Episode 194: Vera de Kok

🕑 1 hour 57 minutes

Vera de Kok is a freelance photographer, developer and wiki consultant who was named Media Contributor of the Year at the 2025 Wikimania conference for her contributions to both Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

• "I'm Wikipedia's "Media Contributor of the Year"!" (September 2025 blog post by Vera)
• View of Delft (Vermeer painting)
• Orator Matcher tool
• New Q5 tool
• VisualFileChange Wikimedia Commons gadget
• identifierInput.js Wikidata gadget
• WikiPortraits
• Youp van 't Hek Wikipedia article
• Prem Radhakishun Wikipedia article
• "Autistic editors" essay on Wikipedia
• Greater Netherlands Student Association Wikipedia article
• "Wikipedia is Autistic" episode of Autistic Culture podcast
• "The Impact of the Wikipedia Editing Course for Autistic People" (December 2024 Diff blog post)
• "Playing for the 'German Team' – A Neurodiverse Wikimedian's Journey to Nairobi, or Brigadoon" (September 2025 Diff blog post)
• Birch Bay, WA Polar Bear Plunge
• Wikipedia voice intro project
  • Mark Cousins Wikipedia article
  • Mikko Hyppönen Wikipedia article
• Doktershuis (Landsmeer) Wikipedia article (won Vera 4th place in a Dutch Wikipedia writing contest)
• Behringer U-phoria UM2 (microphone USB interface)
• Photo taken during temporary blackout at Wikimania 2025
• Photo taken during 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon
• Feline asthma Wikipedia article
• "Wie komt er alle jaren" on Wikimedia Commons