User talk:Mdann52

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:22, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello! I noticed you're a bot operator, so I thought you might be interested in a hackathon we're organizing: the Wikimedia Hackathon Northwestern Europe 2026, on 13–14 March in Arnhem, Netherlands.

It's a two-day, technically oriented hackathon bringing together Wikimedians from the region. Whether you want to work on bot frameworks, tools, or other technical projects, this could be a great opportunity to collaborate with fellow developers. Registration closes mid-January or when full. Let me know if there are any questions. Hope to see you there! Daanvr (talk) 09:24, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

@Daanvr - Thanks for the heads up! Unfortunately, I've got pre-existing commitments on those dates this time around, but sounds like the sort of thing I would be interested in next time! Mdann52 (talk) 20:04, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

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A few years back, either you created a filename tool for me on toolforge, or user:Coren did and you subsequently took over for him as maintainer.

Would it be possible to create an equivalent tool for Commons? A dynamically-updating list of all files (excluding redirects) whose names are ten characters or less (not including extensions)? If the yield would be too large, we could talk about additional parameters to narrow it down somewhat, but there's no point in doing that if the overall task isn't possible. DS (talk) 17:33, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

@DragonflySixtyseven that's a blast from the past! Let me take a look tomorrow and see if I can knock something together. Mdann52 (talk) 17:45, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

Give Short Names a go - I've updated the home page to point towards enwiki or commons. It's a bit slow, but I'll put a result cap on there to speed it up a bit! Mdann52 (talk) 19:15, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Maybe if we do 6 characters or less, and a separate page for 7 to 10? DS (talk) 02:38, 28 January 2026 (UTC)