Dear colleagues,
Please join us for the next installment of the LD4 Wikibase Working
Hour<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Aff…
When: Fri. 28 April 2023 (time zone
converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=2023…)
Registration: Please fill in this registration
link<https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrc-6vqjwiG9XTwv9smFYMWDcqo2Q0ikNi>
to register
The April 2023 Working Hour will focus on Batch tools for working with properties (and
items) in Wikibase: PyWikibot, QuickStatements, and VanderBot. The demos will focus on
using these tools for batch-loading properties, will be run by members of the LD4 WBWH
planning group: Christine Fernsebner Eslao (Harvard University), Jim Hahn (University of
Pennsylvania), Timothy Ryan Mendenhall (Columbia University), and Jackie Shieh
(Smithsonian Libraries & Archives)
About the LD4 Wikibase Working Hour:
The LD4 Wikibase Working
Hour<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Aff…
is part of the LD4 Wikidata Affinity
Group<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Af…
and seeks to create a space for GLAM professionals experimenting with Wikibase/WBStack
implementation, the software that Wikidata is based on, to learn collaboratively and share
tips, tools, and resources. For more details, see the project
page<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Aff…rs>.
Sign up via this
link<https://groups.google.com/g/ld4-wikidata> for LD4 Wikidata
Affinity Group, Wikidata Working Hour, and Wikibase Working Hour announcements.
Hilary Thorsen
Resource Sharing Librarian
Stanford Libraries
thorsenh(a)stanford.edu
650-285-9429