We currently exclude a wealth of common file formats -- and as a result,
ecosystems of knowledge. How can we elevate the general priority of
broadening supported formats?
In the past year I've worked on projects generating public-domain *csv*s,
and public-domain *epub*s, and each time found that there is no place in
the wikiverse to store them (and no other community archive that is
remotely as reliable and useful). Each time I discover this, my mind
actually goes blank for a moment in crogglement, and I seem to forget that
it happened. But today I retained coherence long enough to write this note.
Commons's list of Unsupported file types
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:File_types#Unsupported_file_types>*
says
"help needed to support these" -- what help is needed, and how can we get
there? Are all 40 of the formats listed still really unsupported?
SJ
Hi everyone,
I'm very happy to announce:
OpenRefine [1] has two Junior Developer job openings (paid contractor
positions; part-time, fully remote) for building Structured Data on
Wikimedia Commons [2] functionalities.
Needless to say, we would love to receive applications from Wikimedians :-)
* Junior Developer - Wikimedia Development [3] (6 months, from September
2021 till February 2022)
* Junior Developer - OpenRefine Development [4] (8 months, from November
2021 till June 2022)
All the best!
Sandra (User:Spinster / User:SFauconnier)
[1] https://openrefine.org
[2] https://w.wiki/UR
[3]
https://openrefine.org/blog/2021/07/07/Wikimedia-Commons-reconciliation-bat…
[4] https://openrefine.org/blog/2021/07/07/OpenRefine-SDC-developer.html
Hi all,
Due to low disk space on the WCQS beta instance and possible data
corruption that might've happened because of it, we need to take down WCQS
beta and rebuild its journal - operation should take about 2 days -
starting now. I'm sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
This is a recurring issue, but we have a permanent solution in the pipeline
on which we plan to start working on soon: [1].
[1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T262265
--
Zbyszko Papierski (He/Him)
Senior Software Engineer
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Greetings,
After a year of design and development, Special:MediaSearch [1] will be
released to logged-in users on Wednesday, 12 May 2021. Media Search [2] is
a new content-focused way to search Commons and find freely-licensed media
for use and re-use.
Special:MediaSearch has been default for all anonymous/logged-out users
since 1 April 2021, and once it is default for everyone logged-in users
will have the option to restore Special:Search as their default experience
with a change to a preference.
Feedback is always welcome on the talk page [3], thank you for your time.
1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MediaSearch
2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Media_search
3.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Structured_data/Media_search
--
Keegan Peterzell (he/him)
Technical Collaboration Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation
Hi everyone!
Next Monday and Tuesday, we have one more GLAM & Culture office hours by
the WMF GLAM team. These ones will be about Structured Data on Commons.
There will be a meeting on *Monday, 26 April, 3.30 pm - 4.30 pm UTC*,
followed by another on *Tuesday, 27 April, 11.00 am - 12.00 pm UTC*.
On the first day, Carly Bogen, the Foundation's Program Manager for
Structured Data, will talk about the new Media Search, Image
Recommendations, and provide updates on the Structured Data Across
Wikimedia project. Jennie Choi, General Manager of Collection Information
for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will also present her process of batch
uploading Structured Data on Commons.
On the second day, John Sampson Tiberius Cummings, Wikimedian in Residence
at UNESCO, and Alicia Fagerving, Developer at Wikimedia Sverige (WMSE),
will share Wikimedia Sweden's plans with Structured Data, GLAM content, and
Wiki Loves Monuments.
Find the Zoom links to both meetings here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_GLAM_team/Office_Hours>
.
Best,
Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her)
Program Officer; GLAM and Culture
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hello Thad,
I think this comment merely is an enthusiastic shout-out that means 'in my
opinion, OpenRefine rules (as in: it's a great solution) for data'. I know
the person who responded here and will check with them if I'm correct.
Anyone is free to sign up to the project as a volunteer or advisor. There
are absolutely no obligations or 'rules' (as in 'regulations'). At this
moment, I see this as a sign that you are more interested than average, and
are OK with, for instance, being directly approached on your talk page when
new features can be tested and if we have questions or assumptions that we
would like to check with the community.
I will add this bit of info to the application text.
Sandra
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 2:26 PM Thad Guidry <thadguidry(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Sandra and team!
>
> Great to see the application in its final form and kudos to you and
> Antonin for bringing this forward for the whole community.
>
> I do have 1 question on the application concerning the participants?
>
> * *Volunteer* OR rules data Ecritures
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ecritures> (talk
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ecritures>) 12:19, 16 March
> 2021 (UTC)
>
> I did not see a mention about "rules" in any of the phases of
> development? Can you explain the volunteer effort needed for this (or
> maybe added some of this missing detail in the phase where needed) and how
> it pertains to any of the phases of development?
>
> Thad
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/
> https://calendly.com/thadguidry/
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 4:07 AM Sandra Fauconnier <
> sandra.fauconnier(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Since 2019, it is possible to add structured data to files on Wikimedia
>> Commons [1] (SDC = Structured Data on Commons). But there are no very
>> advanced and user-friendly tools yet to edit the structured data of very
>> large and very diverse batches of files on Commons. And there is no batch
>> upload tool yet that supports SDC.
>>
>> The OpenRefine [2] community wants to fill this gap: in the upcoming
>> year, we would like to build brand new features in the open source
>> OpenRefine tool, allowing batch editing and batch uploading SDC :-) As
>> these are major new functionalities in OpenRefine, we have applied for a
>> Project Grant [3]. Your feedback [4] and (if you support this plan)
>> endorsements are very welcome.
>>
>> Thanks in advance, and many greetings,
>>
>> Sandra (User:Spinster / User:SFauconnier) as member of the OpenRefine
>> steering committee
>>
>> Antonin (User:Pintoch) as OpenRefine developer
>>
>> [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data
>>
>> [2] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/OpenRefine
>>
>> [3]
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Structured_Data_on_Wikimedia…
>>
>>
>> [4]
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Project/Structured_Data_on_Wiki…
>>
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Hello everyone,
Since 2019, it is possible to add structured data to files on Wikimedia
Commons [1] (SDC = Structured Data on Commons). But there are no very
advanced and user-friendly tools yet to edit the structured data of very
large and very diverse batches of files on Commons. And there is no batch
upload tool yet that supports SDC.
The OpenRefine [2] community wants to fill this gap: in the upcoming year,
we would like to build brand new features in the open source OpenRefine
tool, allowing batch editing and batch uploading SDC :-) As these are major
new functionalities in OpenRefine, we have applied for a Project Grant [3].
Your feedback [4] and (if you support this plan) endorsements are very
welcome.
Thanks in advance, and many greetings,
Sandra (User:Spinster / User:SFauconnier) as member of the OpenRefine
steering committee
Antonin (User:Pintoch) as OpenRefine developer
[1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data
[2] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/OpenRefine
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Structured_Data_on_Wikimedia…
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Project/Structured_Data_on_Wiki…
Hello,
I was wondering if there are any project pages / experiences / people documenting the process of uploading film loops and/or films from the end of the 19h century on Commons. I'm interested by any link or contact you may have on that.
Thanks in advance,
Flor MECHAIN
Wikimedia CH
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