Blu: Patch series for pickipedia:blu/rambler (Sideman name + Rambler), for magent to git am (blu) (via create-page on MediaWiki MCP Server)

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Patch series for pickipedia:blu/rambler (Sideman name + Rambler), for magent to git am (blu) (via create-page on MediaWiki MCP Server)

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Patch series for <code>pickipedia:blu/rambler</code>: two commits (name recording_credits Sideman; add Rambler), made with <code>git format-patch origin/production..blu/rambler</code> at block 26,317,060, on production at 04d0e04. sha256 of the file: 5b0938d45b4eb8ed547b3bcb668a9049786e6fce52a4c68b7a18700294d6f407. 47 tests pass (rambler + recording_credits). tools/ only, nothing to redeploy. For magent to <code>git am</code> and open against production, until githouse lets blu push.

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From 9bcb977ad14d76ed16aa2ecbfe9be069c74a3525 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: blu <blu@cryptograss.live>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2026 03:00:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Name recording_credits: Sideman

Justin asked for names to refer to the connectome fetchers by (connectome
Mood, Oct 31). The module keeps its file name; the docstring carries the
name people use.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
tools/recording_credits.py | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/recording_credits.py b/tools/recording_credits.py
index bc36e2b..730dd77 100644
--- a/tools/recording_credits.py
+++ b/tools/recording_credits.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
-Who plays on a recording: an Artificial Dumb lookup.
+Sideman: who plays on a recording, an Artificial Dumb lookup.

python3 tools/recording_credits.py "Tony Rice" "House of the Rising Sun"

--
2.53.0

From c5e4c41a9653f6909595fe812ecb6b141fd0cafe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: blu <blu@cryptograss.live>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2026 03:00:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add Rambler: who was on a record with whom, walked
outward from one record

The record-level crawler behind the Has personnel numbers (Oct 27), rebuilt
in the repo after the /tmp copy was lost. Built on Sideman's MusicBrainz and
Discogs helpers.

From one MusicBrainz release it reads who is credited, finds the other
records those people are on (their release relationships and their own
releases), reads who is credited on those, for --hops steps. Output is the
person-record graph, the record pairs that share a person, and a worklist of
records with nobody credited. --wikitext prints {{Record personnel}} calls
with sources; nothing is written to the wiki.

Edges come only from a record's own credits, never from how it was found.
Names match exactly and are never merged. Compilations are skipped. Only
people with a MusicBrainz id are walked onward.

Live, one hop from Unit of Measure (750499ef): 21 records, 74 people,
147 person-record edges, 111 record pairs sharing a person.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
tools/rambler.py | 328 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/test_rambler.py | 164 +++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 492 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/rambler.py
create mode 100644 tools/test_rambler.py

diff --git a/tools/rambler.py b/tools/rambler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3965674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/rambler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,328 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Rambler: who was on a record with whom, walked outward from one record.
+
+ python3 tools/rambler.py 750499ef-cec3-4c3c-9e8d-2caacff30e0e
+ python3 tools/rambler.py --hops 2 --json <release-mbid>
+ python3 tools/rambler.py --wikitext <release-mbid>
+
+An Artificial Dumb crawler for the connectome, built on Sideman
+(recording_credits.py) and its MusicBrainz and Discogs helpers. Starting at
+one MusicBrainz release, it reads who is credited on it, finds the other
+records those people are on, reads who is credited on those, and so on for
+--hops steps. What comes out is a record-level graph: people and records,
+and the pairs of records that share a person.
+
+That is the edge Has personnel stores -- "on this record", not "on this
+track". Sideman's output keeps track and release scope apart because a
+release-wide credit cannot answer "who played on this song". It can answer
+"who was on this record", which is the only question Rambler asks, so here
+both scopes count as an edge and the scope is kept beside it.
+
+What makes it dumb, deliberately:
+
+ - An edge comes only from a record's own credits. Finding a record through
+ a person (their releases, their release relationships) is how Rambler
+ looks; it is not evidence. A record reached through someone who is not
+ then credited on it adds no edge for them, and the output says so.
+ - People are matched by exact name. "James Kerwin" and "Jim Kerwin" are two
+ people. Rambler can miss an edge; it cannot invent one.
+ - Only people with a MusicBrainz id are walked onward. Discogs-only names
+ are kept as edges but go no further.
+ - Compilations are skipped: a track on one does not put its players on a
+ record together.
+
+Records that come back with nobody credited are listed as the worklist:
+they need liner notes, or someone who was there.
+
+--wikitext prints {{Record personnel}} calls for each record, one per person,
+each with the source it came from. It writes nothing; a person decides
+where, and whether, they go.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import re
+import sys
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+import recording_credits as sideman
+
+# Discovery caps. A prolific player is on hundreds of records; walking all of
+# them from one seed is a hairball, not a map.
+DEFAULT_PER_PERSON = 5
+DEFAULT_MAX_RECORDS = 40
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# One record's credits
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def mb_people(release):
+ """Performance credits on a MusicBrainz release, release- and track-level.
+
+ Returns {name: {"mbid", "roles", "scopes"}}. Track-level credits count:
+ a person credited on any track is on the record.
+ """
+ people = {}
+
+ def add(rel, scope):
+ if rel.get("type") not in sideman.MB_PERFORMANCE_TYPES or "artist" not in rel:
+ return
+ a = rel["artist"]
+ p = people.setdefault(a["name"], {"mbid": a.get("id"), "roles": set(), "scopes": set()})
+ p["roles"].add(", ".join(rel.get("attributes") or []) or rel["type"])
+ p["scopes"].add(scope)
+
+ for rel in release.get("relations", []):
+ add(rel, "release")
+ for medium in release.get("media", []):
+ for track in medium.get("tracks", []):
+ for rel in track.get("recording", {}).get("relations", []):
+ add(rel, "track")
+ return people
+
+
+def discogs_people(release):
+ """Performance credits on a Discogs release, release- and track-level."""
+ people = {}
+
+ def add(entry, scope):
+ roles = sideman.performance_roles(entry.get("role", ""))
+ if not roles:
+ return
+ name = sideman.strip_discogs_suffix(entry["name"])
+ p = people.setdefault(name, {"mbid": None, "roles": set(), "scopes": set()})
+ p["roles"].update(roles)
+ p["scopes"].add("track" if (entry.get("tracks") or "").strip() else scope)
+
+ for e in release.get("extraartists", []):
+ add(e, "release")
+ for track in release.get("tracklist", []):
+ for e in track.get("extraartists", []):
+ add(e, "track")
+ return people
+
+
+def is_compilation(release):
+ group = release.get("release-group") or {}
+ return "Compilation" in (group.get("secondary-types") or [])
+
+
+def read_record(release_id):
+ """Fetch one record and everyone credited on it, from both sources."""
+ release = sideman.mb_get(
+ f"release/{release_id}",
+ inc="artist-credits+release-groups+recordings+artist-rels+recording-level-rels+url-rels")
+ record = {
+ "id": release_id,
+ "group": (release.get("release-group") or {}).get("id", release_id),
+ "title": release.get("title", ""),
+ "date": release.get("date", ""),
+ "artist": sideman.credit_line(release.get("artist-credit", [])),
+ "compilation": is_compilation(release),
+ "sources": {"MusicBrainz": f"https://musicbrainz.org/release/{release_id}"},
+ "people": {},
+ }
+ for name, p in mb_people(release).items():
+ record["people"][name] = {**p, "sources": {"MusicBrainz"}}
+ did = sideman.discogs_id(release)
+ if did:
+ record["sources"]["Discogs"] = f"https://www.discogs.com/release/{did}"
+ for name, p in discogs_people(sideman.discogs_get(f"releases/{did}")).items():
+ q = record["people"].setdefault(name, {"mbid": None, "roles": set(), "scopes": set(), "sources": set()})
+ q["roles"] |= p["roles"]
+ q["scopes"] |= p["scopes"]
+ q["sources"].add("Discogs")
+ return record
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Finding a person's other records
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def candidate_releases(mbid, per_person):
+ """A person's other records: those they have a relationship to (sideman
+ credits) and those under their own name. Earliest first, one per title."""
+ found = []
+ artist = sideman.mb_get(f"artist/{mbid}", inc="release-rels")
+ for rel in artist.get("relations", []):
+ if rel.get("type") in sideman.MB_PERFORMANCE_TYPES and "release" in rel:
+ r = rel["release"]
+ found.append((r.get("date") or "9999", r["id"], r.get("title", "")))
+ own = sideman.mb_get("release", artist=mbid, inc="release-groups", limit=100)
+ for r in own.get("releases", []):
+ if "Compilation" in ((r.get("release-group") or {}).get("secondary-types") or []):
+ continue
+ found.append((r.get("date") or "9999", r["id"], r.get("title", "")))
+ return pick_earliest(found, per_person)
+
+
+def pick_earliest(found, limit):
+ """Earliest dated first; one release per title, so reissues and
+ second pressings do not use up the cap."""
+ seen, picked = set(), []
+ for date, rid, title in sorted(found):
+ key = sideman.normalize_title(title)
+ if key in seen:
+ continue
+ seen.add(key)
+ picked.append(rid)
+ if len(picked) == limit:
+ break
+ return picked
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# The walk
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def ramble(seed, hops=1, per_person=DEFAULT_PER_PERSON, max_records=DEFAULT_MAX_RECORDS,
+ read=read_record, candidates=candidate_releases, log=lambda msg: None):
+ """Walk outward from seed. read and candidates are passed in so the walk
+ can be tested without the network."""
+ records = {} # release-group id -> record
+ found_via = {} # release-group id -> name of the person it was found through
+ walked = set() # people already expanded
+ frontier = [(seed, None)]
+ for hop in range(hops + 1):
+ next_people = []
+ for release_id, via in frontier:
+ if len(records) >= max_records:
+ log(f"stopped at {max_records} records")
+ break
+ rec = read(release_id)
+ if rec["group"] in records or rec["compilation"]:
+ continue
+ records[rec["group"]] = rec
+ if via:
+ found_via[rec["group"]] = via
+ log(f"hop {hop}: {rec['title']} ({rec['date'] or 'undated'}), {len(rec['people'])} credited")
+ for name, p in sorted(rec["people"].items()):
+ if p.get("mbid") and name not in walked:
+ walked.add(name)
+ next_people.append((name, p["mbid"]))
+ if hop == hops:
+ break
+ frontier = []
+ for name, mbid in next_people:
+ for rid in candidates(mbid, per_person):
+ frontier.append((rid, name))
+ return summarize(records, found_via)
+
+
+def summarize(records, found_via):
+ people = defaultdict(list)
+ for gid, rec in records.items():
+ for name in rec["people"]:
+ people[name].append(gid)
+ pairs = []
+ gids = sorted(records)
+ for i, a in enumerate(gids):
+ for b in gids[i + 1:]:
+ shared = sorted(set(records[a]["people"]) & set(records[b]["people"]))
+ if shared:
+ pairs.append({"records": [a, b], "shared": shared})
+ not_credited = sorted(
+ (gid, via) for gid, via in found_via.items() if via not in records[gid]["people"])
+ return {
+ "records": records,
+ "people": {n: sorted(g) for n, g in sorted(people.items())},
+ "pairs": pairs,
+ "worklist": sorted(gid for gid, rec in records.items() if not rec["people"]),
+ "found_but_not_credited": [{"record": g, "via": v} for g, v in not_credited],
+ }
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Output
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def label(rec):
+ return f"{rec['title']} ({rec['date'][:4] or 'undated'}, {rec['artist'] or 'no artist'})"
+
+
+def render(graph):
+ recs = graph["records"]
+ edges = sum(len(r["people"]) for r in recs.values())
+ out = [f"{len(recs)} records, {len(graph['people'])} people, {edges} person-record edges, "
+ f"{len(graph['pairs'])} record pairs sharing a person", ""]
+ hubs = sorted(graph["people"].items(), key=lambda kv: (-len(kv[1]), kv[0]))
+ out.append("On the most records:")
+ for name, gids in hubs[:10]:
+ if len(gids) > 1:
+ out.append(f" {name}: {len(gids)}")
+ out.append("")
+ out.append("Record pairs:")
+ for p in graph["pairs"]:
+ a, b = (recs[g] for g in p["records"])
+ out.append(f" {label(a)} <-> {label(b)} via {', '.join(p['shared'])}")
+ if graph["worklist"]:
+ out += ["", "No personnel in either source (liner notes, or someone who was there):"]
+ out += [f" {label(recs[g])} {recs[g]['sources']['MusicBrainz']}" for g in graph["worklist"]]
+ if graph["found_but_not_credited"]:
+ out += ["", "Reached through someone the record does not credit (no edge added):"]
+ out += [f" {label(recs[x['record']])} via {x['via']}" for x in graph["found_but_not_credited"]]
+ return "\n".join(out)
+
+
+def wikitext(graph):
+ """{{Record personnel}} calls per record. One source per call: MusicBrainz
+ where it credits the person, else Discogs."""
+ out = []
+ for gid in sorted(graph["records"], key=lambda g: (graph["records"][g]["date"] or "9999", g)):
+ rec = graph["records"][gid]
+ if not rec["people"]:
+ continue
+ out.append(f"== {label(rec)} ==")
+ for name, p in sorted(rec["people"].items()):
+ src = "MusicBrainz" if "MusicBrainz" in p["sources"] else "Discogs"
+ url = rec["sources"].get(src)
+ roles = ", ".join(sorted(p["roles"]))
+ cite = f"|source={url}" if url else ""
+ out.append(f"{{{{Record personnel|{name}|instrument={roles}{cite}}}}}")
+ out.append("")
+ return "\n".join(out)
+
+
+def jsonable(graph):
+ def fix(o):
+ if isinstance(o, set):
+ return sorted(o)
+ if isinstance(o, dict):
+ return {k: fix(v) for k, v in o.items()}
+ if isinstance(o, list):
+ return [fix(v) for v in o]
+ return o
+ return fix(graph)
+
+
+MBID = re.compile(r"[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}")
+
+
+def main(argv):
+ ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Rambler: record-to-record walk from one MusicBrainz release.")
+ ap.add_argument("seed", help="MusicBrainz release id, or a musicbrainz.org/release/... URL")
+ ap.add_argument("--hops", type=int, default=1, help="record-to-record steps (default 1)")
+ ap.add_argument("--per-person", type=int, default=DEFAULT_PER_PERSON)
+ ap.add_argument("--max-records", type=int, default=DEFAULT_MAX_RECORDS)
+ out = ap.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+ out.add_argument("--json", action="store_true")
+ out.add_argument("--wikitext", action="store_true")
+ args = ap.parse_args(argv[1:])
+ m = MBID.search(args.seed)
+ if not m:
+ ap.error("seed must contain a MusicBrainz release id")
+ graph = ramble(m.group(0), args.hops, args.per_person, args.max_records,
+ log=lambda msg: print(msg, file=sys.stderr))
+ if args.json:
+ print(json.dumps(jsonable(graph), indent=2, ensure_ascii=False))
+ elif args.wikitext:
+ print(wikitext(graph))
+ else:
+ print(render(graph))
+ return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
diff --git a/tools/test_rambler.py b/tools/test_rambler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2db3dd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test_rambler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Tests for Rambler, the record-to-record walk.
+
+What these guard: an edge comes only from a record's own credits, never from
+how the record was found; names match exactly and are never merged; the walk
+stops where it is told to. Everything runs on canned records, so no test
+touches the network.
+"""
+
+import rambler
+
+
+def person(mbid=None, roles=("guitar",), scopes=("release",), sources=("MusicBrainz",)):
+ return {"mbid": mbid, "roles": set(roles), "scopes": set(scopes), "sources": set(sources)}
+
+
+def record(rid, title, people, date="2000", compilation=False, group=None):
+ return {"id": rid, "group": group or f"g-{rid}", "title": title, "date": date,
+ "artist": "Someone", "compilation": compilation,
+ "sources": {"MusicBrainz": f"https://musicbrainz.org/release/{rid}"},
+ "people": people}
+
+
+# A small world:
+# seed: Tony Rice (mbid t), Wyatt Rice (mbid w)
+# r1: Tony Rice, Larry Rice (mbid l) found through Tony
+# r2: Wyatt Rice, Rickie Simpkins (no mbid; Discogs only) found through Wyatt
+# r3: nobody credited found through Wyatt
+# r4: Ricky Skaggs only found through Tony, who is not credited
+# r5: Jerry Douglas found through Larry (hop 2)
+# comp: a compilation found through Tony
+WORLD = {
+ "seed": record("seed", "Unit of Measure", {"Tony Rice": person("t"), "Wyatt Rice": person("w")}),
+ "r1": record("r1", "Mr. Poverty", {"Tony Rice": person("t"), "Larry Rice": person("l")}, date="1975"),
+ "r2": record("r2", "Hurricanes", {"Wyatt Rice": person("w"),
+ "Rickie Simpkins": person(None, sources=("Discogs",))}),
+ "r3": record("r3", "Guitar", {}),
+ "r4": record("r4", "Someone Else's Record", {"Ricky Skaggs": person("s")}),
+ "r5": record("r5", "Hop Two", {"Jerry Douglas": person("j")}),
+ "comp": record("comp", "100 Tracks Bluegrass", {"Tony Rice": person("t")}, compilation=True),
+}
+FOUND = {"t": ["r1", "r4", "comp"], "w": ["r2", "r3"], "l": ["r5"], "s": [], "j": []}
+
+
+def walk(**kw):
+ calls = []
+
+ def read(rid):
+ calls.append(rid)
+ return WORLD[rid]
+
+ def candidates(mbid, per_person):
+ return FOUND[mbid][:per_person]
+
+ graph = rambler.ramble("seed", read=read, candidates=candidates, **kw)
+ return graph, calls
+
+
+def test_one_hop_reaches_records_through_credited_people():
+ graph, _ = walk(hops=1)
+ assert set(graph["records"]) == {"g-seed", "g-r1", "g-r2", "g-r3", "g-r4"}
+ assert "g-r5" not in graph["records"]
+
+
+def test_two_hops_go_one_record_further():
+ graph, _ = walk(hops=2)
+ assert "g-r5" in graph["records"]
+
+
+def test_found_through_someone_is_not_an_edge():
+ graph, _ = walk(hops=1)
+ assert graph["people"]["Tony Rice"] == ["g-r1", "g-seed"]
+ assert graph["found_but_not_credited"] == [
+ {"record": "g-r3", "via": "Wyatt Rice"}, {"record": "g-r4", "via": "Tony Rice"}]
+
+
+def test_compilations_are_skipped():
+ graph, calls = walk(hops=1)
+ assert "comp" in calls
+ assert "g-comp" not in graph["records"]
+
+
+def test_people_without_mbid_are_edges_but_not_walked():
+ graph, _ = walk(hops=2)
+ assert graph["people"]["Rickie Simpkins"] == ["g-r2"]
+
+
+def test_records_with_no_personnel_go_on_the_worklist():
+ graph, _ = walk(hops=1)
+ assert graph["worklist"] == ["g-r3"]
+
+
+def test_pairs_name_who_is_shared():
+ graph, _ = walk(hops=1)
+ pairs = {tuple(p["records"]): p["shared"] for p in graph["pairs"]}
+ assert pairs[("g-r1", "g-seed")] == ["Tony Rice"]
+ assert pairs[("g-r2", "g-seed")] == ["Wyatt Rice"]
+ assert ("g-r1", "g-r2") not in pairs
+
+
+def test_names_are_exact():
+ world = {"seed": record("seed", "A", {"James Kerwin": person("k1")}),
+ "x": record("x", "B", {"Jim Kerwin": person("k2")})}
+ graph = rambler.ramble("seed", hops=1, read=world.__getitem__,
+ candidates=lambda mbid, n: ["x"] if mbid == "k1" else [])
+ assert graph["pairs"] == []
+ assert set(graph["people"]) == {"James Kerwin", "Jim Kerwin"}
+
+
+def test_max_records_stops_the_walk():
+ graph, _ = walk(hops=2, max_records=2)
+ assert len(graph["records"]) == 2
+
+
+def test_reissues_in_one_group_fold():
+ world = {"seed": record("seed", "A", {"Tony Rice": person("t")}, group="g1"),
+ "reissue": record("reissue", "A", {"Tony Rice": person("t")}, group="g1")}
+ graph = rambler.ramble("seed", hops=1, read=world.__getitem__,
+ candidates=lambda mbid, n: ["reissue"])
+ assert list(graph["records"]) == ["g1"]
+
+
+def test_pick_earliest_one_per_title():
+ found = [("1987", "b", "Me & My Guitar"), ("1986", "a", "Me & My Guitar"),
+ ("1978", "c", "Live"), ("9999", "d", "Undated")]
+ assert rambler.pick_earliest(found, 5) == ["c", "a", "d"]
+ assert rambler.pick_earliest(found, 1) == ["c"]
+
+
+def test_mb_people_counts_track_credits_and_skips_producers():
+ release = {
+ "relations": [
+ {"type": "instrument", "attributes": ["mandolin"], "artist": {"id": "g", "name": "Jimmy Gaudreau"}},
+ {"type": "producer", "attributes": [], "artist": {"id": "w", "name": "Bill Wolf"}},
+ ],
+ "media": [{"tracks": [{"recording": {"relations": [
+ {"type": "vocal", "attributes": ["lead vocals"], "artist": {"id": "j", "name": "Jerry Garcia"}}]}}]}],
+ }
+ people = rambler.mb_people(release)
+ assert set(people) == {"Jimmy Gaudreau", "Jerry Garcia"}
+ assert people["Jerry Garcia"]["scopes"] == {"track"}
+ assert people["Jimmy Gaudreau"]["mbid"] == "g"
+
+
+def test_discogs_people_judges_composite_roles():
+ release = {"extraartists": [
+ {"name": "Tony Rice", "role": "Guitar, Producer", "tracks": ""},
+ {"name": "Bill Wolf", "role": "Producer, Mixed By", "tracks": ""},
+ {"name": "Craig Miller (3)", "role": "Harmonica", "tracks": "4"}],
+ "tracklist": []}
+ people = rambler.discogs_people(release)
+ assert set(people) == {"Tony Rice", "Craig Miller"}
+ assert people["Tony Rice"]["roles"] == {"Guitar"}
+ assert people["Craig Miller"]["scopes"] == {"track"}
+
+
+def test_wikitext_one_call_per_person_with_a_source():
+ graph, _ = walk(hops=1)
+ text = rambler.wikitext(graph)
+ assert "{{Record personnel|Larry Rice|instrument=guitar|source=https://musicbrainz.org/release/r1}}" in text
+ assert "== Guitar" not in text # nobody credited, nothing to write
+ # Discogs-only credit on a record whose Discogs link is unknown: no source, not a crash
+ assert "{{Record personnel|Rickie Simpkins|instrument=guitar}}" in text
--
2.53.0

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Emergent:Blu/Patches/rambler - Revision history

Blu: Patch series for pickipedia:blu/rambler (Sideman name + Rambler), for magent to git am (blu) (via create-page on MediaWiki MCP Server)