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verified-by-wikipedia

A chrome extension for verifying a twitter username using Wikidata

2Distinct people
2Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
13GitHub stars
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A chrome extension for verifying a twitter username using Wikidata

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by day2 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2023-04-20 23:14:02 UTC to 2023-05-01 07:53:53 UTC.

012023-04-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-21 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsApr 202023-04-21 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-26 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsApr 252023-04-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-05-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMay 1

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Apr 282023-04-28 00:00:00 UTC2023-04-29 00:00:00 UTC000
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Apr 302023-04-30 00:00:00 UTC2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 12023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-05-02 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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Nice little tool! From their Github page [0]: >this plugin was created by GPT-4 in just two hours It uses the Intersection Observer API [1] to grep visible usernames on twitter.com and then checks the Wikipedia API if the property P2002 (Twitter username) [2] exists. 0: https://github.com/irony/verified-by-wikipedia 1: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Intersectio... 2: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2002
In Chrome Plugin: use Wikipedia as verification of Twitter accounts
I found this post interesting; Show HN: GPT-4 wrote a verified by Wikipedia badge for Twitter : https://twitter.com/Landgren/status/1649185915644829698 Posted by urvader : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35647697 Twitter Wikipedia Badge Chrome Extension : https://github.com/irony/verified-by-wikipedia This Chrome extension adds a small Wikipedia icon next to the username on Twitter profiles that have a corresponding Wikipedia page. By clicking on the icon, users can quickly access the Wikipedia page associated with the Twitter account. Features Displays a Wikipedia icon next to Twitter usernames that have a Wikipedia page. Compatible with dynamically loaded Twitter content. Avoids adding icons to profile images or other unrelated links. Uses the Wikidata API to determine the existence of a Wikipedia page for a given Twitter u
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