Wikimediauk-l September 2015

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Storify of the Wikipedia Science Conference
by Stevie Benton 04 Sep '15

04 Sep '15

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Fellows of the Royal Society on Wikidata
by Charles Matthews 04 Sep '15

04 Sep '15

An interesting outcome of the Wikipedia Science Conference this week is a project to get a complete set of Fellows of the Royal Society on Wikidata as items. This began yesterday afternoon, and already about a dozen people have joined in. I have just done Albert Einstein, so there are still rich pickings. This all happens on the mix'n'match tool at https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/?mode=random&catalog=92&submode=unmat… (requires WiDar authorisation, which in turn requires you are logged in on Wikipedia, but is no big deal). Helpful is the very good alphabetical list we have up at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society which has already helped me resolve a case where a FRS with a German surname had a variant spelling. Those lists (alphabetical division) show that the English Wikipedia already has fairly good coverage. The strategy of getting a complete set onto Wikidata, and then look what needs to be created and/or translated is the modern way of improving it. Something else that is not so positive came up also: the Royal Society website has been revamped, and many links that ran to it are now broken. This illustrates the general "link rot" phenomenon which was covered in one of the conference talks, by Geoffrey Bilder of CrossRef. Charles

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Lists of public art in UK counties and cities
by Andy Mabbett 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

We need more articles listing public art in United Kingdom counties, cities or towns. I've written a blog post about how to compile them: http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/public-art-wikipedia/ and would be grateful if you would all assist, and ask others to do so. Once a page is created, adding a row should be something a novice an easily do. More experienced Wikipedians can help with tidying up formatting, adding references, and so on. As well as adding artworks known to you, of course! -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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London tonight
by Andy Mabbett 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

Anyone in town for tomorrow's conference (or local) and looking to eat out this evening, around Euston?

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