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Monuments

I celebrated the extra hour from the clock change by enhancing Wikidata for Scottish scheduled monuments which have a Wikipedia article but no linked image. I used a Petscan query based on the Read more
adminAuthor admin Posted on 26 October 2025 Category ScottishHistory Tags Wikidata Petscan Wikishootme WikimediaCommons

Scottish artists on Commons

A Petscan query based on Wikipedia Scottish artist categories, filtering for those with a Commons category, gives this. This may be an opportunity to increase the links from Wikipedia articles to Read more
adminAuthor admin Posted on 17 August 2025 Category ScottishCulture Tags WikimediaCommons Petscan

Public art again

I previously wrote about a tabular query on public art in Scotland which I placed on Wikimedia Commons. While developing more data content, I discovered a Wikidata list/Gallery with creator row Read more
adminAuthor admin Posted on 07 June 2025 Category ScottishCulture Tags WikimediaCommons Listeria

Public art

Constructing a query on pieces of public art in Scotland using Wikidata and WikimediaCommons encounters Freedom of Panorama limitations. Sculptures are ok to depict but not painted murals, such as on Read more
adminAuthor admin Posted on 13 February 2025 Category ScottishCulture Tags WikimediaCommons

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