Wikimedia-SF November 2024

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Update with page-needed at libraries
by Nathan Holmes-King 29 Nov '24

29 Nov '24

I've made several upgrades to my scraper; for example, it now works if the page-needed template is next to the ref, while before it only worked if the template was inside the ref. My list is now at 6,000 entries and 680 KB, well beyond WP's template limit, and at my current rate, it would take more than 40 years to clear the list. Therefore, I need your help clearing the list more than ever. Also, there are at least two French-language books on the list, at the Main library's International Center. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Numberguy6/Page-needed_at_libraries -- - Nathan Holmes-King +1 510 945 7737 emperor0nathan(a)gmail.com

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December meetup, upcoming actions, Wikipedia day
by emelinebrule 18 Nov '24

18 Nov '24

Hi everyone! Nice to see so many of you on Thursday, and thanks Luis for sharing your projects on diversity in photographs of professions! Next events Our next meetup is on December 12th at 6.30pm, 1736 18th street. RSVP is here https://bookwhen.com/sequoiafabrica/e/ev-s0fh-20241212183000 A supporter ticket helps our host stay open and goes towards drinks and snacks. We will then meet on [January 9](https://bookwhen.com/sequoiafabrica/#focus=ev-s4ng-20250109183000), February 13 and March 13. Save the date for a Wikipedia Day social on [January 18](https://bookwhen.com/sequoiafabrica/#focus=ev-s95z-20250118103000).http… Notes from the meeting We have decided to organize an event for Wikipedia day on January 18th: https://bookwhen.com/sequoiafabrica/#focus=ev-s95z-20250118103000. There will be pannettone and hot chocolate, and wikidata games. This is meant as a way for the broader community to meet us and get involved in Wikipedia and will be advertised by a geonotice to Wikipedia visitors. We discussed how to expand our numbers. Actions for next month and suggested actions are in the notes https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/bawug Our application to be recognized as a user group is pending. Cheers, Emeline

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Proposal for transportation to Sequoia Fabrica meetings
by Nathan Holmes-King 18 Nov '24

18 Nov '24

At the last meeting, I asked if anyone else rode Waymo from 16th St Mission BART, hoping to ride together and split the cost. *New proposal:* the same, but from 22nd St Caltrain; I would take train 523. Is anyone interested? -- - Nathan Holmes-King +1 510 945 7737 emperor0nathan(a)gmail.com

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background on the diversity photo editing project I mentioned
by Luis Villa 15 Nov '24

15 Nov '24

Hey! I mentioned this at the meeting tonight and I thought I'd share it - and wondering if anyone here has thoughts on how to script this to make it a little more systematic? My project was to improve the diversity of photos of careers, since NPOV is slightly ambiguous there and we know there's impact for kids in terms of representation. The basic strategy was a wikidata query on… jobs? careers? This was then joined with pageview data, so that I could prioritize the pages by traffic. Someone on twitter helped me find the right Wikidata items and construct the query; sadly I can't find it in my notes, though. (I’ve been poking at building a new one with the help of chatgpt but haven’t had much time for it.) The output was a csv that I then jammed into Google Sheets to track it, but presumably it wouldn't be that hard to regenerate the list dynamically (and extend it beyond enwiki). I then simply did a lot of Flickr, IA, and usgov searches to find better photos - not just women, also geographic/racial diversity. Some were pretty easy (especially where the US government has many people in the named career role) but others harder. As a general matter, I didn't start with Commons; I mostly assumed I had to look off Commons first and then bring the images to Commons, though that wasn't always true. Some example edits: - adding women, an African, and an Asian to “Presidents”: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=President_(government_title)&dif… - add a woman to "Sommelier": https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sommelier&diff=prev&oldid=842546… - add an African man and Mexican group to “Chef”: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chef&diff=prev&oldid=842550576 - add a gender-diverse photo and black man to “System Administrator”; if I recall correctly the black man was reverted but i didn’t fight it too hard: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=System_administrator&diff=prev&o… I seem to recall that the attempt to diversify “Lawyer” was reverted, but most stuck at least in the short term. Now that Wikidata has matured, and maybe more photos out there, it'd be interesting to turn this into something more structured — eg, there's obviously problems with relying on LLMs to do gender identification of photos, but as a first pass to identify the most problematic pages? Anyway, throwing that out into the void- Luis

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Meetup November 14: New Agenda
by emelinebrule 07 Nov '24

07 Nov '24

Hey everyone, In light of recent events, Elan and I would like to suggest a new agenda for the meetup. Bring what you're working on as usual, we'll have snacks and drinks, and pizza is on us. But let's also discuss how we can organize to attract and train new editors at the local level. November 14, 6.30-8.30pm, 1736 18th street, RSVP and reminder here https://bookwhen.com/sequoiafabrica/e/ev-s0fh-20241114183000 See you there, Emeline & Elan

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