Pleiades Project Blog
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Pleiades has a frequent announcements and site status account on hcommons.social in the Fediverse that you can visit in your browser, follow with an ActivityPub-capable application at @pleiades_gazetteer@hcommons.social, or subscribe using RSS. That account is also mirrored in Bluesky as @pleiades-gazetteer.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy for those who wish to follow it there.Last Week in Pleiades (17-24 November 2025)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 14 new and 286 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anne Chen, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette, Brady Kiesling, Gabriel Mckee and Enes Yılandiloğlu.
Last Week in Pleiades (10-17 November 2025)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 12 new and 227 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Ilaria Cristofaro, Dan Diffendale, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Gabriel Mckee, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert, Georgios Tsolakis and Enes Yılandiloğlu.
Last Week in Pleiades (3-10 November 2025)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 14 new and 634 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Ilaria Cristofaro, Stuart Dunn, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Michael Karabogias, Brady Kiesling, David Meadows, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert, Wikidata contributors, and Enes Yılandiloğlu.
Last Week in Pleiades (27 October - 3 November 2025)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 15 new and 466 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Sean Manning, Gabriel Mckee, David Meadows, John Muccigrosso, Gethin Rees, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert, and Enes Yılandiloğlu.
Last Week in Pleiades (20-27 October 2025)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 20 new and 76 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Sean Manning, and R. Scott Smith.
Last Week in Pleiades (13-20 October 2025)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 4 new and 342 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, and the World Historical Gazetteer.
Last Week in Pleiades (6-13 October 2025)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 10 new and 216 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Dan Diffendale, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Ryan M. Horne, Javier Martínez Jiménez, Brady Kiesling, Gabriel Mckee, David Meadows, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith and Wikidata.
Changelog for September 2025
During the month of September 2025, the Pleiades editorial college published 55 new and 682 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Johan Åhlfeldt, Canan Arıkan-Caba, Jeffrey Becker, Iulian Bîrzescu, Catherine Bouras, Anthony Durham, Tom Elliott, Jonathan Fu, Sean Gillies, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Eleftheria Konstantinidou, Chris de Lisle, Gabriel Mckee, John Muccigrosso, Rosemary Selth, Joe Sheppard, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert, Trismegistos, and contributors to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and the World Historical Gazetteer.
Last Week in Pleiades (29 September - 6 October 2025)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 17 new and 210 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Gabriel Mckee, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert and contributors to vici.org.
ToposText via the Pleiades Linked Data Sidebar
Inbound links from place records in ToposText are now included in the Pleiades Linked Data sidebar.
Last Week in Pleiades (22-29 September 2025)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 7 new and 210 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Eleftheria Konstantinidou, Gabriel Mckee, Rosemary Selth, and R. Scott Smith, as well as contributors to the World Historical Gazetteer, Wikidata, and Wikipedia.
Last Week in Pleiades (15-22 September 2025)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 17 new and 233 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Iulian Bîrzescu, Anthony Durham, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Eleftheria Konstantinidou, Gabriel Mckee, Rosemary Selth, Joe Sheppard, R. Scott Smith, World Historical Gazetteer and Wikidata.
The World Historical Gazetteer via the Pleiades Linked Data Sidebar
Inbound links from place records in the World Historical Gazetteer, as reflected in select datasets, are now included in the Pleiades Linked Data sidebar.
Report: Pleiades Co-Working Day (September 2025)
On 16 September 2025, members of the Pleiades community assembled virtually in two-hour shifts and worked concurrently on improving gazetteer content. Eleven people worked on place resources and their components during this time, updating 177 place resources and creating 3 new ones. Adjustments included cleanup and linking of references; writing of short descriptions; addition of ancient and modern name variants and associated witnesses; incorporation of more precise/accurate locations; and cross-linking with other online gazetteers and databases. The next "Co-Working Day" will be scheduled soon, with a target date in 6-8 weeks.
Last Week in Pleiades (8-15 September 2025)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 17 new and 116 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert, and contributors to Trismegistos and Wikidata.
Last Week in Pleiades (1-8 September 2025)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 14 new and 160 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Canan Arıkan-Caba, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott and Jonathan Fu.
Changelog for August 2025
During the month of August 2025, the Pleiades editorial college published 47 new and 721 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Canan Arıkan-Caba, Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Tom Elliott, Martina Filosa, Jonathan Fu, R.B. Hitchner, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Gabriel Mckee, Richard Talbert and Clifflena Tiah.
Last Week in Pleiades (25 August - 1 September 2025)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 15 new and 74 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Martina Filosa, Jonathan Fu, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, James Newhard, Nomisma contributors, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, and Wikidata contributors.
Last Week in Pleiades (18-25 August 2025)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 7 new and 136 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, R.B. Hitchner, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Gabriel Mckee, Rosemary Selth and R. Scott Smith.
Last week in Pleiades (11-18 August 2025)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 9 new and 294 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Tom Elliott, Brady Kiesling and Richard Talbert.