A total history and Wikipedia nerd (working for Wikimedia Australia) with a library and archives background. Also... must love dogs!
Joined July 2012
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Alice Woods π»π»π» retweeted
9 Jan 2025
it is fucking crazy to me that people actually buy things off Temu. like are you insane? itβs the shopping equivalent of letting curiosity get the better of you and trying a spoonful of your dogβs wet food
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Alice Woods π»π»π» retweeted
26 Dec 2024
Ha !!!!
Elon 'Space Karen' Musk's instruction to his misguided loyal acolytes NOT to donate to Wikipedia ....
... has led to an overnight 450% increase in donations to Wikipedia -)
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2 Jan 2025
My 'on Wiki' intention (resolution) for 2025 is to seriously tackle this... tiny... working list of about 300 names that need to be added to Wikipeda and/or Wikidata from the Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography.
Please take a name!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Aβ¦
@wm_au
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The revised edition of the Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography sits here:
territorystories.nt.gov.au/1β¦
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23 Dec 2024
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Thank you to the hard work of 100s of 1000s of volunteers
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23 Dec 2024
Celebrating a milestone: Women's Biographies on Wikipedia Reach 20% - a global effort has been underway to increase the representation of women on Wikipedia. Thank you to our partners and tireless volunteers for being part of this journey.
wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Celebrβ¦
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Alice Woods π»π»π» retweeted
26 Nov 2024
π Ready to get involved in the Wikipedia community? Want to help a friend get started? Take a look at this online course for beginners that explains how to begin with the free encyclopedia. Check it out π w.wiki/BVax
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12 Nov 2024
Recent ridiculous purchase for the winβ¦? π
Lower quality then I expected BUT look at my little loves π
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Alice Woods π»π»π» retweeted
7 Nov 2024
Are you looking forward to attending Wikimania 2025? Scholarships are now open to help make it possible. Find out more here: diff.wikimedia.org/2024/11/0β¦
#Wikimania2025
#WikimaniaNairobi
#Wikimania@20
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Alice Woods π»π»π» retweeted
28 Oct 2024
Have you registered for WikiCon yet? This annual conference will bring together participants from across Australia to strengthen collaboration, learn new skills, and explore ways to enhance all things Wiki.
We can't wait to see you there! meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Evenβ¦
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Alice Woods π»π»π» retweeted
28 Oct 2024
ποΈ Applications close soon!
If you are interested in digital heritage and the Wikimedia movement, we want to hear from you. #wikimedia #APNICFoundation #digitalheritage
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Alice Woods π»π»π» retweeted
27 Oct 2024
Eww gendered cleaning products
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27 Oct 2024
PLEASE READ: We analysed 35,000 Wikipedia entries about Australian places. Some of them sanitise history theconversation.com/we-analy⦠via @ConversationEDU
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27 Oct 2024
Come along!
26 Oct 2024
Wikimedia Australia is celebrating @Wikidata's 12th Birthday next Friday, 1 November. More details via the link @wm_au @wikiprojectnz wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Onlineβ¦
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Alice Woods π»π»π» retweeted
24 Oct 2024
Happy 23rd birthday Wayback Machine!
On October 24, 2001, The Internet Archive organization launched a free digital archive of websites for the general public called the Wayback Machine.
The oldest pages stored in the archive date back to 1996.
#InternetHistory
ALT Internet Archive website in 2001
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27 Oct 2024
Going down a Wikipedia rabbit hole? Science says youβre one of these three types theconversation.com/going-doβ¦ via @ConversationEDU
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Bean got his jaws around a chickens buttocks today! Said chicken really wants me to let her out and Bean would really like me to let her!
I have rarely seen him so excited but, no Bean, no!
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Alice Woods π»π»π» retweeted
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Alice Woods π»π»π» retweeted
15 Oct 2024
Thought, care & consultation needed when adopting Aboriginal
names for birds. theconversation.com/giving-fβ¦
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Alice Woods π»π»π» retweeted
15 Oct 2024
I donβt give a hoot where the prime minister lives. I do give many hoots that last week his govt legislated to establish two international nuclear waste dumps in WA & SA & that hardly anybody knows about it β’οΈ
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Alice Woods π»π»π» retweeted
11 Oct 2024
There are two very exciting roles open at Wikimedia Australia to work on digitising the Ian Peter Archive. Give them a look if you are into Australian internet history.
eb.wtf/3YihwE8
#WikimediaAU #WikiJobs @WikimediaAU @Wikimedia @Wikipedia
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