Re: Introducing WISE: Semantic search for Common s (we’d love your feedback)

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Hello everyone,

Following up on the WISE <https://wise.wmcloud.org/> tool's announcement,
we wanted to briefly explain why we are seeking community interest and
support.

At the moment, WISE indexes only =E2=80=9CMedia of the Day=E2=80=9D (~5,000=
 videos).
Expanding this to cover the full Wikimedia Commons collection (millions of
images) requires significant computational resources, especially
large-scale GPU processing, along with storage and ongoing maintenance.

Before moving in that direction, we want to understand:

   - Is this tool useful for the community?
   - Should we invest effort and resources to scale it further?
   - Are there any concerns we should address first?

If you find WISE useful or promising, you can support or share feedback
here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wise#Community_interest_and_supp=
ort

You can:

   - Add your support or comments on the page
   - Share use cases or ideas
   - Raise any concerns or suggestions

Your input will help guide whether and how we expand WISE further. Thanks
again for your time and feedback.

Wise Tool: https://wise.wmcloud.org/

Regards,
Gopa Vasanth

On Sun, May 3, 2026 at 2:09=E2=80=AFAM Vasanth Gopa <gopavasanth1999@gmail.=
com>
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> We would love to get your feedback on a tool we have been working on:
> https://wise.wmcloud.org/
>
> This is a search tool for images and videos on wikimedia. Currently is
> searching only on media of the day (approximately 5000 videos). It search=
es
> only the visual content of the file (not on metadata, filename, or
> structured data). It also does face detection and recognition.
>
> Please give it a go. Here's some examples:
>
> *Semantic example queries:*
> "man at a train station"
> "=E0=A4=8F=E0=A4=95 =E0=A4=B5=E0=A5=8D=E0=A4=AF=E0=A4=95=E0=A5=8D=E0=A4=
=A4=E0=A4=BF =E0=A4=B0=E0=A5=87=E0=A4=B2=E0=A4=B5=E0=A5=87 =E0=A4=B8=E0=A5=
=8D=E0=A4=9F=E0=A5=87=E0=A4=B6=E0=A4=A8 =E0=A4=AA=E0=A4=B0" (Hindi)
> "horse in an airplane"
> "=E0=B0=B5=E0=B0=BF=E0=B0=AE=E0=B0=BE=E0=B0=A8=E0=B0=82=E0=B0=B2=E0=B1=8B=
 =E0=B0=97=E0=B1=81=E0=B0=B0=E0=B1=8D=E0=B0=B0=E0=B0=82" (Telugu)
> "man with a flower"
> "pirate with a pistol"
>
> *Face search (select "Faces"):*
>
> Click the green "Image" button and paste an image URL
>
> Example inputs:
> * https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Charlie_Chaplin.jpg
> *
> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Neil_Armstrong_pose.j=
pg
>
> [warning: some videos are ogv videos and your brownser may not play them,
> so watch them on Commons, i.e., after clicking the search result, scroll
> down to the media metadata table, and follow the link to commons]
>
> *Key features include:*
>
> * Semantic search using natural language to find relevant images on
> Commons from the visual content only (not the structured data or
> description, only the image itself)
> * Face search: upload or paste a face image, and the tool will try to
> identify and locate that person across images and videos, including
> timestamps where they appear
> * Audio search: search within audio files to find relevant segments
> * Multilingual search: supports queries in multiple languages
>
> We are actively improving the tool and would really appreciate any
> feedback, suggestions, or ideas from the community. Here's some more
> immediate future plans:
>
> * Search on all wikimedia images (instead of only videos / media of the
> day)
> * Show similar images when uploading an image to suggest filenames,
> categories, and other relevant metadata
>
> More technical details and a place to share feedback at
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wise
> * Phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T424092
> * Announcement on Village pump:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#Introducing_WISE%=
3A_Semantic_search_for_Commons_%28we%E2%80%99d_love_your_feedback%29
> Regards,
>
> Gopa Vasanth <https://gopavasanth.github.io/>
> Twitter <https://twitter.com/gopavasanth1999> | LinkedIn
> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/gopa-vasanth/> | GitHub
> <https://github.com/gopavasanth> | Gerrit
> <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/gopavasanth>
>
> =E2=80=9CYesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or=
 lose.=E2=80=9D
>
>

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Regards,

Gopa Vasanth <https://gopavasanth.github.io/>
Twitter <https://twitter.com/gopavasanth1999> | LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/gopa-vasanth/> | GitHub
<https://github.com/gopavasanth> | Gerrit
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/gopavasanth>

=E2=80=9CYesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or l=
ose.=E2=80=9D

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>Following up on the <a href=3D"https://wise.wmcloud.org/" target=3D"_blank=
">WISE</a> tool&#39;s announcement, we wanted to briefly explain why we are=
 seeking community interest and support.</p><p>At the moment, WISE indexes =
only =E2=80=9CMedia of the Day=E2=80=9D (~5,000 videos). Expanding this to =
cover the full Wikimedia Commons collection (millions of images) requires s=
ignificant computational resources, especially large-scale GPU processing, =
along with storage and ongoing maintenance.</p><p>Before moving in that dir=
ection, we want to understand:<br></p><ul><li>Is this tool useful for the c=
ommunity?</li><li>Should we invest effort and resources to scale it further=
?</li><li>Are there any concerns we should address first?</li></ul><p></p><=
p>If you find WISE useful or promising, you can support or share feedback h=
ere:<br><a href=3D"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wise#Communit=
y_interest_and_support">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wise#Com=
munity_interest_and_support</a></p><p>You can:</p><ul><li>Add your support =
or comments on the page</li><li>Share use cases or ideas</li><li>Raise any =
concerns or suggestions</li></ul><p>Your input will help guide whether and =
how we expand WISE further. Thanks again for your time and feedback.</p><p>=
Wise Tool:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://wise.wmcloud.org/" target=3D"_blank">htt=
ps://wise.wmcloud.org/</a></p><p>Regards,<br>Gopa Vasanth</p></div><br><div=
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 2026 at 2:09=E2=80=AFAM Vasanth Gopa &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:gopavasanth1999=
@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br><=
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lso does face detection and recognition.<br><br>Please give it a go. Here&#=
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Neil_Armstrong_pose.jpg=
</a></p><p>[warning: some videos are ogv videos and your brownser may not p=
lay them, so watch them on Commons, i.e., after clicking the search result,=
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p><p><b>Key features include:</b><br><br>* Semantic search using natural la=
nguage to find relevant images on Commons from the visual content only (not=
 the structured data or description, only the image itself)<br>* Face searc=
h: upload or paste a face image, and the tool will try to identify and loca=
te that person across images and videos, including timestamps where they ap=
pear<br>* Audio search: search within audio files to find relevant segments=
<br>* Multilingual search: supports queries in multiple languages<br><br>We=
 are actively improving the tool and would really appreciate any feedback, =
suggestions, or ideas from the community. Here&#39;s some more immediate fu=
ture plans:<br><br>* Search on all wikimedia images (instead of only videos=
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