[Message available in French, Portuguese, and Spanish below]
[Message disponible en français, portugais et espagnol ci-dessous]
[Mensagem disponível em francês, português e espanhol abaixo]
[Mensaje disponible en francés, portugués y español a continuación]
*[ENGLISH]*
Hello,
Do you like biodiversity? Beautiful illustrations and visual knowledge? Or
simply editing and adding images to Wikipedia? Then you might be interested
in this event! 🌿 🦋 🌱🐦🌰🦎🪻🐒
The Biodiversity Heritage Library
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_Heritage_Library> (BHL) Wikimedia
Working Group is organizing three events to help illustrate Wikipedia in
Spanish, French, and Portuguese with images from the institutions' South
American and African collections enriched with structured data on Wikimedia
Commons.
The events will feature presentations about BHL, its Wikimedia working
group, and the activities of their Wikimedian in Residence with structured
data, as well as how to add images to Wikipedia articles. The
expeditions and production context of the illustrations that led to the
construction of BHL's collections will also be discussed.
These events will happen in their languages (Spanish, French, and
Portuguese) and also have live interpretation in English.
- Spanish: March 26 at 19:00 UTC (⏰ find your time here
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Spani…>
)
- French: March 28 at 13:00 UTC (⏰ find your time here
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=%231Pic1Bio+%28Fr…>
)
- Portuguese: April 2nd at 17:00 UTC (⏰ find your time here
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Portu…>
)
Please, feel free to join if you have never edited Wikipedia or if you are
an expert already.
Get to know more and register here:
- Spanish: w.wiki/DNWL
- French: w.wiki/DNWV
- Portuguese: w.wiki/DNWU
Let's illustrate Wikipedia with biodiversity high-quality content! 🌻
*[FRANÇAIS]*
Bonjour,
Aimez-vous la biodiversité ? De belles illustrations et une culture
visuelle ? Ou simplement éditer et ajouter des images à Wikipédia ? Alors
vous pourriez être intéressé par l’événement suivant ! 🌿 🦋 🌱🌰🦎🪻🐦🐒
Le groupe de travail Wikimedia de la Biodiversity Heritage Library
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_Heritage_Library> (BHL)
organise un atelier pour aider à améliorer la Wikipédia en français avec
des images des collections sud-américaines et africaines de l'institution,
enrichies de données structurées de Wikimedia Commons.
L'événement comprendra des présentations sur BHL, son groupe de travail
Wikimedia, son Wikimédien en résidence et les données structurées, ainsi
que des conseils sur l'ajout d'images aux articles Wikipédia. Des questions
seront également abordées concernant le contexte de production des
illustrations et les expéditions qui ont conduit à la constitution des
collections de la BHL.
L'événement se déroulera en français et bénéficiera d'une interprétation en
direct en anglais.
*Détails:*📍 28 mars 2025
⏰ 13:00 UTC (trouvez votre fuseau horaire ici
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=%231Pic1Bio+%28Fr…>
).
💻 En ligne, via Zoom
N'hésitez pas à participer, que vous n'ayez jamais édité Wikipédia
auparavant ou que vous le fassiez depuis longtemps.
Apprenez-en plus et inscrivez-vous ici : w.wiki/DNWV.
Nous aurons aussi deux autres événements, en *espagnol* et en *portugais* (avec
interprétation en anglais).
🌱 Espagnol : 26 mars, 19:00 UTC (trouvez votre fuseau horaire ici
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Spani…>).
Inscription : w.wiki/DNWL.
🌱 Portugais : 2 avril, 17:00 UTC (trouvez votre fuseau horaire ici)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Portu…>.
Inscription : w.wiki/DNWU.
Participez et aidez à enrichir Wikipédia avec du contenu de qualité sur la
biodiversité ! 🌻
*[PORTUGUÊS]*
Olá,
Você gosta de biodiversidade? Belas ilustrações e conhecimento visual? Ou
simplesmente editar e adicionar imagens à Wikipédia? Então você pode se
interessar por esse evento! 🌿 🦋 🌱🌰🦎🪻🐦🐒
O grupo de trabalho Wikimedia da Biodiversity Heritage Library
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_Heritage_Library> (BHL) está
organizando uma oficina para ajudar a ilustrar a Wikipédia em português com
imagens das suas coleções sul-americanas e africanas, enriquecidas com
dados estruturados abertos no Wikimedia Commons.
O evento contará com apresentações sobre a BHL, seu grupo de trabalho
Wikimedia e as atividades de seu Wikimedista em Residência com dados
estruturados, bem como orientações sobre como adicionar imagens aos artigos
da Wikipédia. Questões sobre as expedições e o contexto de produção das
ilustrações que levaram à construção das coleções da BHL também serão
discutidas.
O evento acontecerá em português e terá interpretação simultânea para o
inglês.
*Detalhes:*
📍 2 de abril de 2025
⏰ 14:00 (Brasília) / 17:00 (Lisboa) / 17:00 (UTC) (encontre o fuso horário
aqui
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Portu…>
)
💻 Online, via Zoom
Sinta-se à vontade para participar se você nunca editou a Wikipédia ou se
já tem experiência.
Saiba mais e inscreva-se aqui: w.wiki/DNWU.
Também teremos outros dois eventos, em *francês* e em *espanhol* (com
interpretação para o inglês).
🌱 Espanhol: 26 de março às 19:00 (UTC) / 16:00 (Brasil) / 19:00 (Lisboa).
Inscrições: w.wiki/DNWL (encontre o fuso horário aqui
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Spani…>
).
🌱 Francês: 28 de março às 13:00 (UTC) / 10:00 (Brasil) / 13:00 (Lisboa).
Inscrições: w.wiki/DNWV (encontre o fuso horário aqui
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=%231Pic1Bio+%28Fr…>
).
Participe e ajude a ilustrar a Wikipédia com conteúdo de alta qualidade
sobre biodiversidade! 🌻
*[ESPAÑOL]*
¿Te gusta la biodiversidad? ¿Bellas ilustraciones y conocimiento visual? ¿O
simplemente editar y agregar imágenes a Wikipedia? ¡Entonces podría
interesarte el siguiente evento! 🌿 🦋 🌱🌰🦎🪻🐦🐒
El grupo de trabajo Wikimedia de la Biodiversity Heritage Library
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_Heritage_Library> (BHL) está
organizando un taller para ayudar a ilustrar la Wikipedia en español con
imágenes de las colecciones sudamericanas y africanas de la institución,
enriquecidas con datos estructurados en Wikimedia Commons.
El evento contará con presentaciones sobre BHL, su grupo de trabajo
Wikimedia, su Wikimedista en Residencia y datos estructurados, así como
orientación sobre cómo agregar imágenes a los artículos de Wikipedia.
También se abordarán cuestiones sobre el contexto de producción de las
ilustraciones y las expediciones que llevaron a la construcción de las
colecciones de BHL.
El evento se llevará a cabo en español y contará con interpretación en vivo
en inglés.
*Detalles:*
📍 26 de marzo de 2025
⏰ 16:00 (Buenos Aires, Santiago) / 14:00 (Bogotá, Lima) / 13:00 (México)
(encuentra tu zona horaria aquí
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Spani…>
)
💻 En línea, vía Zoom
Siéntete libre de participar tanto si nunca has editado Wikipedia como si
lo has estado haciendo durante mucho tiempo.
Obtenga más información y la inscripción aquí: w.wiki/DNWL.
También tendremos otros dos eventos, en *francés* y en *portugués* (con
interpretación en inglés).
🌱 Francés: 28 de marzo, 13:00 (UTC - encuentra tu zona horaria aquí
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=%231Pic1Bio+%28Fr…>).
Inscripción: w.wiki/DNWV.
🌱 Portugués: 2 de abril, 17:00 (UTC - encuentra tu zona horaria aquí
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Portu…>).
Inscripción: w.wiki/DNWU.
¡Participa y ayuda a ilustrar Wikipedia con contenido de alta calidad sobre
la biodiversidad! 🌻
Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her)
Program Officer, Culture and Heritage
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
*Apologies for cross-posting*
Dear BHL Wikimedia Working Group Members
Please see the message below from the BHL Executive Committee Chair, David Iggulden, with important information about the BHL Program. To ensure all members of BHL Committees and Working Groups are aware of this news, we are forwarding this information to our various listservs.
Thank you,
JJ
________________________________
From: BHL-STAFF <BHL-STAFF(a)SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU> on behalf of David Iggulden <D.Iggulden(a)KEW.ORG>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2025 5:22 PM
To: ListServ bhl-staff <BHL-STAFF(a)SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU>
Subject: Transitioning BHL Secretariat away from the Smithsonian
External Email - Exercise Caution
Dear all,
I need to share with you some difficult news which I received last week from Dr. Ellen Stofan, regarding the Smithsonian’s support for the BHL Secretariat going forward. Ellen is the Under Secretary for Science and Research at the Smithsonian.
Her email included the following:
“Due to changing circumstances including a constrained budget environment, we no longer have the capacity to hold this Secretariat. We are informing you as chair of the Board that we will cease this role as of 1/1/2026. We will remain a member of the BHL and continue to be an active participant.
We want to assure a smooth transition and will be in contact to arrange a meeting to discuss a transition plan for moving the Secretariat, including any BHL funds and records we currently manage as Secretariat, to another BHL member institution.”
This news is disappointing and came as a shock. My response to Ellen, mainly attempting to seek clarification on two key points, is attached for your information. I received a reply today from Ellen confirming that all three Secretariat positions will be affected by this change and need to be hosted and funded by another Partner and/or means. Her reply did not address my other query about the hosting of the technical infrastructure and staff supporting technical development.
I appreciate you will have many questions, the majority of which we will not be able to answer immediately. The Executive Committee and Secretariat have already begun initial conversations around transition planning despite the many questions needing clarification. We would like to collect your questions and compile them into a Google document so that we can begin to respond to them and seek further clarification from the Smithsonian where needed. Please use the following link to add your questions: Transitioning BHL Secretariat Away From Smithsonian - Questions - Google Docs<https://docs.google.com/document/d/16o4hnY2rNnpETNIDFkXRG_lzhSsUVLvRdTwr-BC…>
We have a Partner Call scheduled for this Thursday at 8pm EDT (UTC-4). This will proceed as planned, but we will also now have a 2nd Partner Call this Wednesday at 11am EDT (UTC-4) to give the maximum opportunity for initial responses to be shared and discussion to take place. For these special calls, both BHL Partners and Staff are very welcome to attend.
We will then be looking to explore options and build on these discussions at the Annual Meeting during the week of 7th April.
This is a sensitive situation, and I request that we are all mindful of this in our responses and maintain the professionalism our consortium has become so well respected for. I appreciate you will wish to share this news with colleagues, but I ask that you keep the above communication from Dr. Stofan within your institutions/organisations at this time.
We appreciate your cooperation in managing our communications around this sensitive matter as we work through these changes together.
Kind regards,
David
David Iggulden, Chair
BHL Executive Committee
________________________________
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*Apologies for cross-posting*
Dear BHL WIKI Colleagues,
Please see the message below from the BHL Executive Committee Chair, David Iggulden, with important information about the BHL Program. To ensure all members of BHL Committees and Working Groups are aware of this news, I am forwarding this information to our various listservs.
Thank you,
Bianca
From: BHL-STAFF <BHL-STAFF(a)SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU> on behalf of David Iggulden <D.Iggulden(a)KEW.ORG>
Date: Monday, March 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
To: ListServ bhl-staff <BHL-STAFF(a)SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU>
Subject: Transitioning BHL Secretariat away from the Smithsonian
External Email - Exercise Caution
Dear all,
I need to share with you some difficult news which I received last week from Dr. Ellen Stofan, regarding the Smithsonian’s support for the BHL Secretariat going forward. Ellen is the Under Secretary for Science and Research at the Smithsonian.
Her email included the following:
“Due to changing circumstances including a constrained budget environment, we no longer have the capacity to hold this Secretariat. We are informing you as chair of the Board that we will cease this role as of 1/1/2026. We will remain a member of the BHL and continue to be an active participant.
We want to assure a smooth transition and will be in contact to arrange a meeting to discuss a transition plan for moving the Secretariat, including any BHL funds and records we currently manage as Secretariat, to another BHL member institution.”
This news is disappointing and came as a shock. My response to Ellen, mainly attempting to seek clarification on two key points, is attached for your information. I received a reply today from Ellen confirming that all three Secretariat positions will be affected by this change and need to be hosted and funded by another Partner and/or means. Her reply did not address my other query about the hosting of the technical infrastructure and staff supporting technical development.
I appreciate you will have many questions, the majority of which we will not be able to answer immediately. The Executive Committee and Secretariat have already begun initial conversations around transition planning despite the many questions needing clarification. We would like to collect your questions and compile them into a Google document so that we can begin to respond to them and seek further clarification from the Smithsonian where needed. Please use the following link to add your questions: Transitioning BHL Secretariat Away From Smithsonian - Questions - Google Docs<https://docs.google.com/document/d/16o4hnY2rNnpETNIDFkXRG_lzhSsUVLvRdTwr-BC…>
We have a Partner Call scheduled for this Thursday at 8pm EDT (UTC-4). This will proceed as planned, but we will also now have a 2nd Partner Call this Wednesday at 11am EDT (UTC-4) to give the maximum opportunity for initial responses to be shared and discussion to take place. For these special calls, both BHL Partners and Staff are very welcome to attend.
We will then be looking to explore options and build on these discussions at the Annual Meeting during the week of 7th April.
This is a sensitive situation, and I request that we are all mindful of this in our responses and maintain the professionalism our consortium has become so well respected for. I appreciate you will wish to share this news with colleagues, but I ask that you keep the above communication from Dr. Stofan within your institutions/organisations at this time.
We appreciate your cooperation in managing our communications around this sensitive matter as we work through these changes together.
Kind regards,
David
David Iggulden, Chair
BHL Executive Committee
________________________________
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body with exempt charitable status, whose principal place of business is at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, United Kingdom.
The information contained in this email and any attachments is intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you have received this message in error, please return it immediately and permanently delete it. Do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this email or in any attachment.
Any views expressed in this email do not necessarily reflect the opinions of RBG Kew.
Any files attached to this email have been inspected with virus detection software by RBG Kew before transmission, however you should carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachments. RBG Kew accepts no liability for any loss or damage which may be caused by software viruses.
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[Message available in French, Portuguese, and Spanish below]
[Message disponible en français, portugais et espagnol ci-dessous]
[Mensagem disponível em francês, português e espanhol abaixo]
[Mensaje disponible en francés, portugués y español a continuación]
*[ENGLISH]*
Hello,
Do you like biodiversity? Beautiful illustrations and visual knowledge? Or
simply editing and adding images to Wikipedia? Then you might be interested
in this event! 🌿 🦋 🌱🐦🌰🦎🪻🐒
[image: AJUDE A BHL - INGLES - 1080 x 1350.jpg]
The Biodiversity Heritage Library
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_Heritage_Library> (BHL) Wikimedia
Working Group is organizing three events to help illustrate Wikipedia in
Spanish, French, and Portuguese with images from the institutions' South
American and African collections enriched with structured data on Wikimedia
Commons.
The events will feature presentations about BHL, its Wikimedia working
group, and the activities of their Wikimedian in Residence with structured
data, as well as how to add images to Wikipedia articles. The
expeditions and production context of the illustrations that led to the
construction of BHL's collections will also be discussed.
These events will happen in their languages (Spanish, French, and
Portuguese) and also have live interpretation in English.
- Spanish: March 26 at 19:00 UTC (⏰ find your time here
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Spani…>
)
- French: March 28 at 13:00 UTC (⏰ find your time here
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=%231Pic1Bio+%28Fr…>
)
- Portuguese: April 2nd at 17:00 UTC (⏰ find your time here
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Portu…>
)
Please, feel free to join if you have never edited Wikipedia or if you are
an expert already.
Get to know more and register here:
- Spanish: w.wiki/DNWL
- French: w.wiki/DNWV
- Portuguese: w.wiki/DNWU
Let's illustrate Wikipedia with biodiversity high-quality content! 🌻
*[FRANÇAIS]*
Bonjour,
Aimez-vous la biodiversité ? De belles illustrations et une culture
visuelle ? Ou simplement éditer et ajouter des images à Wikipédia ? Alors
vous pourriez être intéressé par l’événement suivant ! 🌿 🦋 🌱🌰🦎🪻🐦🐒
Le groupe de travail Wikimedia de la Biodiversity Heritage Library
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_Heritage_Library> (BHL)
organise un atelier pour aider à améliorer la Wikipédia en français avec
des images des collections sud-américaines et africaines de l'institution,
enrichies de données structurées de Wikimedia Commons.
L'événement comprendra des présentations sur BHL, son groupe de travail
Wikimedia, son Wikimédien en résidence et les données structurées, ainsi
que des conseils sur l'ajout d'images aux articles Wikipédia. Des questions
seront également abordées concernant le contexte de production des
illustrations et les expéditions qui ont conduit à la constitution des
collections de la BHL.
L'événement se déroulera en français et bénéficiera d'une interprétation en
direct en anglais.
*Détails:*📍 28 mars 2025
⏰ 13:00 UTC (trouvez votre fuseau horaire ici
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=%231Pic1Bio+%28Fr…>
).
💻 En ligne, via Zoom
[image: AJUDE A BHL - FRANCÊS - 1080 x 1350.jpg]
N'hésitez pas à participer, que vous n'ayez jamais édité Wikipédia
auparavant ou que vous le fassiez depuis longtemps.
Apprenez-en plus et inscrivez-vous ici : w.wiki/DNWV.
Nous aurons aussi deux autres événements, en *espagnol* et en *portugais* (avec
interprétation en anglais).
🌱 Espagnol : 26 mars, 19:00 UTC (trouvez votre fuseau horaire ici
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Spani…>).
Inscription : w.wiki/DNWL.
🌱 Portugais : 2 avril, 17:00 UTC (trouvez votre fuseau horaire ici)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Portu…>.
Inscription : w.wiki/DNWU.
Participez et aidez à enrichir Wikipédia avec du contenu de qualité sur la
biodiversité ! 🌻
*[PORTUGUÊS]*
Olá,
Você gosta de biodiversidade? Belas ilustrações e conhecimento visual? Ou
simplesmente editar e adicionar imagens à Wikipédia? Então você pode se
interessar por esse evento! 🌿 🦋 🌱🌰🦎🪻🐦🐒
O grupo de trabalho Wikimedia da Biodiversity Heritage Library
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_Heritage_Library> (BHL) está
organizando uma oficina para ajudar a ilustrar a Wikipédia em português com
imagens das suas coleções sul-americanas e africanas, enriquecidas com
dados estruturados abertos no Wikimedia Commons.
O evento contará com apresentações sobre a BHL, seu grupo de trabalho
Wikimedia e as atividades de seu Wikimedista em Residência com dados
estruturados, bem como orientações sobre como adicionar imagens aos artigos
da Wikipédia. Questões sobre as expedições e o contexto de produção das
ilustrações que levaram à construção das coleções da BHL também serão
discutidas.
O evento acontecerá em português e terá interpretação simultânea para o
inglês.
*Detalhes:*
📍 2 de abril de 2025
⏰ 14:00 (Brasília) / 17:00 (Lisboa) / 17:00 (UTC) (encontre o fuso horário
aqui
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Portu…>
)
💻 Online, via Zoom
[image: AJUDE A BHL - PORTUGUÊS - 1080 x 1350.jpg]
Sinta-se à vontade para participar se você nunca editou a Wikipédia ou se
já tem experiência.
Saiba mais e inscreva-se aqui: w.wiki/DNWU.
Também teremos outros dois eventos, em *francês* e em *espanhol* (com
interpretação para o inglês).
🌱 Espanhol: 26 de março às 19:00 (UTC) / 16:00 (Brasil) / 19:00 (Lisboa).
Inscrições: w.wiki/DNWL (encontre o fuso horário aqui
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Spani…>
).
🌱 Francês: 28 de março às 13:00 (UTC) / 10:00 (Brasil) / 13:00 (Lisboa).
Inscrições: w.wiki/DNWV (encontre o fuso horário aqui
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=%231Pic1Bio+%28Fr…>
).
Participe e ajude a ilustrar a Wikipédia com conteúdo de alta qualidade
sobre biodiversidade! 🌻
*[ESPAÑOL]*
¿Te gusta la biodiversidad? ¿Bellas ilustraciones y conocimiento visual? ¿O
simplemente editar y agregar imágenes a Wikipedia? ¡Entonces podría
interesarte el siguiente evento! 🌿 🦋 🌱🌰🦎🪻🐦🐒
El grupo de trabajo Wikimedia de la Biodiversity Heritage Library
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_Heritage_Library> (BHL) está
organizando un taller para ayudar a ilustrar la Wikipedia en español con
imágenes de las colecciones sudamericanas y africanas de la institución,
enriquecidas con datos estructurados en Wikimedia Commons.
El evento contará con presentaciones sobre BHL, su grupo de trabajo
Wikimedia, su Wikimedista en Residencia y datos estructurados, así como
orientación sobre cómo agregar imágenes a los artículos de Wikipedia.
También se abordarán cuestiones sobre el contexto de producción de las
ilustraciones y las expediciones que llevaron a la construcción de las
colecciones de BHL.
El evento se llevará a cabo en español y contará con interpretación en vivo
en inglés.
*Detalles:*
📍 26 de marzo de 2025
⏰ 16:00 (Buenos Aires, Santiago) / 14:00 (Bogotá, Lima) / 13:00 (México)
(encuentra tu zona horaria aquí
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Spani…>
)
💻 En línea, vía Zoom
[image: AJUDE A BHL - ESPANHOL- 1080 x 1350.jpg]
Siéntete libre de participar tanto si nunca has editado Wikipedia como si
lo has estado haciendo durante mucho tiempo.
Obtenga más información y la inscripción aquí: w.wiki/DNWL.
También tendremos otros dos eventos, en *francés* y en *portugués* (con
interpretación en inglés).
🌱 Francés: 28 de marzo, 13:00 (UTC - encuentra tu zona horaria aquí
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=%231Pic1Bio+%28Fr…>).
Inscripción: w.wiki/DNWV.
🌱 Portugués: 2 de abril, 17:00 (UTC - encuentra tu zona horaria aquí
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Portu…>).
Inscripción: w.wiki/DNWU.
¡Participa y ayuda a ilustrar Wikipedia con contenido de alta calidad sobre
la biodiversidad! 🌻
Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her)
Program Officer, Culture and Heritage
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
[Message available in French, Portuguese, and Spanish below]
[Message disponible en français, portugais et espagnol ci-dessous]
[Mensagem disponível em francês, português e espanhol abaixo]
[Mensaje disponible en francés, portugués y español a continuación]
*[ENGLISH]*
Hello,
Do you like biodiversity? Beautiful illustrations and visual knowledge? Or
simply editing and adding images to Wikipedia? Then you might be interested
in this event! 🌿 🦋 🌱🐦🌰🦎🪻🐒
[image: AJUDE A BHL - INGLES - 1080 x 1350.jpg]
The Biodiversity Heritage Library
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_Heritage_Library> (BHL) Wikimedia
Working Group is organizing three events to help illustrate Wikipedia in
Spanish, French, and Portuguese with images from the institutions' South
American and African collections enriched with structured data on Wikimedia
Commons.
The events will feature presentations about BHL, its Wikimedia working
group, and the activities of their Wikimedian in Residence with structured
data, as well as how to add images to Wikipedia articles. The
expeditions and production context of the illustrations that led to the
construction of BHL's collections will also be discussed.
These events will happen in their languages (Spanish, French, and
Portuguese) and also have live interpretation in English.
- Spanish: March 26 at 19:00 UTC (⏰ find your time here
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Spani…>
)
- French: March 28 at 13:00 UTC (⏰ find your time here
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=%231Pic1Bio+%28Fr…>
)
- Portuguese: April 2nd at 17:00 UTC (⏰ find your time here
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Portu…>
)
Please, feel free to join if you have never edited Wikipedia or if you are
an expert already.
Get to know more and register here:
- Spanish: w.wiki/DNWL
- French: w.wiki/DNWV
- Portuguese: w.wiki/DNWU
Let's illustrate Wikipedia with biodiversity high-quality content! 🌻
*[FRANÇAIS]*
Bonjour,
Aimez-vous la biodiversité ? De belles illustrations et une culture
visuelle ? Ou simplement éditer et ajouter des images à Wikipédia ? Alors
vous pourriez être intéressé par l’événement suivant ! 🌿 🦋 🌱🌰🦎🪻🐦🐒
Le groupe de travail Wikimedia de la Biodiversity Heritage Library
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_Heritage_Library> (BHL)
organise un atelier pour aider à améliorer la Wikipédia en français avec
des images des collections sud-américaines et africaines de l'institution,
enrichies de données structurées de Wikimedia Commons.
L'événement comprendra des présentations sur BHL, son groupe de travail
Wikimedia, son Wikimédien en résidence et les données structurées, ainsi
que des conseils sur l'ajout d'images aux articles Wikipédia. Des questions
seront également abordées concernant le contexte de production des
illustrations et les expéditions qui ont conduit à la constitution des
collections de la BHL.
L'événement se déroulera en français et bénéficiera d'une interprétation en
direct en anglais.
*Détails:*📍 28 mars 2025
⏰ 13:00 UTC (trouvez votre fuseau horaire ici
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=%231Pic1Bio+%28Fr…>
).
💻 En ligne, via Zoom
[image: AJUDE A BHL - FRANCÊS - 1080 x 1350.jpg]
N'hésitez pas à participer, que vous n'ayez jamais édité Wikipédia
auparavant ou que vous le fassiez depuis longtemps.
Apprenez-en plus et inscrivez-vous ici : w.wiki/DNWV.
Nous aurons aussi deux autres événements, en *espagnol* et en *portugais* (avec
interprétation en anglais).
🌱 Espagnol : 26 mars, 19:00 UTC (trouvez votre fuseau horaire ici
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Spani…>).
Inscription : w.wiki/DNWL.
🌱 Portugais : 2 avril, 17:00 UTC (trouvez votre fuseau horaire ici)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Portu…>.
Inscription : w.wiki/DNWU.
Participez et aidez à enrichir Wikipédia avec du contenu de qualité sur la
biodiversité ! 🌻
*[PORTUGUÊS]*
Olá,
Você gosta de biodiversidade? Belas ilustrações e conhecimento visual? Ou
simplesmente editar e adicionar imagens à Wikipédia? Então você pode se
interessar por esse evento! 🌿 🦋 🌱🌰🦎🪻🐦🐒
O grupo de trabalho Wikimedia da Biodiversity Heritage Library
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_Heritage_Library> (BHL) está
organizando uma oficina para ajudar a ilustrar a Wikipédia em português com
imagens das suas coleções sul-americanas e africanas, enriquecidas com
dados estruturados abertos no Wikimedia Commons.
O evento contará com apresentações sobre a BHL, seu grupo de trabalho
Wikimedia e as atividades de seu Wikimedista em Residência com dados
estruturados, bem como orientações sobre como adicionar imagens aos artigos
da Wikipédia. Questões sobre as expedições e o contexto de produção das
ilustrações que levaram à construção das coleções da BHL também serão
discutidas.
O evento acontecerá em português e terá interpretação simultânea para o
inglês.
*Detalhes:*
📍 2 de abril de 2025
⏰ 14:00 (Brasília) / 17:00 (Lisboa) / 17:00 (UTC) (encontre o fuso horário
aqui
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Portu…>
)
💻 Online, via Zoom
[image: AJUDE A BHL - PORTUGUÊS - 1080 x 1350.jpg]
Sinta-se à vontade para participar se você nunca editou a Wikipédia ou se
já tem experiência.
Saiba mais e inscreva-se aqui: w.wiki/DNWU.
Também teremos outros dois eventos, em *francês* e em *espanhol* (com
interpretação para o inglês).
🌱 Espanhol: 26 de março às 19:00 (UTC) / 16:00 (Brasil) / 19:00 (Lisboa).
Inscrições: w.wiki/DNWL (encontre o fuso horário aqui
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Spani…>
).
🌱 Francês: 28 de março às 13:00 (UTC) / 10:00 (Brasil) / 13:00 (Lisboa).
Inscrições: w.wiki/DNWV (encontre o fuso horário aqui
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=%231Pic1Bio+%28Fr…>
).
Participe e ajude a ilustrar a Wikipédia com conteúdo de alta qualidade
sobre biodiversidade! 🌻
*[ESPAÑOL]*
¿Te gusta la biodiversidad? ¿Bellas ilustraciones y conocimiento visual? ¿O
simplemente editar y agregar imágenes a Wikipedia? ¡Entonces podría
interesarte el siguiente evento! 🌿 🦋 🌱🌰🦎🪻🐦🐒
El grupo de trabajo Wikimedia de la Biodiversity Heritage Library
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_Heritage_Library> (BHL) está
organizando un taller para ayudar a ilustrar la Wikipedia en español con
imágenes de las colecciones sudamericanas y africanas de la institución,
enriquecidas con datos estructurados en Wikimedia Commons.
El evento contará con presentaciones sobre BHL, su grupo de trabajo
Wikimedia, su Wikimedista en Residencia y datos estructurados, así como
orientación sobre cómo agregar imágenes a los artículos de Wikipedia.
También se abordarán cuestiones sobre el contexto de producción de las
ilustraciones y las expediciones que llevaron a la construcción de las
colecciones de BHL.
El evento se llevará a cabo en español y contará con interpretación en vivo
en inglés.
*Detalles:*
📍 26 de marzo de 2025
⏰ 16:00 (Buenos Aires, Santiago) / 14:00 (Bogotá, Lima) / 13:00 (México)
(encuentra tu zona horaria aquí
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Spani…>
)
💻 En línea, vía Zoom
[image: AJUDE A BHL - ESPANHOL- 1080 x 1350.jpg]
Siéntete libre de participar tanto si nunca has editado Wikipedia como si
lo has estado haciendo durante mucho tiempo.
Obtenga más información y la inscripción aquí: w.wiki/DNWL.
También tendremos otros dos eventos, en *francés* y en *portugués* (con
interpretación en inglés).
🌱 Francés: 28 de marzo, 13:00 (UTC - encuentra tu zona horaria aquí
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=%231Pic1Bio+%28Fr…>).
Inscripción: w.wiki/DNWV.
🌱 Portugués: 2 de abril, 17:00 (UTC - encuentra tu zona horaria aquí
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=1Pic1Bio+%28Portu…>).
Inscripción: w.wiki/DNWU.
¡Participa y ayuda a ilustrar Wikipedia con contenido de alta calidad sobre
la biodiversidad! 🌻
Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her)
Program Officer, Culture and Heritage
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hello, everyoneǃ
Here are the status updates for the past 2 weeks, transcluded from
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/BHL/Our_outcomes/WiR/Status_updates/2025-03….
Thanks for reading!
07 March 2025 - 21 March 2025
As the residency approaches an end (*only 1 month and a half left*), the
focus for the next weeks will be on making workflows future-proof,
providing high-quality training material and documenting everything. If you
have any requests or ideas, this is a great time to bring them upǃ
[image: image.png]
South-American Orchids in the Toolforge app BHL-Wiki-GBIF Image Gallery,
reachable at
https://bhl-gallery.toolforge.org/?taxonKey=7689&continent=SOUTH_AMERICA
General updates
- The thoughts on how to show the value for Structured Data on Commons
led to a *portal/gallery for BHL images with GBIF filters
<https://bhl-gallery.toolforge.org/>* at is an application that usesǃ It
uses the GBIF API to navigate taxa and locations for the species on
the 18.6k
depicts statements on BHL images on Commons <https://w.wiki/DVLX>.
- The next few weeks will see the *1Pic1Bio events, promoted by the
Wikimedia Foundation* to increase usage of BHL images on Wikipedia. The
events will happen with live translation to English, but natively in Spanish
on March 26 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:1Pic1Bio_(Spanish)>,
in French on March 28
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:1Pic1Bio_(French)> and in Portuguese
on April 2 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:1Pic1Bio_(Portuguese)>.
Anyone interested may join the events by clicking on those links.
Technical updates
- *Bot for plant depictions*ː A bot/automatic operation was approved
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Bots/Requests/TiagoLubianaBot>
to infer depicts (P180) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P180>
statements from Commons categories. The bot script finished running,
updating 55k files containing botanical illustrations, including at
least 8.1k
BHL images <https://w.wiki/DVLj>. These had been previously manually
catalogued to particular species by the Commons community in a tremendous
tour-de-force. Next stepsː (1) try and add BHL Page IDs for the BHL Images
missing it and (2) try and reproduce this for other taxaǃ
- *BHL images missing page ID:* This maintenance query for images in the
BHL category that have a depicts statement, but miss a page ID
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=incategory%3A%22Files+from…>
may help prioritize targets for adding Structured Data. The are just one BHL
page ID (P687) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P687> away from
appearing in tools like the BHL Image Explorer
<https://bhl-gallery.toolforge.org/> .
- *WMF's Research Fund grantː* The WMF's Research Fund grant
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Tech…>
is open for applications and the submission deadline is April 16, 2025. I
did write some thoughts on *Mapping Indigenous and Common Names in Latin
American Biodiversity Texts
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPQSx7fldXFi2zlQbt_73CCfLdnnGguRsfUpDEV…>*
for this grant. They changed a bit the scope, though, and seem to be more
focused on social sciences and computer sciences inquiries yielding
generalizable insight on the Wikimedia ecosystem. I likely *won't* send
an application, but if anyone thinks differently, just let me knowǃ
- *Adding public domain statements to images: *After conversation in the
BHL-Wiki working group meeting (thank you, Bianca, for bringing up the
subjectǃ), we decided to use the public domain (Q19652)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19652> value on Commons for works deemed
Public Domain on Commons. The Commons community has very strict
requirements on copyright
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Copyright_rules>, so this
decision was harder than it may seem!
- *Removing wrong CC-BY statements**: *We also decided to remove
inaccurate CC-BY statements, a decade-long legacy from Flickr limitations
at the time. The Structured Data script is removing those
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Histoire_naturelle_des…>
from structured data, and the new best-practices were reflected on
the Minimum
BHL Image Metadata Model
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ocqDQBFaKAQvPsP3HMlrh52faiHiaDU-D9P…>,
which now reached v0.1.6. There remains, though, a need to remove the
statements from the Wikitext. Changing Wikitext in batch would need
different bot code, but seems doable.
- *Technical details of the Image Gallery:* The BHL Image Explorer or
BHL Image Gallery — I am still looking for a name — (source code here)
<https://github.com/lubianat/bhl-gallery> started as an all client-side
page in javascript, but after quite some tech work, it is a
simple-but-functional Flask application hosted on Toolforge
<https://bhl-gallery.toolforge.org/>. It has some fun perks, like
sharing the links for particular taxa or location (e.g. parrots from
Africa
<https://bhl-gallery.toolforge.org/?taxonKey=1445&continent=AFRICA>). It
is still in testing so, expect some bugs — and not of the good,
*Coleoptera* kind. If you find them, do let me knowǃ
- *Continued uploads of structured metadataː* The directed structured
data uploads
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YhMSb_iBylJaWPX37kZbVzdyWoFidT9a31P…>
continued, now covering >7,5k images, about 2,5k more than in the last
reportǃ The code for uploads is available at
github.com/lubianat/bhl_sdc_data_curation. I am improving the docs, but
it is a somewhat complex workflow, as there are a lot of corner cases. I
will still try and refactor and make it usable for other tech-savvy
volunteers in the future. I considered making a web app but that would take
a lot of time to do well.
- *BHL Day Workshopː* It will soon be BHL Day (April 9-10
<https://about.biodiversitylibrary.org/get-involved/events/bhl-day-2025/>)
and Siobhan and Sabine will be in Berlin to discuss all kinds of nice Wiki
thingsǃ I'll attend remotely and share more news on the next update, on
April 4 ː)
- *Internet Archive and Machine Learningː* I had a quick call with Mike
Trizna about BHL and ARCH (Archives Research Compute Hub)
<https://webservices.archive.org/pages/arch/> in preparation for a
meeting to happen on March 25th with Karl Blumenthal, from the ARCH team.
He brought up some good ideas and told me a bit about what he and others at
the Smithsonian have been doing. Let's see what we can do with ARCH!
That is it and once again thank you for reading it throughǃ If you have any
comments or questions, just let me know and see you soonǃ
Tiago
*——————————————————————————*
*Tiago Lubiana*
*Wikimedian-in-Residence, Biodiversity Heritage Library
<https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/>*
*tiago.bio.br <https://tiago.bio.br>*
Hi, everyone, here is what happened in the last 2 weeks of
Wikimedian-in-Residentship:
(adapted from
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/BHL/Our_outcomes/WiR/Status_updates/2025-03…)
21 February 2024 - 07 March 2025
*General updates*
- A milestone was reachedː *I have added Structured Data for over 5.000
files on Commons,* the milestone outlined in the Statement of Work for
the positionǃ That is not the end of it, thoughː the workflow is getting
faster and more scalable, as the last manual bits are automated. Now it
integrates 3 APIs, BHL, Flickr and GBIF, to add metadata to Commons.
- Impressively, other users (well, mostly Siobhanǃ) have contributed SDC
to also over 5000 other items using OpenRefine and other semi-automatic
workflows. That means *over 10.000 image files with SDCǃ* Congrats to
the BHL-Wiki working groupǃ (See this query for the updated countː
https://w.wiki/DLB5)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Animalia_nova_sive_species_novae_testu…>
The big-headed Amazon river turtle
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Animalia_nova_sive_species_novae_te…>,
identified in Flickr as *Emys tracaxa*, now has the metadata on Commons
pointing to *Peltocephalus dumerilianus
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2716575>*, a match swiftly done by the GBIF
species-matching API . <https://techdocs.gbif.org/en/openapi/v1/species>
*Technical updates*
- *Bibliography ids and BHL DOIsː* Leveraging the new Wikidata batch
upload tool, Quickstatements V3, I have run a batch to add BHL Title IDs
for Wikidata items with BHL DOIs
<https://qs-dev.toolforge.org/batch/256/>. There were 728 of those. I am
afraid they were left off the last Wikidata roundtripping
<https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2023/02/round-tripping-persistent-iden…>
events, because I don't see the links on BHL. Maybe it is a good
opportunity to re-run the roundtripping scriptsǃ
- *Better code:* Reduced reliance on legacy wikitext information, now
using only the "pageid" and pulling all the other pieces of metadata from
the BHL API (with some local caching to reduce calls).
- *Updates to model and scriptsː* The Minimum BHL Image Data Model
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ocqDQBFaKAQvPsP3HMlrh52faiHiaDU-D9P…>
reaches v0.1.5 and is maturing towards supporting more automation. The
script supported by this model leverages the GBIF API to detect the
accepted name for synonyms that may appear as a Flickr tag or in the BHL
OCR. For clarity, the model now includes the possibility of using
references such as inferred from GBIF scientific name matching service
(Q132907038) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132907038>, allowing for
clear understanding.
- *QLever, a fast alternative to the Commons Query Service:* QLever
<https://qlever.cs.uni-freiburg.de/wikimedia-commons> is an alternative
backend for handling structured data from Wikidata/Commons which is much
faster for the majority of cases. I have added an issue to their tracker
<https://github.com/ad-freiburg/qlever/issues/1836> asking about new
Structured Data updates + opportunities for collaboration as a BHL WiR.
They have promptly replied and are updating the data, a good sign for a
potential partnership.
- *Copyright statements*ː As imports from Flickr had, in some cases,
elements of accidental Flickrwashing
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:License_laundering>, I
started adding no known copyright restrictions (Q99263261)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99263261> as a value for the copyright
status (P6216) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6216> property
to counterbalance the "copyrighted" claims. This was already in the Data
Model
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ocqDQBFaKAQvPsP3HMlrh52faiHiaDU-D9P…>,
as an "optional" field as cleaning this information up is complex, and so
is copyright. I bumped it in the version v0.1.3 from "optional" to
"recommended" (example diff
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:A_natural_history_of_b…>
).
- *BHL-to-Commons upload toolː* We discussed in the BHL-Wiki Working
Group meeting the possibility of a direct BHL-to-Commons upload tool,
parallel to Flickr uploads. Of note, this seems to have been done in the
past, as some BHL files in Commons are not in Flickr, e.g.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:The_natural_history_of_the_Tine…
and
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Contributions_%C3%A0_la_connais….
This won't be done as part of this Wikimedian-in-Residence scope of work —
but I am personally excited with the idea of making this real, perhaps as
part of my volunteer activities in the future, slow but steady.
- *Inferring depicts from categoriesː* A Bot Request
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Bots/Requests> is up on
Wikimedia Commons for inferring the depicts (P180) statements from the
community curated categories. This will help adding depicts statements for
>10.000 botanical illustrations, a large part of it from BHL.
- *A GBIF-BHL-Commons portal for searching images.* With the robust
metadata on Commons, I start thinking about how we can show the world how
good metadata matters not only in theory, but in practice. Maybe a simple
tool using GBIF to select taxa based on, e.g. geographic location or a
taxonomic group (like "birds") and retrieving BHL images from Commons that
match said taxa. The backend could either query Commons via, say, QLever,
or *we could release a dataset (on Zenodo, figshare or similar ) with
all BHL Image Commons Files* *with* *metadata* and P180 statements +
identifiers derived from Wikidata (GBIF, iNaturalist). I like the idea of
the dataset because it creates a persistent record of the work we are
doing, complementing the live APIs.
- *Internet Archive and Machine Learningː* JJ shared an open call for
ideas to work together with the ARCH (Archives Research Compute Hub)
<https://webservices.archive.org/pages/arch/>, and I have applied to
partner up to test a few things, such as dedicated OCR for text in names
(detecting species names and author contributions) and improving page type
detection. It was well received, they replied promptly, and we should have
a first meeting on March 25 to evaluate the feasibility. JJ also put me in
contact with Mike Trizna, who has been working on similar ideas for a while
now and is already providing valuable feedback. If you also have any ideas
or suggestions, just let me knowǃ
- *Page Types as bottleneck for automationː* The current bottleneck for
a complete batch upload is the mismatch between the BHL Image Data Model
and the current curation of page types in BHL. The biggest issue is that
both Photographs and Drawings are labelled as "Illustration" on BHL, and we
try to differentiate both on the Commons Data Model. Maybe with the ARCH
project we can try and bridge that gap.
And that is itǃ Thank you for reading this update and see you soonǃ
Cheers,
Tiago
*——————————————————————————*
*Tiago Lubiana*
*Wikimedian-in-Residence, Biodiversity Heritage Library
<https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/>*
*tiago.bio.br <https://tiago.bio.br>*
