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Evening in Frankfurt

Sam — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:07:36 GMT

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Boat tour of Frankfurt

Sam — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:55:57 GMT

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WA Military Digital Library

Sam — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:08:52 GMT

Created page with "{{post | date = 2026-06-14 11:01Z | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = MediaWiki; military; history }} I'm glad that the WA Military Digital Library ([https://www.wamdl.com.au/ wamdl.com.au]) uses MediaWiki. For example, a [https://www.wamdl.com.au/WAMDL/index.php?title=HODDY,_Leslie_Harry_-_2582,_WX5778&action=history recently modified] page of theirs is for [https://www.wamdl.com.au/WAMDL/index.php?title=HODDY,_Leslie_Harry_-_2582,_WX577..."

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I'm glad that the WA Military Digital Library ([https://www.wamdl.com.au/ wamdl.com.au]) uses MediaWiki. For example, a [https://www.wamdl.com.au/WAMDL/index.php?title=HODDY,_Leslie_Harry_-_2582,_WX5778&action=history recently modified] page of theirs is for [https://www.wamdl.com.au/WAMDL/index.php?title=HODDY,_Leslie_Harry_-_2582,_WX5778 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 that military history types are good at planning.

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CircusWA gone

Sam — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:15:07 GMT

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	The circus tent ({{wdl\|Q135214430}}) has gone, leaving only the frame of the old outdoor cinema ({{wdl\|Q137206006}}):		The circus tent ({{wdl\|Q135214430}}) has gone, leaving only the frame of the old outdoor cinema ({{wdl\|Q137206006}}). The circus hasn't gone far, just around the corner.

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Brad's barber, or the Princess Hairdressing Salon

Sam — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 08:40:37 GMT

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Brad's barber, or the Princess Hairdressing Salon

Sam2 — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 08:37:25 GMT

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Sam — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 08:14:44 GMT

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Sam — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 08:11:35 GMT

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Buffalo speakers, they fell off the wall

Sam — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:43:56 GMT

Created page with "{{post | date = 2026-06-13 07:28Z | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = 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: 1000px|center {{post footer}}"

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The speakers for the upstairs stage fell off the wall. (Well, that's the story.) They're being reattached with much longer anchors:

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West Australian article dates

Sam — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:02:20 GMT

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	It seems that The West Australian has been doing something weird with its article dates and times.		It seems that The West Australian has been doing something weird with its article dates and times.
	[https://thewest.com.au/news/offbeat/buffalo-herd-thins-but-welcome-mat-stays-out-ng-ya-384164 This article] says it was published at 5:59AM on 23 January, but it [https://archive.is/pXQe9 was archived] on 6 December 2025 and at that time it said it was published at 9:59PM on 22 January.		[https://thewest.com.au/news/offbeat/buffalo-herd-thins-but-welcome-mat-stays-out-ng-ya-384164 This article] says it was published at 5:59AM on 23 January, but it [https://archive.is/pXQe9 was archived] on 6 December 2025 and at that time it said it was published at 9:59PM on 22 January.

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	Those times are 8 hours apart, and so it would seem that they are storing the times in local Perth time (UTC+8) and they used to know this and displayed them correctly, but sometime recently they've starting assuming that their stored times are UTC and so are adding 8 hours when they display them.		Those times are 8 hours apart, and so it would seem that they are storing the times in local Perth time (UTC+8) and they used to know this and displayed them correctly, but sometime recently they've starting assuming that their stored times are UTC and so are adding 8 hours when they display them.

West Australian article dates

Sam — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:34:45 GMT

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It seems that The West Australian has been doing something weird with its article dates and times.
[https://thewest.com.au/news/offbeat/buffalo-herd-thins-but-welcome-mat-stays-out-ng-ya-384164 This article] says it was published at 5:59AM on 23 January, but it [https://archive.is/pXQe9 was archived] on 6 December 2025 and at that time it said it was published at 9:59PM on 22 January.

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Those times are 8 hours apart, and so it would seem that they are storing the times in local Perth time (UTC+8) and they used to know this and displayed them correctly, but sometime recently they've starting assuming that their stored times are UTC and so are adding 8 hours when they display them.

Or some other timezone stupidity or other, of course (there are many ways to stuff it all up).
But yeah, I'm not going to trust the dates on their articles any more!

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MediaWiki Feeds revisited

Sam2 — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:56:08 GMT

Sam2 moved page Mediawiki-feeds revisited to Mediawiki-feeds revisited

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Yesterday someone [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User_talk:Samwilson#c-কল্কি-20260608165200-Slim_Application_Error_on_https://mediawiki-feeds.toolforge.org messaged me] about an issue with a wonky little tool [[New tool to create RSS feeds for MediaWiki categories|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 I fixed it up a bit to sort out their issue, and in doing so also upgraded a few bits of it and moved the code to GitLab. It also seems that on 22 March this year it got popular for some reason: twenty-two thousand hits in a day. I guess it was stupid scrapers, but I'll look a bit closer and also try to sort out some more aggressive caching.

[[File:Mediawiki-feeds traffic year to July 2026.png|thumb|center|Traffic to the tool over the last 12 months. (I'm not quite sure how to make the [https://lp-tools.toolforge.org/toolviews/ toolviews tool] show with more contrast; there are actually axes in this image!)]]

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