User:David Osipov

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David Osipov
(Давид Осипов • დავით ოსიპოვი)
Tech-driven Product Leader with 5+ years of experience in B2B SaaS, cybersecurity, and enterprise IT.
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ISNI logo ISNI:
0000 0005 1802 960X
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0009-0005-2713-9242
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Born
Birthplace
Education
Master in Management (GSOM SPbU, 2021)
Bachelor of International Relations (SIR SPbU, 2016)
Occupation Product manager
Field B2B SaaS, Enterprise IT
Competencies Cybersecurity, Data Analysis, Agile
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Email: business@david-osipov.vision
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About David Osipov
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10,202+This user has made over 10,202 contributions to Wikimedia projects.
3,691+This user has made over 3,691 contributions to Commons.
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A contributor to the English and Russian Wikipedias with a focus on topics related to Georgia. In real life, I am a product manager in the IT and B2B SaaS field with a deep interest in cybersecurity. An active participant and contributor to projects with open data, particularly OpenStreetMap.

My Mission: Documenting Georgia's Undiscovered Corners

My mission here on Wikimedia Commons began with a simple problem: delivery couriers couldn't find my home. My neighborhood in Tbilisi, Orkhevi, was poorly represented on digital maps. What started as a mission to fix my own address in OpenStreetMap quickly evolved into a passion for creating a comprehensive digital footprint of my local area and other parts of Georgia.

I believe that for data to be truly powerful, it must be interconnected. My work is a deliberate cycle designed to create this linked knowledge: I take photographs and upload them here to Commons, which serve as visual references for the Wikidata items I create. This structured data then forms the backbone of the Wikipedia articles I write. This entire process is part of my larger goal: to help build a machine-readable semantic web where the vast amount of human knowledge can be easily accessed, parsed, and understood by everyone.

My contributions include:

  • Over 380 media files uploaded to Commons, focusing on:
  • More than 43,000 edits on OpenStreetMap, ranking me among the top 15 contributors in Georgia.
  • Over 103,500 images contributed to Mapillary, covering more than 470 km of roads to improve street-level map data.

In my professional life, I am a product manager in the IT and with passion for cybersecurity. I apply the same data-driven mindset and technical skills from my job to my volunteer work, ensuring my contributions are accurate, structured, and useful to the global community.

I believe the best work is done together. If you have questions about my uploads, see an opportunity to collaborate, or need help with mapping in Georgia, please feel free to leave a message on my talk page.

My AI-Powered Workflow for Quality and Scale

To document Georgia with the depth and accuracy it deserves, I've developed a workflow that blends on-the-ground fieldwork with advanced technology. My approach is built on using AI as a powerful tool to enhance, not replace, human curation.

My process involves:

  • AI-Generated Metadata: I use sophisticated prompting techniques to have AI assist in creating rich, accurate metadata for my uploads. This includes crafting detailed descriptions, captions, and alt texts in multiple languages—primarily English, Russian, and Georgian. For globally significant images like national symbols, I've used this method to generate metadata in over ten languages. My goal is to break down language barriers, helping to collapse the modern Tower of Babel and make visual knowledge truly universal.
  • Building the Semantic Web: I manually embed structured data (microdata and JSON-LD) into my contributions, especially in places like Commons categories where the engine doesn't generate it. This makes the content machine-readable, feeding the knowledge graphs that are essential for the future of a linked, semantic web.
  • The Right Tools for the Job: My AI-assisted work is supported by a robust suite of traditional open-source and professional tools. For mapping, I rely on JOSM, Rapid, StreetComplete, Vespucci, Every Door, and OsmAnd. For photography, my primary tools are my smartphone and a DJI Osmo Mobile 4 gimbal for stable imagery.

Stance on the Georgian Wikipedia

In July 2025, I decided to cease my participation in the Georgian Wikipedia project. This decision stemmed from a fundamental disagreement with the project's administration regarding quality standards and the acceptable depth of article content.

My detailed and extensively sourced article on Orkhevi (based on over 145 sources), a translation and adaptation of my Russian article Орхеви (посёлок в Тбилиси), was deemed "unencyclopedic," a violation of the original research policy, and was cut by a third. As I believe this approach hinders the creation of truly high-quality, comprehensive content, I found further contributions to this project to be untenable.

Details of the discussion can be found here (archived copy).

I continue my work on other Wikimedia projects, including the Russian and English Wikipedias, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikidata, as well as in OpenStreetMap.

Media Coverage

A panoramic view of a residential district in Saint Petersburg at sunset, just before a thunderstorm. The sun is setting on the left, casting golden and orange hues across the sky and clouds. On the right, the sky is filled with dark, heavy storm clouds, with a rainbow breaking through. It is raining, which is evident from the wet asphalt and raindrops in the foreground. Below, parked cars and multi-story apartment buildings are visible, illuminated by the warm light of the setting sun. The contrast between the bright sunset and the approaching storm creates a dramatic and tense atmosphere.
Before a storm in Saint Petersburg
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