Yes, this is what I am driving at. I think there should be some greater clarity around what “depicted” means and I think it relates to “things”. This is why artwork is somewhat problematic as it is a meta-thing, a photo of a sculpture of an elephant is not a photo of an elephant, but rather we have a photo depicting a sculpture, which in turn depicts an elephant. But even “things” are somewhat in the eye of the beholder. The person who takes a photo probably knows what they intended to capture in it, say the grave of Jupiter Mossman, but someone else looking at the same photo might say “wow, a photo of the now-extinct Walla Walla tree” which happens to growing there.
As you suggest time and space are probably not “depictions” and we already have dates and location fields for images in any case, so that information is already captured.
Intangible concepts are another issue altogether.
Kerry
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Hi,
One could argue though that it would make sense to use different properties (to be implemented on Wikimedia Commons) to express temporal or spatial coverage of the image. The <depicted> property could be reserved to concrete Physical Objects, Events/Activities, Places, or Concepts (= subclasses of frbr:Subject).
Cheers,
Beat
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Subject: Re: [GLAM] [libraries] Fwd: [Commons-l] Depicts statements coming to Commons this week (15 April)
One is pretty obviously depicting the man Jupiter Mosman. But isn’t it also depicting an Aboriginal Australian? Isn’t it also depicting a prospector? Isn’t it depicting 1945? All of which are Wikidata items. But what about the photo of his grave? What is it depicting in Wikidata? Jupiter Mosman? A grave? A headstone? A tree? Charters Towers (the place)?
Yes if that is what it depicts then that is what it depicts, the whole of the depicts is to enable it to be found via wikidata queries... obviously some discretion and commonsense should be used in which aspects are worthy of being listed so "a tree" would be pointless
On Wed, 17 Apr 2019 at 08:31, Kerry Raymond <kerry.raymond(a)gmail.com <mailto:kerry.raymond@gmail.com> > wrote:
FWIW, I think there will be much greater take-up if the tool supports people identifying the depicted thing by referring to a Wikipedia article (and then, under the hood, connecting this back to the Wikidata item). There are a lot of Wikipedians who are either not aware of Wikidata, not interested in Wikidata, don’t understand Wikidata, or actively hostile towards Wikidata. Having a tool on Commons that defaults to their preferred Wikipedia (obviously with others selectable as desired) and letting them paste in the article title will engage a lot more people. And similarly, when viewing a File/Category on Commons, displaying the linked Wikipedia article(s) (rather than just displaying the Wikidata) will enable people to detect and correct errors more easily. People who contribute to Wikipedia and Commons usually do so within their areas of interest where they possess some subject knowledge, which we need if we are to have quality data in Wikidata.
One of my ongoing concerns about Wikidata is that a lot of modelling, populating and MixNMatching is done by people who are not “subject matter experts” (or even “subject matter aware”). This is leading to lots of errors in Wikidata because of that lack of subject knowledge. Once Commons file/categories get linked to the wrong Wikidata items, it worries me that most contributors with the subject matter knowledge won’t be able to detect this, or won’t be able to correct this themselves. (My own experience suggests it’s pointless to write on a Wikidata talk page as nobody responds, possibly because nobody is watching?).
Also, there are File descriptions that contain links back to Wikipedia articles, which are almost always to the depicted thing (if there are several links, it’s usually the first one). Similarly many categories have links back to Wikipedia articles and generally all the images in such categories are depicting that concept. I think having tool support to enable this information to be exploited would be beneficial. A human should be in the loop to confirm, of course, but at a lot less effort than doing the whole task manually.
Having said that, I am a little uncertain of the range of things that might be depicted. As Sandra suggests, it’s fairly obvious when dealing with individual people, individual buildings, although less clear when discussing group photos, streetscapes etc, where we normally use language like “3rd from the left in the back row”.
But a building exists in a town/suburb/district, so doesn’t the photo also depict the town/suburb/district as well as the building. Doesn’t it depict the time too?
Just to illustrate my point, here’s a couple of recent uploads I did:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jupiter_Mosman
One is pretty obviously depicting the man Jupiter Mosman. But isn’t it also depicting an Aboriginal Australian? Isn’t it also depicting a prospector? Isn’t it depicting 1945? All of which are Wikidata items. But what about the photo of his grave? What is it depicting in Wikidata? Jupiter Mosman? A grave? A headstone? A tree? Charters Towers (the place)? Again, all of these things are in Wikidata. It seems to me that pretty much any category we have in Commons represents a concept and hence could/should be a Wikidata item. If that’s true, then we can automate a whole lot of “depicts” pretty easily.
Kerry
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Subject: [libraries] Fwd: [Commons-l] Depicts statements coming to Commons this week (15 April)
Hello everyone,
One of the major additions of structured data to Wikimedia Commons is arriving later this week: Depicts statements! See Keegan's message below for more details and links.
With regards to visual arts, library and archival documents, and specifically faithful representations of two-dimensional works and documents: I would advise *not* to use the Depicts statement there, but to wait for other statements to become available on Wikimedia Commons in several weeks.
A separate property for that purpose has been created on Wikidata some time ago: P6243 (digital representation of) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6243 - and it will only be possible to use that in several weeks.
Depicts is probably appropriate for other cases though: in the case of photographs of buildings, people, objects...
These are only rough first pointers. Modelling structured data on Commons, and establishing best practices in that area, is - just like on Wikidata - up to the community.
Many greetings! Sandra
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Subject: [Commons-l] Depicts statements coming to Commons this week (15 April)
To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List <commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >, <wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org> >
Greetings,
(This message is also posted at the Commons Village Pump, and the SDC talk page)
The Structured Data on Commons [0] team plans to release support for depicts statements this week, on Thursday, 18 April. The community's testing over the past several weeks [1] helped identify and fix issues before launch, and the development team spent time setting up extensive internal testing to make sure the release goes as well as possible.
This release is very simple, with only the most basic depicts statements available. There is a significant amount of technological change happening with this project, and this release contains a lot of background change that the team needs to make sure works fine live on Commons before adding further support. More parts to depicts statements, and other statements, will be released within the next few weeks.
A page for depicts has been set up at Commons:Depicts [2] As I can't actually write instructive Commons policy or guidelines, I encourage those who have tried out simple depicts tagging add a few lines to the page suggesting proper use of the tool. I also encourage the use to be conservative at first, as we wait for more advanced features within the coming month or two as additional statement support goes live.
I'll keep the community updated as the plans progress throughout the week, the team will know better within the next day or two if things are definitely okay to proceed with release.
0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data
1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Fee…
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Amazing news indeed! Congrats and well done to the whole team.
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On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 8:31 PM Rohan Badlani <rohan.badlani(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Congratulations to Wikimedia Sverige team. This is amazing news! :)
>
> On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 9:17 AM Suyash Dwivedi <suyash.tps(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations to WMSE
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 12:51 AM Colette Guébo <
>> yao.mariecolette(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Congratulations to the Wikimedia Sverige team. it's super cool.
>>>
>>> Best regards.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 3:12 PM Rajeeb Dutta <marajozkee(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Congratulations John and Wikimedia Sverige team!! Looking forward to
>>>> contribute to these amazing projects.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Rajeeb(Marajozkee)
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> > On 28-Mar-2019, at 8:28 PM, Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Congratulations. I am excited especially for the "Bibliographical
>>>> data on
>>>> > Wikidata" part, where my university and many other universities
>>>> around the
>>>> > world will join you in collaboration. I expect that what Wikimedia
>>>> > Sverige does in this space will set global precedent for how everyone
>>>> in
>>>> > research publishes and shares research. This is very good news and I
>>>> will
>>>> > look for an opportunity to collaborate in research and Wikidata
>>>> content
>>>> > curation.
>>>> >
>>>> > On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:12 AM Stacy Allison-Cassin <
>>>> sacassin(a)yorku.ca>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> To echo everyone else, congratulations! These projects sound amazing
>>>> and
>>>> >> I'm really looking forward to the results.
>>>> >> Stacy
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Stacy Allison-Cassin, MMus, MISt, PhD Cand.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Associate Librarian
>>>> >>
>>>> >> York University Libraries
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> *York University acknowledges its presence on the traditional
>>>> territory of
>>>> >> many Indigenous Nations. The area known as Tkaronto has been care
>>>> taken by
>>>> >> the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the
>>>> Huron-Wendat,
>>>> >> and the Métis. It is now home to many Indigenous peoples. We
>>>> acknowledge
>>>> >> the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First
>>>> Nation.
>>>> >> This territory is subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt
>>>> Covenant,
>>>> >> an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region.*
>>>> >> ------------------------------
>>>> >> *From:* Wikidata <wikidata-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org> on behalf
>>>> of John
>>>> >> Andersson <john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se>
>>>> >> *Sent:* Thursday, March 28, 2019 6:31 AM
>>>> >> *To:* wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org; glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org;
>>>> >> cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch; wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>>> >> *Subject:* [Wikidata] Wikimedia Sverige receives a total of USD 500,
>>>> 000+
>>>> >> in funding for three new projects, and a cost reduction of USD 30,
>>>> 000/year
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be the recipient of three new grants
>>>> >> totaling around USD 500,000. We hope to work with many of you as
>>>> part of
>>>> >> these projects. If you are interested in getting involved or
>>>> receiving
>>>> >> updates please let me know.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Furthermore, the chapter also has a new heavily subsidized agreement
>>>> for
>>>> >> our office space.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Project 1: Wikispeech – The Speech Data Collector
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The first project is a continuation of the Wikispeech[1] project, a
>>>> >> text-to-speech (TTS) system that converts written text into speech.
>>>> From
>>>> >> September 2019 to April 2021 we aim to finalize building the
>>>> MediaWiki
>>>> >> extension and to build tools to collect speech data to add
>>>> pronunciations
>>>> >> to Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikidata and to add more languages to
>>>> the
>>>> >> text-to-speech solution. The tools should also be possible to use
>>>> for oral
>>>> >> citations.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The work happens in partnership with the Royal Technical Institute,
>>>> STTS
>>>> >> (a language processing company), Mozilla Foundation, Wikimedia
>>>> Deutschland
>>>> >> and the Swedish Dyslexia Association.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in
>>>> Swedish):
>>>> >>
>>>> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikispeech_–_Talresursinsamlaren_2019…
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Project 2: Wikipedia in Libraries
>>>> >>
>>>> >> From 2019 to 2020 Wikimedia Sverige, together with the National
>>>> Library of
>>>> >> Sweden, will develop an online training module for Swedish librarians
>>>> >> focused around free knowledge and the Wikimedia platforms. This will
>>>> be a
>>>> >> mandatory training for all of Sweden's 5,000 public librarians. Our
>>>> hope is
>>>> >> to give all of them a basic understanding of the Wikimedia projects,
>>>> as
>>>> >> well as to complement the online training with advanced courses for
>>>> the
>>>> >> most dedicated. The advanced courses will give them the tools to
>>>> ongoingly
>>>> >> organize activities and events independently at their libraries
>>>> across the
>>>> >> country.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Furthermore, the librarians will be engaged in the #1Lib1Ref and
>>>> >> FindingGLAMs campaigns.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> There is a great potential to receive continuous funding over the
>>>> coming 3
>>>> >> years if successful.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in
>>>> Swedish):
>>>> >>
>>>> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikipedia_i_biblioteken_2019/Ansökan
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Project 3: Bibliographical data on Wikidata
>>>> >>
>>>> >> We continue our work to include bibliographical data on Wikidata. The
>>>> >> project details are still being negotiated with the funder. The
>>>> project
>>>> >> will start in mid-2019 and last until 2020.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Cost reduction
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Starting from March 2019 we have a new agreement in place for a
>>>> heavily
>>>> >> subsidized coworking space office from the Swedish Internet
>>>> Foundation.
>>>> >> Through the agreement we will save us around USD 30,000 per year
>>>> compared
>>>> >> to when we had an office of our own.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> We have received this generous subsidy because Wikipedia is
>>>> considered so
>>>> >> important for the infrastructure of the Internet. We are very happy
>>>> that
>>>> >> the agreement does not have an end date and that we have the
>>>> possibility to
>>>> >> grow significantly over time as well (while keeping the generous
>>>> subsidy).
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Please contact John Andersson (john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se) if you
>>>> have
>>>> >> any questions.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikispeech
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Best,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> John
>>>> >>
>>>> >> - - - -
>>>> >>
>>>> >> John Andersson
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Executive Director
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Wikimedia Sverige
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Phone: +46(0)73-3965189
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Email: john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Visiting address: Goto10, Hammarby Kaj 10D, 120 32 Stockholm
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
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>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > --
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>>
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Today WMF Community Tech launched the big upgrade to Event Metrics I’ve been talking about in recent moths. This is the answer to last year’s #3 Community Wishlist wish. With this release, event organizers get many new metrics and powerful new features for measuring event participation, contributions and impact. Please try it; all you need is a wiki login. [1]
The sooner people give Event Metrics a spin the better. Right now, CommTech is on assignment to fix Event Metrics problems. We’re open for bug business. But such is the nature of our team that in a few weeks we’ll move on to start granting our next Wishlist wish.
Consider the program in beta right not; we tested it but are bound to have missed things. So please have a look and tell us what's broken, what's confusing and what you love! Here’s the talk page for your comments. [2]
[1] Event Metrics program
https://eventmetrics.wmflabs.org/programs <https://eventmetrics.wmflabs.org/programs>
[2] Event Metrics talk page—leave comments here
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Event_Metrics <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Event_Metrics>
Joe Matazzoni
Product Manager, Community Tech
Wikimedia Foundation, San Francisco
Dear all,
I thank you for your answer. I congratulate Wikimedia Sverige for their achievement that will absolutely contribute to the development of the Wikimedia movement. We will be honoured to actively collaborate with Wikimedia Sverige and to participate to their three projects.
Yours Sincerely,
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Congratulations to the Wikimedia Sverige team. it's super cool.
Best regards.
On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 3:12 PM Rajeeb Dutta <marajozkee(a)gmail.com<mailto:marajozkee@gmail.com>> wrote:
Congratulations John and Wikimedia Sverige team!! Looking forward to contribute to these amazing projects.
Cheers,
Rajeeb(Marajozkee)
Sent from my iPhone
> On 28-Mar-2019, at 8:28 PM, Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com<mailto:lane@bluerasberry.com>> wrote:
>
> Congratulations. I am excited especially for the "Bibliographical data on
> Wikidata" part, where my university and many other universities around the
> world will join you in collaboration. I expect that what Wikimedia
> Sverige does in this space will set global precedent for how everyone in
> research publishes and shares research. This is very good news and I will
> look for an opportunity to collaborate in research and Wikidata content
> curation.
>
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:12 AM Stacy Allison-Cassin <sacassin(a)yorku.ca<mailto:sacassin@yorku.ca>>
> wrote:
>
>> To echo everyone else, congratulations! These projects sound amazing and
>> I'm really looking forward to the results.
>> Stacy
>>
>> Stacy Allison-Cassin, MMus, MISt, PhD Cand.
>>
>> Associate Librarian
>>
>> York University Libraries
>>
>>
>> *York University acknowledges its presence on the traditional territory of
>> many Indigenous Nations. The area known as Tkaronto has been care taken by
>> the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Huron-Wendat,
>> and the Métis. It is now home to many Indigenous peoples. We acknowledge
>> the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
>> This territory is subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant,
>> an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region.*
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Wikidata <wikidata-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikidata-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org>> on behalf of John
>> Andersson <john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se<mailto:john.andersson@wikimedia.se>>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 28, 2019 6:31 AM
>> *To:* wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>; glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:glam@lists.wikimedia.org>;
>> cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch<mailto:cultural-partners@wikimedia.ch>; wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org>
>> *Subject:* [Wikidata] Wikimedia Sverige receives a total of USD 500, 000+
>> in funding for three new projects, and a cost reduction of USD 30, 000/year
>>
>>
>> Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be the recipient of three new grants
>> totaling around USD 500,000. We hope to work with many of you as part of
>> these projects. If you are interested in getting involved or receiving
>> updates please let me know.
>>
>> Furthermore, the chapter also has a new heavily subsidized agreement for
>> our office space.
>>
>> Project 1: Wikispeech – The Speech Data Collector
>>
>> The first project is a continuation of the Wikispeech[1] project, a
>> text-to-speech (TTS) system that converts written text into speech. From
>> September 2019 to April 2021 we aim to finalize building the MediaWiki
>> extension and to build tools to collect speech data to add pronunciations
>> to Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikidata and to add more languages to the
>> text-to-speech solution. The tools should also be possible to use for oral
>> citations.
>>
>> The work happens in partnership with the Royal Technical Institute, STTS
>> (a language processing company), Mozilla Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland
>> and the Swedish Dyslexia Association.
>>
>> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in Swedish):
>> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikispeech_–_Talresursinsamlaren_2019…<https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikispeech_%E2%80%93_Talresursinsamla…>
>>
>> Project 2: Wikipedia in Libraries
>>
>> From 2019 to 2020 Wikimedia Sverige, together with the National Library of
>> Sweden, will develop an online training module for Swedish librarians
>> focused around free knowledge and the Wikimedia platforms. This will be a
>> mandatory training for all of Sweden's 5,000 public librarians. Our hope is
>> to give all of them a basic understanding of the Wikimedia projects, as
>> well as to complement the online training with advanced courses for the
>> most dedicated. The advanced courses will give them the tools to ongoingly
>> organize activities and events independently at their libraries across the
>> country.
>>
>> Furthermore, the librarians will be engaged in the #1Lib1Ref and
>> FindingGLAMs campaigns.
>>
>> There is a great potential to receive continuous funding over the coming 3
>> years if successful.
>>
>> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in Swedish):
>> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikipedia_i_biblioteken_2019/Ansökan<https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikipedia_i_biblioteken_2019/Ans%C3%B…>
>>
>> Project 3: Bibliographical data on Wikidata
>>
>> We continue our work to include bibliographical data on Wikidata. The
>> project details are still being negotiated with the funder. The project
>> will start in mid-2019 and last until 2020.
>>
>> Cost reduction
>>
>> Starting from March 2019 we have a new agreement in place for a heavily
>> subsidized coworking space office from the Swedish Internet Foundation.
>> Through the agreement we will save us around USD 30,000 per year compared
>> to when we had an office of our own.
>>
>> We have received this generous subsidy because Wikipedia is considered so
>> important for the infrastructure of the Internet. We are very happy that
>> the agreement does not have an end date and that we have the possibility to
>> grow significantly over time as well (while keeping the generous subsidy).
>>
>> Please contact John Andersson (john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se<mailto:john.andersson@wikimedia.se>) if you have
>> any questions.
>>
>> [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikispeech
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> John
>>
>> - - - -
>>
>> John Andersson
>>
>> Executive Director
>>
>> Wikimedia Sverige
>>
>> Phone: +46(0)73-3965189
>>
>> Email: john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se<mailto:john.andersson@wikimedia.se>
>>
>> Visiting address: Goto10, Hammarby Kaj 10D, 120 32 Stockholm
>>
>>
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Congratulations John and Wikimedia Sverige team!! Looking forward to contribute to these amazing projects.
Cheers,
Rajeeb(Marajozkee)
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> On 28-Mar-2019, at 8:28 PM, Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com> wrote:
>
> Congratulations. I am excited especially for the "Bibliographical data on
> Wikidata" part, where my university and many other universities around the
> world will join you in collaboration. I expect that what Wikimedia
> Sverige does in this space will set global precedent for how everyone in
> research publishes and shares research. This is very good news and I will
> look for an opportunity to collaborate in research and Wikidata content
> curation.
>
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:12 AM Stacy Allison-Cassin <sacassin(a)yorku.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> To echo everyone else, congratulations! These projects sound amazing and
>> I'm really looking forward to the results.
>> Stacy
>>
>> Stacy Allison-Cassin, MMus, MISt, PhD Cand.
>>
>> Associate Librarian
>>
>> York University Libraries
>>
>>
>> *York University acknowledges its presence on the traditional territory of
>> many Indigenous Nations. The area known as Tkaronto has been care taken by
>> the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Huron-Wendat,
>> and the Métis. It is now home to many Indigenous peoples. We acknowledge
>> the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
>> This territory is subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant,
>> an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region.*
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Wikidata <wikidata-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org> on behalf of John
>> Andersson <john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 28, 2019 6:31 AM
>> *To:* wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org; glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org;
>> cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch; wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>> *Subject:* [Wikidata] Wikimedia Sverige receives a total of USD 500, 000+
>> in funding for three new projects, and a cost reduction of USD 30, 000/year
>>
>>
>> Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be the recipient of three new grants
>> totaling around USD 500,000. We hope to work with many of you as part of
>> these projects. If you are interested in getting involved or receiving
>> updates please let me know.
>>
>> Furthermore, the chapter also has a new heavily subsidized agreement for
>> our office space.
>>
>> Project 1: Wikispeech – The Speech Data Collector
>>
>> The first project is a continuation of the Wikispeech[1] project, a
>> text-to-speech (TTS) system that converts written text into speech. From
>> September 2019 to April 2021 we aim to finalize building the MediaWiki
>> extension and to build tools to collect speech data to add pronunciations
>> to Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikidata and to add more languages to the
>> text-to-speech solution. The tools should also be possible to use for oral
>> citations.
>>
>> The work happens in partnership with the Royal Technical Institute, STTS
>> (a language processing company), Mozilla Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland
>> and the Swedish Dyslexia Association.
>>
>> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in Swedish):
>> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikispeech_–_Talresursinsamlaren_2019…
>>
>> Project 2: Wikipedia in Libraries
>>
>> From 2019 to 2020 Wikimedia Sverige, together with the National Library of
>> Sweden, will develop an online training module for Swedish librarians
>> focused around free knowledge and the Wikimedia platforms. This will be a
>> mandatory training for all of Sweden's 5,000 public librarians. Our hope is
>> to give all of them a basic understanding of the Wikimedia projects, as
>> well as to complement the online training with advanced courses for the
>> most dedicated. The advanced courses will give them the tools to ongoingly
>> organize activities and events independently at their libraries across the
>> country.
>>
>> Furthermore, the librarians will be engaged in the #1Lib1Ref and
>> FindingGLAMs campaigns.
>>
>> There is a great potential to receive continuous funding over the coming 3
>> years if successful.
>>
>> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in Swedish):
>> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikipedia_i_biblioteken_2019/Ansökan
>>
>> Project 3: Bibliographical data on Wikidata
>>
>> We continue our work to include bibliographical data on Wikidata. The
>> project details are still being negotiated with the funder. The project
>> will start in mid-2019 and last until 2020.
>>
>> Cost reduction
>>
>> Starting from March 2019 we have a new agreement in place for a heavily
>> subsidized coworking space office from the Swedish Internet Foundation.
>> Through the agreement we will save us around USD 30,000 per year compared
>> to when we had an office of our own.
>>
>> We have received this generous subsidy because Wikipedia is considered so
>> important for the infrastructure of the Internet. We are very happy that
>> the agreement does not have an end date and that we have the possibility to
>> grow significantly over time as well (while keeping the generous subsidy).
>>
>> Please contact John Andersson (john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se) if you have
>> any questions.
>>
>> [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikispeech
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> John
>>
>> - - - -
>>
>> John Andersson
>>
>> Executive Director
>>
>> Wikimedia Sverige
>>
>> Phone: +46(0)73-3965189
>>
>> Email: john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se
>>
>> Visiting address: Goto10, Hammarby Kaj 10D, 120 32 Stockholm
>>
>>
>>
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>> Wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
>>
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> 206.801.0814
> lane(a)bluerasberry.com
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Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be the recipient of three new grants totaling
around USD 500,000. We hope to work with many of you as part of these
projects. If you are interested in getting involved or receiving updates
please let me know.
Furthermore, the chapter also has a new heavily subsidized agreement for
our office space.
Project 1: Wikispeech – The Speech Data Collector
The first project is a continuation of the Wikispeech[1] project, a
text-to-speech (TTS) system that converts written text into speech. From
September 2019 to April 2021 we aim to finalize building the MediaWiki
extension and to build tools to collect speech data to add pronunciations
to Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikidata and to add more languages to the
text-to-speech solution. The tools should also be possible to use for oral
citations.
The work happens in partnership with the Royal Technical Institute, STTS (a
language processing company), Mozilla Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland and
the Swedish Dyslexia Association.
As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in Swedish):
https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikispeech_–_Talresursinsamlaren_2019…
Project 2: Wikipedia in Libraries
>From 2019 to 2020 Wikimedia Sverige, together with the National Library of
Sweden, will develop an online training module for Swedish librarians
focused around free knowledge and the Wikimedia platforms. This will be a
mandatory training for all of Sweden's 5,000 public librarians. Our hope is
to give all of them a basic understanding of the Wikimedia projects, as
well as to complement the online training with advanced courses for the
most dedicated. The advanced courses will give them the tools to ongoingly
organize activities and events independently at their libraries across the
country.
Furthermore, the librarians will be engaged in the #1Lib1Ref and
FindingGLAMs campaigns.
There is a great potential to receive continuous funding over the coming 3
years if successful.
As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in Swedish):
https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikipedia_i_biblioteken_2019/Ansökan
Project 3: Bibliographical data on Wikidata
We continue our work to include bibliographical data on Wikidata. The
project details are still being negotiated with the funder. The project
will start in mid-2019 and last until 2020.
Cost reduction
Starting from March 2019 we have a new agreement in place for a heavily
subsidized coworking space office from the Swedish Internet Foundation.
Through the agreement we will save us around USD 30,000 per year compared
to when we had an office of our own.
We have received this generous subsidy because Wikipedia is considered so
important for the infrastructure of the Internet. We are very happy that
the agreement does not have an end date and that we have the possibility to
grow significantly over time as well (while keeping the generous subsidy).
Please contact John Andersson (john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se) if you have any
questions.
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikispeech
Best,
John
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John Andersson
Executive Director
Wikimedia Sverige
Phone: +46(0)73-3965189
Email: john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se
Visiting address: Goto10, Hammarby Kaj 10D, 120 32 Stockholm
Hello everyone,
One of the main features of Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons, the
'Depicts' statements, is close to being released on Wikimedia Commons.
It can now be tested on Test-Commons. Please take a look, and leave
feedback! See Keegan's message below for links to more information.
Warmly, Sandra
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From: Keegan Peterzell <kpeterzell(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 5:34 PM
Subject: [Wikidata] Structured data on Commons - Depicts statements ready
for testing
To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List <commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <
wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Greetings,
Depicts statements are ready for testing before release to Commons.
Detailed testing information is posted on Commons [1]. You can find a more
detailed announcement about testing on Commons as well [2].
Thanks, see you on the wikis.
1.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Fee…
2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Structured_data
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