Wikidata:WikiProject Linked Data for Production/2020-02-21 Wikidata Working Hour
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February 21, 2020 Wikidata Working Hour[edit]
Friday, February 21, 2020 at 11:30am PST / 2:30pm EST / 19:30 UTC / 8:30pm CET
Logistics[edit]
https://stanford.zoom.us/j/204437188
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Metrics[edit]
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You're welcome to work on your own projects, but if you're looking for things to work on, consider adding and GLAM institutions in Wikidata as part of the FindingGLAMs Challenge.
If you'd like to participate in the Challenge, you need to enroll.
Ways to contribute[edit]
- The Monumental GLAM tool displays data about cultural heritage institutions through Wikidata, Wikipedia, and Wikimedia Commons. It allows you to browse and edit Wikidata items near your location or search for an institution by name or location. This is an easy way to find institutions. If you are adding an email address through the tool, be sure to add the prefix mailto: to avoid an error, ie. mailto:info@example.org
- Add libraries using the Cradle tool library template
- Find museums lacking an official website, coordinates, or country and add that data. SPARQL queries for museums
- Find libraries lacking an official website and that data. SPARQL queries for libraries
- Find libraries lacking an official website in a specific administrative territory using located in the administrative territorial entity (P131) (query can be modified for other territories): [Try it]
- Find libraries lacking an official website in using country (P17) (query can be modified for other countries): [Try it]
- Take a photo of an institution near you and it to Commons. Guide to contributing your own work to Commons
- Try the Free Image Search tool to add images quickly to Wikidata. Documentation
Resources for adding libraries, museums, archives, and cultural venues[edit]
- Modeling GLAM institutions on Wikidata lists common properties for GLAM institutions; recommends using the property pair part of (P361) and has part(s) (P527) for hierarchical relationships between organizations
Libraries[edit]
- Dan Scott’s blog
- Wikidata WikiProject Libraries
- Example of a library system with a central library and branches San Jose Public Library (Q1084981)
Museums[edit]
Archives[edit]
Cultural venues like theaters[edit]
Data Structure Issues[edit]
Some modeling issues you may run into are outlined here
Modeling an organization and the building it is housed in
- Example of a heritage institution with an item for the building Brooklyn Historical Society Building (Q4974853) and an item for the organization Center for Brooklyn History (Q4974851)