia.rss , Fremantle.rss , OpenStreetMap.rss , etc. for topic feeds). Email me at sam samwilson.id.au or leave a…
Fremantle 2026 June 16 (Tuesday), 4:00PM · Fremantle · Bathers Beach · A few pics taken while walking the long way around to the railway station. ← Previous Next → My main RSS news feed: https://samwilson.id.au/news.rss (or Wikimedia.rss , Fremantle.rss , OpenStreetMap.rss , etc. for topic feeds). Email me at sam samwilson.id.au or leave a comment below…
Fremantle 2026 June 14 (Sunday), 7:01PM · MediaWiki · military · history · I'm glad that the WA Military Digital Library ( wamdl.com.au ) uses MediaWiki. For example, a recently modified page of theirs is for Leslie Harry Hoddy (aka John Leslie Harris) who enlisted aged only 16, in 1916. I wonder what their backup regime is, and how they plan for the future running of the site. I always imagine…
Fremantle 2026 June 13 (Saturday), 4:35PM · Fremantle · This seagull was pondering coming inside. "Brad's Barber'" is the new name of what was Princess Hairdressing Salon, on the corner of Leake and Market streets (part of Princess Chambers ). ← Previous Next → My main RSS news feed: https://samwilson.id.au/news.rss (or Wikimedia.rss , Fremantle.rss , OpenStreetMap.rss , etc. for topic feeds).…
Fremantle 2026 June 13 (Saturday), 3:28PM · Buffalo Club · Fremantle · The speakers for the upstairs stage fell off the wall. (Well, that's the story.) They're being reattached with much longer anchors: ← Previous Next → My main RSS news feed: https://samwilson.id.au/news.rss (or Wikimedia.rss , Fremantle.rss , OpenStreetMap.rss , etc. for topic feeds). Email me at sam samwilson.id.au or leave a…
Fremantle 2026 June 13 (Saturday), 1:00PM · Fremantle · The circus tent ( CircusWA ) has gone, leaving only the frame of the old outdoor cinema ( Bohemia Outdoor Cinema ). The circus hasn't gone far, just around the corner. ← Previous Next → My main RSS news feed: https://samwilson.id.au/news.rss (or Wikimedia.rss , Fremantle.rss , OpenStreetMap.rss , etc. for topic feeds). Email me at sam…
Fremantle 2026 June 12 (Friday), 11:41AM · newspapers · Freopedia · Fremantle · It seems that The West Australian has been doing something weird with its article dates and times. This article says it was published at 5:59AM on 23 January, but it was archived on 6 December 2025 and at that time it said it was published at 9:59PM on 22 January. Those times are 8 hours apart, and so it would seem…
Murdoch 2026 June 9 (Tuesday), 2:18PM · mediawiki-feeds · RSS · Toolforge · Wikimedia · Yesterday someone messaged me about an issue with a wonky little tool I wrote ten years ago. I actually the thing, because it creates feeds for a couple of things I follow on wikis, but as is often the way with RSS-related code I'd forgotten all about it — it just keeps working and doesn't need any changes. But…
Fremantle 2026 June 7 (Sunday), 5:00PM Another article from Jake Orlowitz, this time about the Wikimedia Foundation "owning the ground" on which the Wikimedia movement is built. The Most Predictable Edit in History : The keeper, the Wikimedia Foundation, is a cathedral. It has officers and budgets and quarterly plans, and must make decisions that look defensible to donors and boards. It is built…