Hoi,
It is relatively easy to include info for all these people. The question is
not if it can be done, the question is much more what do you want out of
it. Including these people in a list is easy but you need something that
combines. them otherwise there is no point as you cannot query them.
The notion of notability in Wikidata is different but it is not smart to
include info that is not connected. The most relevant thing in Wikidata
seen as a standalone project is how things connect. The value is in the
statements it means that for me links to Wikipedia are secondary.
When you want to use Wikidata properly it is therefore not only important
to define the information that you want, it is evn more important to know
how you are going to use this information and how you are going to
establish that the information at Wikidata is maintained.
So yes, having a list is no problem but as in any tool, value is added when
you take the tool seriously.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 5 February 2017 at 09:51, Brill Lyle <wp.brilllyle(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Wikidatans,
Inspired by the Zika corpus project at WikiCite 2016,[1] I wanted to see
if it was (a) possible and (b) practical to set up an automatically
updating table (ideally for use in Wikipedia but pulling from Wikidata)
that would allow the Black Lunch Table Project initiative on Wikipedia to
automate and customize their Task List -- which is somewhat massive.[2]
Heather Hart from Black Lunch Table holds editathons all over North
America,[3] and I think they will be intersectional with some of the other
Wikipedia initiatives. So for events in places like North Carolina or New
Orleans, it would be helpful for her to be able to pull artists from those
communities. And for Art+Feminism in March, it would be helpful for her to
be able to pull artists who are female-identifying.
We set up some categories as a way to granulate a possible SPARQL query:
- Wikipedia category:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Visual_artists_of_
the_African_diaspora
- Wikimedia Commons category:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Visual_artists_
of_the_African_diaspora
Wikidata item:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28654190
Right now the task list is approaching 1,000 entries, and I assume the
task list will only grow as it is a crowdsourced list. It is understood
that obviously not all entrants are notable, and many are at mid-career
levels, so even a stub might be stretching it to be on Wikipedia. But a
solid percentage are definitely notable and are deserving of pages.
I was also thinking that this sort of functionality would be helpful for
other initiatives -- maybe also Art+Feminism -- so this process might be
transferrable for others too.
Goal: To automate the task list process somewhat.
And at minimum would be a good Wikidata project.
I think that even exploring the possibilities here has been very fruitful
and illustrative of Wikidata's functionality for both myself and
Heather/Black Lunch Table Project. I think it might also provide very
positive outreach for others as well.
Best,
- Erika
[1]
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Source_
MetaData/Wikidata_lists/Items_about_Zika_virus_or_fever
[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Black_Lunch_
Table/Lists_of_Articles
[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Black_
Lunch_Table/Event_Archive
*Erika Herzog*
Wikipedia *User:BrillLyle <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BrillLyle>*
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