Wikidata May 2021

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Re: [Wiki-research-l] Re: Wikidata book, invitation
by Andrew Krizhanovsky 20 May '21

20 May '21

Hi! Thank you for your comments! Joe, I translated for you list of lectures / questions from Russian to English, see https://bit.ly/3yyIYyH I hope this helps you. The most complex part for students is writing the chapter for this book. One student selects one Wikidata object and we together with a student think - which interesting properties we can calculate and visualize using SPARQL. I prepared the algorithm for students which contain 14 formal steps, see https://w.wiki/3MSW (in Russian). But of course, each student requires a lot of personal work (with teacher), see attached the file which contains an example of my comments to the Russian student's work (3 pages of the book). It requires several iterations before I give up and say to a student that it is enough, it is OK. At this moment, I'm sure, there are a lot of errors in this book. But from version to version, I hope, this book will be more clear and solid :) After one semester of work with 6 students (September 2020 - January 2021) we prepared 6 chapters in our draft of the book "Wikidata programming" in Russian and in English. Now I finished work with my students. I hope to continue work with new students in September-December 2021. Then I will add new extended chapters from my Wikiversity course ( https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Research_in_programming_Wikidata) to this LaTeX book. What kind of help I want from you. If you want to describe some topics related to Wikidata, which will be useful for beginners, it will be great. At this moment the book contains chapters with research about different objects of Wikidata. Now this book looks like a book with specific programming recipes. But there is no introduction describing the basic elements of SPARQL and basic elements of Wikidata, the Wikidata interface, an overview of scientific articles on Wikidata. I think these are very important parts that the book is missing right now. So, I hope to find co-authors for this book. Best regards, Andrew Krizhanovsky. On Wed, 19 May 2021 at 21:52, Joe Corneli <holtzermann17(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Could you share the syllabus of the course you are teaching please? I am > getting involved in teaching and something like this could inspire the > faculty here. > > On Wed, 19 May 2021 at 19:29, Andrew Krizhanovsky < > andrew.krizhanovsky(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello all. > > > > We wrote the very first version of the book "Programming Wikidata for > youth > > and students": > > > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0ujam53seriygmg/AAA83UtcAA5dCL2LpQ4ueOQGa?dl=0 > > > > LaTeX source code is available on GitHub: > > https://github.com/componavt/wd_book > > > > If you are interested in participating in the writing of this book, > > please write > > to me (andrew.krizhanovsky at gmail.com). > > > > I am teaching a course at Petrozavodsk State University, the results of > > this course are presented in the Wikiversity project "Research in > > programming Wikidata" (https://w.wiki/3MKp). Therefore, I hope that this > > book will be updated and replenished with new materials every year. > > > > Best regards, > > Andrew Krizhanovsky. > > _______________________________________________ > > Wiki-research-l mailing list -- wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to > wiki-research-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list -- wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wiki-research-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org >

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Wikidata book, invitation
by Andrew Krizhanovsky 20 May '21

20 May '21

Hello all. We wrote the very first version of the book "Programming Wikidata for youth and students": https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0ujam53seriygmg/AAA83UtcAA5dCL2LpQ4ueOQGa?dl=0 LaTeX source code is available on GitHub: https://github.com/componavt/wd_book If you are interested in participating in the writing of this book, please write to me (andrew.krizhanovsky at gmail.com). I am teaching a course at Petrozavodsk State University, the results of this course are presented in the Wikiversity project "Research in programming Wikidata" (https://w.wiki/3MKp). Therefore, I hope that this book will be updated and replenished with new materials every year. Best regards, Andrew Krizhanovsky.

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Wikimedia Hackathon 2021 this week! (May 21-23)
by Pavithra Eswaramoorthy 18 May '21

18 May '21

Hello everyone, Wikimedia Hackathon 2021<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2021> is this week! The event will take place from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd May, across various time zones. As mentioned earlier, the hackathon will have one main track and two open rooms. We’re excited to announce the main track sessions for the event: Hackathon Schedule<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2021/Schedule>! Please note that this schedule is still under construction and subject to change. You can still propose sessions for the open room (deadline: 19th May, 2021) by creating a Phabricator task using this template<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?title=%5BSess…>. For more information, please go through How to propose a session<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2021/How_to#How_to_propo…> on the Hackathon Wiki-page. Notes for hackathon participants: * Make sure to add yourself to the list of participants<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2021/Participants> * Learn how you can participate and contribute<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2021/How_to#Contribute> * Join the hackathon discussion channels<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2021/Discussions> * If this is your first hackathon, check out some newcomer resources<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2021/How_to#First_time_a…> and join the newcomers telegram group<https://t.me/joinchat/fxc2lnfugAM1MTBh> for any queries We are looking for people to help us run an awesome and smooth event! If you're interested, feel free to have a look at the available roles<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2021/How_to#Help_running…>. We’re especially looking for people who could facilitate sessions and help newcomers. Please feel free to share this in your communities, see you at the hack! Cheers, Organizing Team - Amir Sarabadani, Birgit Müller, Joaquin Hernandez, Léa Lacroix, Mohammed Sadat, Neslihan Turan, and Pavithra Eswaramoorthy

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Weekly Summary #468
by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai 17 May '21

17 May '21

*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions - New request for comments: - Separating "citations" from all Wikipedia articles by using Wikidata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Separating_%22c…> - IP Masking Engagement <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/IP_Masking_Enga…> - Closed request for comments: - Allow for Wikidata items to be created that only link to a single Wikimedia Commons category (Wikidata notability discussion) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Allow_for_Wikid…>. Outcome --> no change to WD:N <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:N> - Inverse constraint on cause-and-effect properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Inverse_constra…>. Outcome --> constraints were removed Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Ongoing: - Data literacy snacks - Talk about "Wikibase knowledge graphs for data management & data science" on 23rd of June. For registration, send e-mail to info[image: at]berd-bw.de - Upcoming - SPARQL queries live on Twitch <https://www.twitch.tv/belett> and in French by Vigneron, May 18 at 18:00 CEST - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…> call: Mahir Morshed (A) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mahir256> will be discussing Lexemes in Wikidata; Agenda <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tclUVevCfoJ56uVW_PaEaYlAPhM7dlannNWz7g1…>, May 18th. - May 21-22, 2021 [1] <https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6082feae428df5450011f1a8> Boston Rock City: Explore Wikidata and Learn About Local Music: Boston Public Library is partnering with Harvard Library for a guided exploration of Wikidata and local music history. Join us for two days of music and Wikidata editing; no prior experience or punk cred necessary! This public event is free to all and will take place via Zoom; please register in advance. The subject of this project is the Arthur Freedman Collection, and audiovisual archive that captures over four decades of Boston rock music performances. We’ll provide: instructions, tools, data sources, visualizations, optional Discord chat, and a soundtrack. If you have questions, please contact Harvard Library staff member Peter Laurence at laurenc(a)fas.harvard.edu. - Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #63 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träf…>, May 23 - OpenStreetMap Taiwan x Wikidata Taiwan Taipei (Q1867) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1867> Meetup 2021-06-07 Mozilla Community Space Taipei (Q61752245) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61752245> Press, articles, blog posts, videos <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Papers - Hiba Arnaout et al, Negative Knowledge for Open-world Wikidata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106630248> (full text link <https://wikiworkshop.org/2021/papers/Wiki_Workshop_2021_paper_3.pdf>) - Videos - LIVE Wikidata editing #44 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyqK8iihGLw> - YouTube - Link to all the Wikipedia Weekly Network/Live Wikidata Editing <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Weekly_Network/Live_Wikidata_Edit…> sessions by Ainali <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ainali> and Abbe98 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Abbe98> - Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons und Wikipedia bearbeiten 2021/001 (in German) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wht1sc-fFyw> - SPARQL #Wikidata retour aux bases #4 - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Koop-m4RA> - How to use Wikidata to list nearby tourist places on a web page (in French) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CeXNGArs54> - How to add lexemes to Wikidata (in Swedish) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JHqz2DL7Io> - How to edit library data in Wikidata (in Italian) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WZfr8e1XhI> - Editing the drawings in the Gambara Bovardi collection at the Levi Foundation in Venice on Wikidata (in Italian) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pycIxhbkGWU> Tool of the week - User:Lucas Werkmeister/hyphenation-point.js <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lucas_Werkmeister/hyphenation-point.js> is a user script that replaces any | characters with U+2027 HYPHENATION POINT when editing hyphenation snaks. Other Noteworthy Stuff - 20k+ DOIs of Chinese language scientific journal articles have now been added to WD <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/05/11/adding-dois-to-chinese-scientific-art…>, thanks to scraping->validation->matching->quickstatements workflow built by Stevenliuyi <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Stevenliuyi> (via a WikiCite <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite> eScholarship) - s:Template:Annotate QID <https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Template:Annotate_QID> (currently on en. & de.Wikisource) allows names and other terms in texts to be semantically annotated with the equivalent QIDs. sv.Wikisource has a similar template <https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/sv:Mall:Samma_som>. - Template:Item documentation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Item_documentation> displays Template:Generic queries for occupations <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Generic_queries_for_occupations> for items of class occupation (Q12737077) and Template:Generic queries for filmmakers <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Generic_queries_for_filmmakers> for items with occupation (P106) filmmaker (Q2526255) - Wikimedia Foundation 2021 Board Elections <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021> has been announced. Please sign-up as an Election Volunteer <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Electio…> if you'd like to support the elections. Election Volunteers serve as a bridge between the Elections Committee, the facilitation team and the movement. Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: identifier shared with lexeme <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9531>, audio transcription <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9533>, counterpart position <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9547>, earned run average <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9548>, official podcast <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9549>, diel cycle <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9566>, intended background color <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9567>, scope note <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9570> - External identifiers: LMIC musician ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9525>, Scholarpedia article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9526>, Historic Hawai‘i Foundation place ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9527>, Digital Library of Armenian Literature author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9528>, Den Danske Ordbog article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9529>, Den Danske Ordbog idiom ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9530>, OpenCorporates register ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9532>, Biblioteche della Custodia di Terra Santa a Gerusalemme ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9534>, IBSF competition ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9535>, SAIA authority ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9536>, Football Association of Norway club ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9537>, music austria ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9538>, Secondary Archive artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9539>, Editorial Freelancers Association member ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9540>, MacArthur Fellows Program ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9541>, representatives1821.gr ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9542>, Memento Vienna person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9543>, universal equine life number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9544>, Encyclopedia of China Online Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9545>, Indiana State Historical Marker Program ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9546>, Apple Music label ID (US version) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9550>, bio.se movie theater ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9551>, MyBIS protected area ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9552>, Dialnet thesis ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9553>, hPSCreg cell line ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9554>, Michigan State University Library Comic Art Collection Record Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9555>, LTit person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9556>, JECFA number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9557>, Badok ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9558>, Sigla ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9559>, DCinemaToday company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9560>, CEV coach ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9561>, CEV team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9562>, Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9563>, Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9564>, AdServio ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9565>, PeakVisor peak ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9568>, PeakVisor range ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9569>, PeakVisor area ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9571>, PeakVisor park ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9572>, Anime Filler List show ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9573>, Anime Filler List episode slug <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9574>, Australian Music Centre composer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9575>, Danish 2010 redlist identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9576>, synonymer.se ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9577>, SOUNZ work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9578>, vedidk ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9579>, Microlepidoptera.nl ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9580>, UNITER Award person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9581>, sense on DHLE <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9583> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: infects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/infects>, setlist <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/setlist>, oral history at <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/oral_history_at>, DIVA author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DIVA_author_ID>, DIVA record ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DIVA_record_ID>, type of lens <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/type_of_lens> - External identifiers: ToateAnimalele ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ToateAnimalele_ID>, Muziekencyclopedie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Muziekencyclopedie…>, CDep.Ro NGO ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CDep.Ro_NGO_ID>, causesanti.va ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/causesanti.va_ID>, Adevărul topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Adev%C4%83rul_topi…>, bathingWaterIdentifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/bathingWaterIdenti…>, Scenic Washington scenic drives and road trips ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scenic_Washington_…>, Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bodleian_Archives_…>, cIMeC.Ro Museum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cIMeC.Ro_Museum_ID>, Newspaper Genre List ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Newspaper_Genre_Li…>, Styria Museum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Styria_Museum_ID>, What Works Clearinghouse study ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/What_Works_Clearin…>, WUA author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WUA_author_ID>, hush.am person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/hush.am_person_ID>, Archive Alsharekh person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archive_Alsharekh_…>, Douban series ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Douban_series_ID>, RomArchive IDs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RomArchive_IDs>, Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Moths_and_Butterfl…>, Scholasticon person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scholasticon_perso…>, Japan PlayStation Software Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Japan_PlayStation_…>, WMF lang code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WMF_lang_code> - Deleted properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion>: iFixit repairability score (P7478) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_deletions/Archive/2020/…> - Query examples: - Number of species belonging to the different IUCN conservation categories <https://w.wiki/3Kuh> (Source <https://twitter.com/jsamwrites/status/1393263549745704960>) - List of Wikimedia language codes <https://w.wiki/3LHM> (Source <https://twitter.com/EntityExplosion/status/1393832426606981122>) - Plant genera that honor women <https://w.wiki/3kue> (Source <https://twitter.com/dpsSpiders/status/1393262036151308295>) - Poets whose fathers are lawyers <https://w.wiki/3LgY> (Source <https://twitter.com/WorldsAspire/status/1393485819386732545>) - Phrase-book for types of food <https://w.wiki/3Jjy> (mapping Catalan and English) (Source <https://twitter.com/mlpoulter/status/1391731710321115138>) Development - Fixed the entity usage dashboards <https://grafana.wikimedia.org/d/000000160/wikidata-entity-usage?orgId=1&ref…> that no longer showed data due to technical issues. It tracks how much data from Wikidata is used on the other Wikimedia projects. (phab:T279762 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T279762>) - Configured the Property Suggester to not suggest Google Knowledge Graph ID (P2671) and Wolfram Language entity code (P4839) (phab:T280779 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280779>) - Investigated remaining issue with updating the page_props table on the client wikis, which is confusing some bots making use of that table ( phab:T280627 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280627>) - Fixed an issue in the Query Builder where it got confused when adding several conditions with the same Property (phab:T279945 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T279945>) - Working on tracking the number of edits per namespace over time ( phab:T281356 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T281356>) - Working on fixing a bug where old revisions of Items have edit buttons but should not (phab:T281587 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T281587>) - Fixing an issue where value suggestions are not showing all values that are defined in the property constraint (phab:T280650 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280650>) You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filt…>. Monthly Tasks - Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above. - Comment on property proposals: all open proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview> - Contribute to a Showcase item <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items> . - Help translate <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats> or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language! - Help merge identical items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge> across Wikimedia projects. - Near 6,100 items have the Template:Item documentation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Item_documentation> in their talk page. Help deploy this template. - Help write the next summary! <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next> -- Mohammed Sadat *Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase* Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0 https://wikimedia.de Keep up to date! Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia, Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our newsletter (in German): Subscribe now <https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/>. Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision! https://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland – Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.

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LinkedArchives @ TPDL 2021: call for contributions
by xavier.aranda＠colectic.coop 16 May '21

16 May '21

Hola! Aquesta adreÃ§a no es troba en funcionament actualment, podeu contactar amb nosaltres escrivint a hola(a)colectic.coop

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LinkedArchives @ TPDL 2021: call for contributions
by Carla Teixeira Lopes 16 May '21

16 May '21

We are thrilled to announce that the International Workshop on Archives and Linked Data (https://linkedarchives.inesctec.pt/) will be run in conjunction with the 25th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL 2021) (http://www.tpdl.eu/tpdl2021/). The workshop aims to gather researchers and specialists who are engaged in initiatives that cross Archives and the Semantic Web and those planning similar initiatives in cultural heritage organizations. We'd love to have your contributions, so please take a look at the call: https://linkedarchives.inesctec.pt/#submission. Please note that *20 June 2021* is the submission deadline. The workshop will include invited talks, presentations of papers and demos, as well as an opportunity for participants to meet and discuss latest developments and opportunities in the field. TPDL 2021 is an online event and registration will be free of cost. Workshop papers are published and extended versions of best papers are candidates for publication in the ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage <https://dl.acm.org/journal/jocch> (JOCCH). We look forward to receiving your submissions and seeing you in September! Best, Carla Teixeira Lopes (on behalf of the Organizing Committee)

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Given Names and Sex/Gender for Humans in Wikidata
by Crystal E. Clements 16 May '21

16 May '21

Hello all, I am a relatively new Wikidata user, and have run across some inconsistency with regard to given names, sex/gender, and the intersections of the two concepts. I'm not sure what conversations have already happened, or what the best solutions are. Given names: Given names can be classed as given name<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202444>, or any of 42 subclasses of given name<https://w.wiki/3Kwj>, which include "female given name<Q11879590>", "male given name<Q12308941>", and "unisex given name<Q3409032>" (among others). The real-world application of these gender-specific classes to items for given names is problematic for a number of reasons. Names associated with one gender in one culture and/or time period are frequently associated with another or all genders in other cultures and/or time periods. This is not well adjusted for in practice in Wikidata. Some names include "instance of<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P31>" statements for multiple classes on the same name item, and others proliferate items for the same name string for usage by various genders. It seems like a burdensome, if not impossible, endeavor for little return to try to straighten it out. Assigning gendered given names can lead to incorrect assumptions about a living person's sex or gender. Bots use labels to assign values for given names, regardless of whether the person's gender identity is known and asserted on Wikidata. This can lead to unreferenced statements being made about the sex or gender of a living person, based solely on the label, as discussed here<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Bots_using_Labels_to_Po…>. This is understandable-the concept of gender differs widely across cultures, as does the usage of many given names. Someone in Russia, where given names are more closely tied to gender, may see an item for a person with a "male given name" and assume that the person identifies as male. Which is by no means always the case in every culture. Since there is a very widely used property for sex or gender, it would be easy to determine which gender groups are represented in a group of people/items sharing the same given name with a simple query<https://w.wiki/3Kwm>, without a need for all the different gender-dependent subclasses of names. Sex or gender: A related problem is the assignment of sex or gender values to living persons based on weak assumptions. I'm sure my example above is not an isolated incident. There are many constraints in Wikidata that prod users to assign sex or gender values to items for humans. For example, values of the property "student of<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1066>" have an item-requires-statement constraint of property "sex or gender<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P21>". Flagging the absence of this statement and suggesting it be added, when the sex or gender of many people represented in Wikidata is not known, creates a situation ripe for unintentional misgendering<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transphobia#Misgendering>. Many living people may not want their gender identities made public, for many valid reasons ranging from a simple desire for personal privacy to a fear for personal safety. This seems to fall under the Wikidata policy for living people section on statements that may violate privacy<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Living_people#Statements_that_may_vi…>. A number of properties for attributes of living persons include both a "living person protection class<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8274>" of "property that may violate privacy<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44601380>" and a "property constraint<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2302>" of "citation needed constraint<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54554025>" with a constraint status of either mandatory<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21502408> constraint or suggested<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62026391> constraint. Given the fact that people with many gender identities face persecution and may not want to make their gender identity public, and given the fact that harm can be done by wrongly assuming someone's gender identity on Wikidata, I think both a protection class and citation needed constraint are overdue for P21. I also see that the Wikidata protection policy<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Protection_policy> includes Create-protection, which can prevent a page from being created except by certain users. I see that it cannot be applied to deleted items or properties. It seems possible, and perhaps very useful, to add specific properties used with specific items to the Create-protection policy in order to protect the privacy of living persons. For instance, if a person didn't want their sex or gender, their political party, their sexual orientation, or some other piece of personal information disclosed on Wikidata, it would be useful to protect that item from having those corresponding properties created at all. What do members of this list think of: -Separating the concepts of sex/gender and given name in Wikidata? -Separating given names from other attributes of persons, such as nationality or ethnic group? -Removing property constraints that require sex or gender to be identified in items for persons? -Adding the living person protection class of "property that may violate privacy" to "sex or gender" (P21)? -Adding a property constraint of "citation needed constraint" with a constraint status of either mandatory constraint or suggested constraint? -Adding protections against the creation of specific property statements being added to specific items for living persons? Where could such changes be discussed, voted on, or proposed to the community? I also don't know where to look for past conversations surrounding these issues, which almost certainly exist and would be useful to review. Thanks, Crystal Clements, MLIS Science Cataloger Cataloging and Metadata Services University of Washington Libraries Box 352900 Seattle, Washington 98195 cec23(a)uw.edu

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Re: Given Names and Sex/Gender for Humans in Wikidata
by xavier.aranda＠colectic.coop 15 May '21

15 May '21

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Re: Given Names and Sex/Gender for Humans in Wikidata
by Crystal E. Clements 15 May '21

15 May '21

Is it expected that everyday Wikidata editors will know they should bypass that warning, and how to do it? That warning stopped me in my tracks. -----Original Message----- From: Smit <me(a)smitop.com> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2021 4:07 PM To: Crystal E. Clements <cec23(a)uw.edu>; wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikidata] Re: Given Names and Sex/Gender for Humans in Wikidata On 2021-05-14 6:53 p.m., Crystal E. Clements wrote: > Thanks, Smit. I've read about that on the property chat for P21. I > haven't been able to get it to work. Here's an example (I know this > person's gender and fixed the statement after taking this screen shot > of my feeble attempt at "unknown value"). Am I doing it wrong? You can bypass that warning by hitting "publish" again (warnings generated from edit filters can always be bypassed by attempting to do the edit again). That error message is coming from https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:AbuseFilter/13 which doesn't seem to handle unknown value properly. Note that all edits where that warning was ignored can be seen at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?tagfilter=Unexpected+va…

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Re: Given Names and Sex/Gender for Humans in Wikidata
by Crystal E. Clements 15 May '21

15 May '21

Thanks, Smit. I've read about that on the property chat for P21. I haven't been able to get it to work. Here's an example (I know this person's gender and fixed the statement after taking this screen shot of my feeble attempt at "unknown value"). Am I doing it wrong? [cid:image001.png@01D748D8.ED6935B0] -----Original Message----- From: Smit <me(a)smitop.com> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2021 3:30 PM To: Crystal E. Clements <cec23(a)uw.edu>; wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikidata] Given Names and Sex/Gender for Humans in Wikidata On 2021-05-14 6:22 p.m., Crystal E. Clements wrote: > Given the fact that people with many gender identities face > persecution and may not want to make their gender identity public, and > given the fact that harm can be done by wrongly assuming someone's > gender identity on Wikidata, I think both a protection class and > citation needed constraint are overdue for P21. Note that this is currently handled by setting that property to "unknown value" and adding an explanation in a reference.

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