Hi all,
You are invited to participate in a community meeting about the representation of gender and related information on Wikidata on February 1, 2023 at 9:30AM PT/12:30PM ET/17:30 UTC (time zone converter<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1675272629>). Please see the attached calendar invite. Call details are also below.
The meeting will start with a brief overview of ongoing work to make gender-related information more precise, accurate, and ethical in Wikidata. We will identify current challenges and walk through a logic model on the handling of pronouns in Wikidata, as developed through the initial phase of this work. We welcome feedback, general discussion, and concerns from attendees with an eye towards collaboration on future work.
We hope to see you soon!
Alex Jung, Clair Kronk, and Crystal Yragui
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Date: February 1, 2023
Start time: 9:30AM PT/12:30PM ET/17:30 UTC (Time zone converter<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1675272638>)
Duration: 1.5hr
Agenda<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vEusRuCLAL7-JA8kp7LU2y28RHg7E7Uh9OTPShY…>
Zoom information:
https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/87971846222
Meeting ID: 879 7184 6222
Passcode: drinkwater
Hi everyone,
I'm forwarding this message by Franziska Putz to the Libraries mailing
list, as I believe this conference might be of great interest to many of
you.
If you have any questions, please, feel free to email me, Franziska, or
Douglas.
Best,
Giovanna
Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her)
Program Officer; GLAM and Culture
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Franziska Putz <fputz(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 3:45 PM
Subject: [Jan 23 - 27] Free & remote event on the Right to Research in
South Africa
To: <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: Douglas Scott <Douglas.I.Scott(a)gmail.com>, Giovanna Fontenelle <
gfontenelle(a)wikimedia.org>
Dear all,
I hope this email finds you settling back in after the holidays (or
ideally, still on vacation).
I'm sharing an opportunity to join what should be a great event at the end
of this month!
You are warmly invited to register for the *free and hybrid* conference, "A
Right to Research in Africa?" which is hosted by ReCreate from January 23 -
27. Information about the conference is here [1] and you can still register
to attend virtually [2]. The conference will cover a week of debates on
copyright and access to knowledge, with discussions that range from
digitising heritage to accessing African Data on health and the
environment. Wikimedians will be hosting some of the sessions, including
Douglas Scott from Wikimedia South Africa and Wikimedia Deutschland will
also share some of their work around "public money - public good" [3].
Tune in for one or more sessions & please feel free to share with others
who you think might be interested.
All the best,
Ziski
______
[1] https://www.re-createza.org/
[2]
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9O1HKKOt9M9PFklJaXRo9eGyIbIBAcRR…
[3] https://www.wikimedia.de/2019/en/themen/public-money-public-good/
Franziska Putz (she/her)
Movement Advocacy Manager, Global Advocacy
Wikimedia Foundation
Fputz(a)wikimedia.org
*UTC timezone
Hello everyone!
REMINDER: last days to complete the GLAM Wiki Conference Engagement
Survey! Link to the survey: https://forms.gle/Xac29Uow1oMiU6C99
Wikimedistas de Uruguay is planning to organize the GLAM Wiki Conference in
November 2023 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
In order to present our grant application to the Wikimedia Foundation, we
need to conduct an engagement survey to understand better how we can build
a useful program that makes a good use for our in-person time.
Please fill in the survey no later than *January 15* and help us by
spreading the word among your communities. Link to the survey:
https://forms.gle/Xac29Uow1oMiU6C99
Interested, but not sure what GLAM Wiki means? Check here:
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM
--
Evelin Heidel
Encargada de Programas
Wikimedistas de Uruguay
Hi everyone!
Reminder to fill in this survey about your favorite tools!
*https://forms.gle/RDnzCqPxrqqx9P7T8
<https://forms.gle/RDnzCqPxrqqx9P7T8>*
*Esta pesquisa em português*
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfStNt-KCv5RDEPJbf8z1uIos07X5IRIgh…>
Wikimedia Sverige / the Content Partnerships Hub wants to help to support
important tools that are crucial for Wikimedia content partnerships -
maintain them, and make sure they keep running. To know better which tools
we should prioritize, *this survey asks you: what are your favorite (and
most crucial) tools <https://forms.gle/RDnzCqPxrqqx9P7T8>* to do content
partnerships?
Please take a bit of time to complete this survey. *The outcomes will be
used to choose and prioritize tools that we will work on next year* (if we
can collect enough funding). *We are taking the input in this survey very
seriously*.
*Please also forward this to other Wikimedians, volunteers, and to your
GLAM partners. *
You can also still help translate the survey questions to your language;
see instructions at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Content_Partnerships_Hub/Software/Tool_prio…
.
Thank you, and wishing happy holidays to all who will celebrate in
the upcoming weeks!
Sandra Fauconnier - with WMSE hat on / User:Sandra Fauconnier (WMSE)
Hi all,
A reminder that today's Blazegraph call zoom link has been updated since I have needed to pass on facilitation to the kind and wonderful Eric Willey due to personal emergency. It is correct in the agenda.
Call Details:
* Zoom link to join meeting: https://illinoisstate.zoom.us/j/97669716243?pwd=OHNXbmY4WDB0U0crVE5GU3haTlR… (Password: 416514)
* Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1loXQkOQcF-nxxgsx6bn8b09iWznapQCpe2V2Qlx…
Best,
Alex
From: Alex Jiyun Jung
Sent: December 6, 2022 3:31 PM
To: LINKEDOPENLIB-L(a)LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA
Subject: FW: LD4-Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, December 13th
Heads-up: Wikimedia Search Team will be at the upcoming LD4-Wikidata call, sharing updates on the backend for Wikidata's SPARQL endpoint.
Blazegraph is the current query engine, but there are significant issues with scalability-enough that the search for alternative backends are long underway, in anticipation of "catastrophic failure within the next 5 years if no action is taken" (see WDQS backend update<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_up…>).
Bring your questions about Blazegraph and the future of the WDQS!
Best,
Alex
From: Alex Jiyun Jung
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2022 1:27 PM
To: ld4-wikidata(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:ld4-wikidata@googlegroups.com>
Subject: LD4-Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, December 13th
Hello!
We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC (time zone converter<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1670950816>). Wikimedia Search Team will be sharing updates on Wikidata Query Service (WDQS)<https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata_Query_Service> and Blazegraph.
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://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.goo…>. To receive notifications about upcoming calls and meeting notes you can subscribe to the ld4-wikidata Google Group<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.go…>.
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:
* Zoom link to join meeting: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/81523928212 (Password: drinkwater)
* Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1loXQkOQcF-nxxgsx6bn8b09iWznapQCpe2V2Qlx…
LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Events:
Our Group Calls are held every other Tuesday, Working Hours (we're working on a summer project!) 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<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…>.
Communication:
Wikiproject page<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…>
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>
On behalf of the LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group co-facilitators:
Alex Jung
Open Knowledge Specialist
University of Toronto Libraries