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
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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
Hi everyone!
Do you work on content partnerships on Wikimedia projects? Then I invite
you to fill in a survey by Wikimedia Sverige / the Content Partnerships
Hub: *https://forms.gle/RDnzCqPxrqqx9P7T8*
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?
The survey runs until January 8, 2023, but we will already do a first
(internal and temporary) review on December 14. Don't wait! Please also
forward this to other Wikimedians, volunteers, and to your GLAM
partners. You can 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 all the best!
Sandra Fauconnier - with WMSE hat on / User:Sandra Fauconnier (WMSE)