Hello everyone,
We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST (Time zone converter<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1656432054>). Andrew McAllister will introduce us to Scribe, an app that provides a keyboard for second-language learners, and its use of Wikidata. This presentation should appeal to anyone who has worked or is interested in learning more about the applications of lexicographical data in Wikidata as well as anyone who has an interest in language, open information, data and programming.
The call details are below. Everyone is welcome to attend. If you aren't able to attend, the meetings are recorded and meeting notes are available on Google Drive<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7bC-j4-n>. To receive notifications about upcoming calls and meeting notes you can subscribe to the ld4-wikidata Google Group<https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata>.
The LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group is associated with the LD4 Community and investigates how libraries can contribute to and better integrate library metadata with Wikidata to improve access to library resources on the web. The Affinity Group calls provide an informal space to share information and learn more about Wikidata.
Call Details:
Date and Time: Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST (Time zone converter<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1656432054>)
Zoom link to join meeting: https://txstate.zoom.us/j/94282396516?pwd=NmNhZHhqNzkxMXVJRFBQTDRxQi9YZz09
Password: 143516
Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13eADptzIpWfiqt_JHWM_staNtKoNaMVILLuNprn…
Events:
LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Calls are held every other Tuesday, LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Working Hours on alternating Mondays and Fridays, and WikiBase and WBStack Working Hours monthly. For exact dates, times, links to agendas, recordings of past group calls, and further information please see our project page at
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…
Communication:
Ld4-wikidata Google group: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata
#wikidata channel on LD4 Slack: http://bit.ly/ld4slack
Notes in public LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7bC-j4-n
Website: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…
On behalf of the LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group co-facilitators
Hilary Thorsen
Resource Sharing Librarian
Stanford Libraries
thorsenh(a)stanford.edu
650-285-9429
Hello everyone,
As you may know, we are working hard to include Wikimedia Commons
(structured data) batch editing and upload functionalities in OpenRefine
[1].
Very rough, experimental functionalities for uploading files to Commons are
almost ready! It will still be fiddly to install and run these - we will
improve this in the upcoming months. But we are ready for testing!
I would like to work with a few (think 3 to 5) diverse community projects
to test batch file uploads. This will help us a lot to find bugs and to
learn how we can support your workflows better.
Maybe you have an upcoming Commons upload that we can test with? If so,
please contact me!
Ideally this upload of files (any files!) is
* Rather small (max. a few hundreds of files).
* You preferably already have some basic data/information about the files.
* They are ready to be uploaded somewhere in June-September 2022, and it’s
OK if there is a bit of delay (you don’t have hard deadlines).
* The rights for the files are cleared / there is evidence that the files
have the right licenses/copyright .
* You are OK with it that some mistakes may happen during the test, for
instance some errors in Wikitext or structured data. (We are testing new
software!). You are willing to help look for and fix mistakes if they
happen.
* You can upload the files yourself, or you can let me upload them for you.
If you want to upload the files yourself with OpenRefine, we will help you
set up. In that case, it’s good if you are a bit tolerant of bugs, errors,
and unfinished software (we are testing brand new code that is still rough
around the edges!). It would be great if you can then also give us tips and
feedback about your experience.
Are you interested in this? Then send me an email off list with some
information about the kind of files you would like to upload.
All the best!
Sandra Fauconnier (User:Spinster / User:SFauconnier)
[1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:OpenRefine