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Wiki's Lazy Coders
LocationGlobal
Official language(s)en, hi
FounderSuyash Dwivedi
Key peopleMembers

Wiki's Lazy Coders

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The Wiki's Lazy Coders is a passionate volunteer community focused on developing lightweight software, webpages, tools, and analysis scripts to streamline work within the Wikipedia and broader Wikimedia ecosystem.

This group's philosophy embraces the spirit of "lazy" in the most efficient and positive sense, not in avoiding work, but in finding the smartest, simplest, and most efficient solutions to repetitive problems. They are often volunteers who may not have deep, hardcore software engineering backgrounds but possess a strong willingness to learn and an appreciation for open-source collaboration.

The core of their work involves leveraging the Wikimedia API, along with various other available open-source APIs, to build practical, user-friendly tools. While their primary focus is on the Wikimedia projects, their open-source nature means their skills and resulting software frequently extend beyond the Wikimedia ecosystem. They may apply their expertise to general open-source initiatives, build simple tools for other non-profit or community-driven data projects, or even develop basic hardware-supporting code for the broader open-source community, proving that significant impact can be achieved by applying fundamental coding skills to solve real-world community needs across the digital commons.

Project Founder and Lead

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Suyash Dwivedi (talk)

Members

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Hardware Tools Supporting Wikimedia Projects
This user is a member of Wiki's Lazy Coders project.

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Members and their key projects:

  1. Suyash Dwivedi (💬)
  2. Herdaisymione (talk)
  3. Uday Dongre
  4. Dev Jadiya (talk)
  5. Shreya (talk)
  6. Yug (talk) : WikiDex (2025)
  7. Manas Mishra (talk)
  8. Mohit07agre (talk)
  9. Zohasheikh (talk)
  10. Tanishkaapatidar (talk)
  11. Ishaan Chourasia (talk)
  12. Divya Talach (talk)
  13. ParasharSarthak (talk)
  14. Priyansh2376 (talk)
  15. Namami06 (talk)
  16. AryanX404 Talk

Meet the Mascot: The Fatty Sloth

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Meet the adorable face of the project: our mascot, the Fatty Sloth! Perched comfortably in its ergonomic chair, this plump, happy coder is the living symbol of Wiki's Lazy Coders.

Our Sloth isn't just slow; it's strategically deliberate. It represents the wisdom of the community: why rush to write a thousand lines of complicated code when a concise, elegant, ten-line solution will solve the problem permanently?

The Sloth embodies the group's core virtue: effective laziness. It's the philosophy that drives us to automate tedious tasks, build simple web pages, create lightweight tools, and craft efficient analysis scripts. By spending a little extra time thinking to find the easiest path, the sloth ensures maximum output with minimum, stress-free effort, leaving more time for essential sloth activities like napping and enjoying the Wikimedia community.

The Fatty Sloth proves that you don't need to be a hyperactive, caffeine-fueled programmer to make a massive impact on the world of free knowledge. You just need a comfy chair, a big smile, and a brilliant, lazy way to use the Wikimedia and open-source APIs to get the job done!

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Events

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  1. Raspberry JAM at Wiki Conference India 2026 (Upcoming)

Projects

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S. No. User Project links Description Status
1 Suyash Dwivedi Google Map ➤ Commons Location Template Converter Converts Google Maps locations to Wikimedia Commons location templates Done
2 Suyash Dwivedi 🔄 Wish Wiki Anniversary (As per SUL) Celebrate Wikipedia user anniversaries based on SUL accounts Done 🔄
3 Suyash Dwivedi Wikipedia Recent Changes Tracker Track recent changes across 43 Wikipedia languages in real-time Done
4 Suyash Dwivedi Female Scientists Map (Wikidata) Interactive map of notable female scientists from Asia with Wikidata integration Done
5 Suyash Dwivedi Medic Tree Mapping Campaign Map medicinal trees through Wikimedia Commons & OpenStreetMap (80+ countries) Done
6 Suyash Dwivedi Locate Commons Photos Map photos from Wikimedia Commons categories on interactive map Done
7 Suyash Dwivedi Wikipedia Article to DYK Image Generator Convert Wikipedia articles into shareable "Did You Know" social media images In progress…
8 Suyash Dwivedi Top 500 Longest Wikipedia Articles Fetch and display the top 500 longest Wikipedia pages by size (multi-language) Done
9 Suyash Dwivedi Indian Wikipedia Articles Without Images Find Wikipedia articles lacking images across Indian language Wikipedias Done
10 Suyash Dwivedi ICS File Generator for Calendars Generate ICS calendar files for Wikimedia events Done
11 Suyash Dwivedi Image Megapixel & Size Checker Calculate image megapixels and file size from dimensions Done
12 Suyash Dwivedi GitHub HTML Previewer Preview HTML files directly from GitHub repository URLs Done
13 Suyash Dwivedi Wikipedia Recent Changes (41 Languages) Recent changes tracker supporting 41 languages Done
14 Suyash Dwivedi Medic Tree Mapping (Alternative) Alternative version of medicinal tree mapping tool Done
15 Suyash Dwivedi Wikipedia articles without images finder Wikipedia articles without images in any language Wikipedia Done
16 Suyash Dwivedi Commons Assessment Checker, on Toolforge Discover Quality, Featured & Valued Media for Commons 🔄 Done
17 Uday Dongre Commons Leaderboard Tool Commons Leaderboard Tool for Commons Category 🔄 Done
18 Uday Dongre International Days Content Planner Tool International Days Content Planner Tool For Wiki Club SATI In progress…
19 Uday Dongre Wiki-quick-facts Type a topic and instantly see the Wikipedia article summary, thumbnail, and 5 key facts pulled from Wikidata. Works for any topic in any language. In progress…
20 Yug WikiDex Collect cards of beloved wikipedia articles. Done
21 Yug Commons Flow — Cat Downloader Resilient mass download for 10,000s files from wikimedia Commons categorie. Web app can be paused, closed, crashed, and will resume downloads at the same point. Done

Status Templates

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Status Templates
Category Display Code to Copy
Completion & Progress Done Not done In progress… Doing...  Working  On hold Working Waiting Fixed {{Done}} {{Not done}} {{In progress}} {{Doing}} {{Working}} {{On hold}} {{Waiting}} {{Fixed}}
Yes/No Support Support Oppose Oppose {{Yes}} {{No}}
Outcome Approved Approved  Declined {{Approved}} {{Declined}}
Support Support Support Oppose Oppose Neutral Neutral Comment Comment {{Support}} {{Oppose}} {{Neutral}} {{Comment}}
Symbols YesY NoN Question Question: 🔄 (Updated) {{Tick}} {{Cross}} {{Question}}
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