It is a little while ago now that I was asked, by Roberta Wedge, about the
"missing women" on the English Wikipedia, who are identified in the Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB). I'm glad to say that, with a
recent technical development I now have a list.
(Recent means "since this morning", by the way - thanks as ever to Magnus
Manske for his assiduous pushing of the tech support envelope for Wikidata.
The new tool PagePile tool at https://tools.wmflabs.org/pagepile/ filled
the final gap.)
So I can reveal a list of 2,345 women with their Wikidata IDs at
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Charles_Matthews/PagePile
This comes out as pile 188 for PagePile. If you look at the wikitext on my
page, the data is actually in two columns, Wikidata ID followed by name.
(This is tabbed data, though the first four or so tabs seemed not to come
out straight. Doubtless a teething problem.) It was a question of combining
two Wikidata queries with the new tool, which generally speaking handles
and combine lists in a clean way that wasn't previously available.
So much for the technical advance. A few comments on the content. These are
females with an OBIN (Oxford biographical identifier), rather than those
with an article to themselves. They are not automatically notable,
therefore. "Missing" is relative: Myra Hindley is on the list, but that is
because the name is a redirect on enWP.
Also, this list is not warranted complete, since we are aware of a couple
of percent of OBINs that do not yet have a Wikidata entry. Around 150 or
200 more names may have to be added, in the end.
All said, this is the first sight of realistic list, however, of the ODNB
missing women. Translation lists, such as those with existing articles on
the German or French Wikipedias, can easily be added.
Charles
Hello everyone,
A volunteer has got in touch with me to ask about Wikidata training,
mentioning the previous session that was delivered here in London.
Is there any interest in a second session? If enough people are keen on
attending then perhaps we could set something up? Would any volunteers be
keen to take a lead on this?
Thank you,
Stevie
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Hello everyone,
At the volunteer strategy day one of the things that was emphasised was a
better flow of information between volunteers, staff and the board. I've
been thinking about some of the ways in which we can improve this.
One idea I had was to host a monthly Google Hangout at a regular time and
date at which anyone can drop in and share ideas, ask questions, float
suggestions and so on. This would regularly be attended by at least a
couple of members of staff and a couple of trustees, perhaps on a
rotational basis.
We tried a similar thing with IRC a while back and it wasn't particularly
successful, in part because the tool isn't especially engaging for many
people. I think we are ready to try something different.
Any thoughts?
Stevie
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Stevie Benton
Head of External Relations
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173
@StevieBenton
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England
and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street,
London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a
global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the
Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal
control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
Some of you may wish to comment on this draft, with regard to licensing,
copytheft, access for photography, etc.
A formal WikimediaUK response may also be advisable.
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From: "Rebecca Atkinson" <rebecca.atkinson(a)museumsassociation.org>
Date: Jul 28, 2015 10:10 AM
Subject: [MCG] The MA is seeking comments on draft Code of Ethics
To: <MCG(a)jiscmail.ac.uk>
Sent on behalf of Alistair Brown (with apologies for cross-posting):
The Museums Association has been working for over a year with museums
professionals, sector bodies, volunteers and other interested parties to
produce an updated Code of Ethics for the sector.
The last full update of the Code took place in 2002, while a partial update
on financially motivated disposal took place in 2007.
Following a year of consultation activities and events, the MA has recently
published a draft Code of Ethics for a further period of consultation with
the sector.
We welcome any comments on this by Friday 7th August via the MA website:
http://www.museumsassociation.org/forms/draft-code-of-ethics-consultation
Please do take the time to read the new code and offer constructive
feedback.
Many thanks,
Rebecca Atkinson
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