Hello everyone,
We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, August 10th at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST (Time zone converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210810T160000&p…>). The possibilities for hosting Wikidata related edit-a-thons in library and digital humanities contexts are wide-ranging.We will learn about a few that have taken place:
* Boston Rock City Wikidata edit-a-thon on Boston music history with Christine Fernsebner Eslao, Metadata Management, Harvard Library and Dory Klein, Community History Librarian, Boston Public Library
* Wikidata and Comics Edit-a-thon with Kate Topham, Digital Humanities Archivist at Michigan State University
* Wiki-Relays, a concept where Wikidata items are created and edited to facilitate Wikipedia edit-a-thons with a focus on women in STEM with Liz Miraglia, Assistant Program Director & Head of Books & Serials, Metadata Services and Aislinn Sotelo, Program Director, Metadata Services
If you are interested in hosting your own Wikidata edit-a-thon or have hosted or participated in an edit-a-thon before, we hope you will join us for a lively discussion!
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/forum/#!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, August 10th at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST (Time zone converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210810T160000&p…>)
Zoom link to join meeting:
https://stanford.zoom.us/j/99064795857?pwd=VGN3ZFFVZFFTMGJZSHpSL29IbisyQT09
Password: 275730
Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E7qaIXJi7Nf7mmAvflRse9E-Zazg5vjx247rdA7…
Working Hours:
Join us for a collaborative hour of editing and Wikidata practice. We will provide a project for the hour, and you’re always welcome to bring your own projects to work on. This is a space for community and skill-building. We welcome your questions and your expertise about all things Wikidata. Subscribe to the ld4-wikidata Google Group<https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata> for an announcement of the next working hour.
Upcoming Working Hour dates:
* Monday, August 16, 2021 at 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET / 18:00 UTC / 8:00pm CEST (Time zone converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210816T180000&p…>)
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
Greetings reliable & underrepresented knowledge sources enthusiasts!
We are Diego de la Hera <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Diegodlh> and
Scann <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Scann>, longtime friends and
collaborators in several open knowledge projects. Recently, the Wikimedia
Foundation awarded us a grant to develop Web2Cit: Visual Editor for Citoid
Web Translators
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Diegodlh/Web2Cit:_Visual_Edi…>.
The product that will be developed through this grant is a visual editor
that allows non-technical users to improve Citoid’s ability to add
references to Wikipedia articles. The aim of the project is to widen the
coverage of underrepresented sources in Wikipedia.
Now, as we start moving with this project, we are putting together an
advisory board that will help us build sustainability and community
involvement for this project. This is an open call for volunteers that want
to help us think through some critical aspects of the project and overall
help us steward it to its current and future success.
Here you can find more information about the current call for members:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Web2Cit/Advisory_Board/Call_for_members
*Deadline for applying is August 9th, 2021. *We're looking forward to
hearing from you!
cheers,
Scann & Diego
Dear GLAM-Wiki professionals and enthusiasts,
The Luxembourg Competency Network on Digital Cultural Heritage is developing a Shared Authority File, to combine the knowledge from national heritage institutions and to increase the impact of the member institutions' digitised collections.
The Shared Authority File uses Wikibase as its main data store and internal user interface, and has created an extension that might be of relevance to the broader GLAM sector: A datatype for Extended Date Time Format compliant statements.
Wikibase contains a datetime representation based on ISO 8601:2004 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601>. The project extended the Wikibase software through an Extended Data Time Format extension, which includes ISO 8601:2019 <https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso:8601:-1:ed-1:v1:en>, and their extensions in a new datatype which can then be utilized within a Wikibase instance.
This resulted in two open source products. A library <https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/EDTF> for the validation and humanisation of EDTF dates in PHP, and an extension <https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/WikibaseEdtf> to WikiBase to use this library. Both are available as open source software for all to use and improve. The humanisation is translated in various languages using Translate.wiki <https://translatewiki.net/wiki/FAQ>.
With this email I’m asking support for the inclusion of this work into the fall release of the Wikibase Docker bundle. You can voice your support through this ticket: Include the EDTF Datatype extension in the Fall 2021 Wikibase Docker release <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280656>
This would allow other GLAM initiatives using Wikibase to easily make use of the EDTF standard within their own Wikibase deployments.
Feedback and contributions to the repositories for this extension as a stand alone product are also welcomed!
Thanks for your attention and best wishes,
Maarten Brinkerink
We hope this email finds you well and you are staying safe.
The Afrocine Project core team would once again like to thank everyone who
contributed towards ensuring the success of the Months of African Cinema
Contest in 2020. Due to your valued efforts, the third iteration was a
success! Over 3,000 articles were created across various Wikimedia projects
and in 19 different languages.
Months of African Cinema, 2021 is three months away! To ensure a more
seamless organization this year and better support, we are calling on
interested local organizers from across the movement to join us in
facilitating this contest in their various communities.
This year, in addition to local community organizers, we are particularly
also inviting Wikimedians to help coordinate the contest in their local
languages, as this will play a huge role in the number of languages that
would be eligible for international prizes. If you would love to join us in
organizing this exciting contest in your local community or your local
language wiki, kindly show your interest by listing your community or
project on the organizer’s meta page. [1] Please try to sign up by 23rd
July 2021.
Thank you once again! We are looking forward to your participation.
Kind regards,
Ebenezer Mlay,
Community Liaison, Afrocine Project
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_AfroCine_Project/Months_of_African_Cine…