Wikidata:WikiProject LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group/Wikidata Working Hours/2023-October-13 Wikidata Working Hour
Logistics
[edit]Friday, October 13, 2023 at 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 7:00 pm CEST
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Recording
[edit]View recording: https://stanford.zoom.us/rec/share/QkRoIUZuMLh3-0BauhzYgac9R77Byi6kiWtreeKC-Gj_COJFOxcq9IoGGdiz0krh.IRkNLjs8TObKm1tD
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Collaborators
[edit]Co-Lead: Mara Caelin
Chat Monitor: Dnshitobu
Event page: Mara Caelin
Event dashboard: Mara Caelin
Series Coordinators: Alexandra Wong, Hilary Thorsen, Susan Radovsky
Metrics
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Background
[edit]Starting in August and running through December, 2023, we will be assembling a data set of diverse LIS (Library and Information Science) materials (articles, conference proceedings, books) and adding it to Wikidata during a series of Wikidata Working Hours. Each event will provide an opportunity to try out different Wikidata-related skills and tools while working with a finite dataset. Topics covered in the Working Hours will include: assembling a bibliography, exporting articles and books from Zotero into QuickStatements, webscraping for data in the PAWS environment, adding authors and publishers manually into Wikidata, batch editing using OpenRefine, batch editing using the LINCS tool, using the Author Disambiguator tool, and analyzing and visualizing data with SPARQL and Scholia.
The fifth Wikidata Working Hour in the series will cover manually adding authors and .
Today's Working Hour is part of a special series of sessions involving a single data set. You don't have to attend every session to be part of the project, but you can find details about the whole series here.
Citation Politics
[edit]The ethos of the Working Hour series centres around citation politics and the environmental factors that encourage gaming citation practices.
As feminist scholar Sara Ahmed writes, "I would describe citation as a rather successful reproductive technology, a way of reproducing the world around certain bodies.... The reproduction of a discipline can be the reproduction of these techniques of selection, ways of making certain bodies and thematics core to the discipline, and others not even part."
On the racial politics of citation, Victor Ray states, "Citations draw our attention to the ideas that supposedly matter, they are a measure of one’s intellectual influence and they shape what we are able to think about a given field. Citations, or a lack thereof, bolster reputations and facilitate or exclude one from subsequent opportunities."
We invite reflection and action on how Wikidata, as a linked open database with ties to search engines and Wikipedia and with querying and visualization with SPARQL and Scholia, might help diversify who and what gets cited in the field of LIS.
Citation Politics, a term I prefer to reframe as the "Citation Game," extends beyond the existing discourse. This phrase better encapsulates the dynamics among scientists regarding referencing and citing each other's work; this phenomenon has taken a troubling turn with a rising prevalence of biases. Nowadays, the lines between constructive referencing and manipulation blur as journal reviewers overtly request authors to include citations in their papers; manipulation of citations has evolved into a strategic tool aimed at inflating the Impact Factor of publications, which becomes intertwined with university rankings, addressing this issue necessitates a rigorous investigation to enhance the integrity and quality of scholarly contributions in the realm of citations.
Relevant Wikidata Policies and guidelines
[edit]Wikidata Living Person Policy - As you edit, please be cognizant of Wikidata's guidelines concerning description of living people and err on the side of respecting privacy.
Creating Author Items
[edit]We'll be looking at the spreadsheet to determine what names to create in Wikidata. We will be creating names for those authors who do not already have a Wikidata record. Please note the following instructions have been adapted from the | 2022 Wikidata Working Hour on creating and editing author items.
Steps:
- Open this Google spreadsheet.
- Claim an author name that doesn't yet exist in Wikidata (no Q number next to it) by filling in your initials in the adjacent column.
- Search the name in Wikidata to double-check that it hasn't been created.
- Click "Create a new item" to start the creation process.
- The data model below has been created as a basic guide. Feel free to supplement with any relevant fields.
- Once your item has been created, add its QID to the Wikidata QID column.
Basic statements
[edit]| Property | Value | Usage note |
|---|---|---|
| Label | Person's name as most commonly known | Recommended to search name in web browser to see if that's the common usage |
| Alias | Other form of name in use or previously used | |
| Description | based on predominant field of work | Guidelines: Some examples: librarian, library science researcher |
| instance of (P31) | human (Q5) | no reference needed |
| occupation (P106) | based on predominant field of work | Ex: information scientist (Q1265807), librarian (Q182436), researcher (Q1650915), teacher (Q37226) |
Optional statements
[edit]- Can search for additional properties on Wikidata List of Properties page.
| Property | Value | Usage note |
|---|---|---|
| date of birth (P569) | YYYY-MM-DD | add reference; can be limited to YYYY or YYYY-MM only |
| date of death (P570) | YYYY-MM-DD | add reference; can be limited to YYYY or YYYY-MM only |
| sex or gender (P21) | female (Q6581072), etc. | requires references -- please read note below before use. |
| languages spoken, written or signed (P1412) | languages spoken, written or signed | no reference needed |
| educated at (P69) | institution | add qualifiers as per information available: academic degree (P512), academic major (P812), start time (P580), end time (P582), point in time (P585); add reference |
| employer (P108) | employer | often a library or university; add reference |
| described at URL (P973) | if an author is described in another online resource | example: Sojourner Truth |
| notable work (P800) | QID of work | work must first exist in Wikidata |
| residence (P551) | place of residence | if location has existing Wikidata item; include reference |
| place of birth (P19) | place of birth | if location has existing Wikidata item; include reference |
| place of death (P20) | place of death | if location has existing Wikidata item; include reference |
| ethnic group (P172) | based on cited evidence | ethnicity statements require a high standard of proof; see note below. |
| Library of Congress authority ID (P244) | LCCN from national authority record | can be searched [lastname, firstname] at: https://authorities.loc.gov/ ; Format should be 1 or 2 letters and then numbers (no spacing), e.g., no2019050143 (no reference needed) |
| VIAF ID (P214) | VIAF ID | can be searched at: https://viaf.org/ (no reference needed); format should be numerical, such as: 5150565527606250501 |
| country of citizenship (P27) | country of citizenship | if known and verified; add reference |
Nota Bene
[edit]Notes on using "sex or gender (P21)"
[edit]- Only use in cases where the subject specifically claims a gender identity themselves. In such cases, add a reference.
- Assigning gender is no longer recommended practice for PCC authority work. As the PCC Task Group on Recording Gender in Personal Name Authority Records noted in their report, "Gender identity, the vocabulary used to describe it, and the degree to which individuals are able to and choose to disclose it, are complex, contextual, personal, and subject to change over time and in different environments and jurisdictions."
Note on using "ethnic group (P172)"
[edit]- The documentation for this property suggests that these statements, given their potential sensitivity, require a high standard of proof, such as if the contributor has made this statement about themselves (and the Wikidata statement is properly documented with a reference). An example of a reference could be this declaration about themselves in the contributor's bio from their website.
Example Items
[edit]Creating Publisher Items
[edit]Please note: these instructions have been adapted from the 2022 Wikidata Working Hour session on creating publisher items.
Steps:
- Open this Google spreadsheet.
- Claim a publisher by filling in your initials in the adjacent column.
- Search the publisher's name in a search engine to obtain more information.
- Search the publisher's name in Wikidata to double-check that it hasn't been created (for creation purposes). Or if would like to enhance an already existing publisher, you can search by the Q# adjacent to the name.
- If creating a new name, click "Create a new item" to start the creation process.
- The data model below has been created as a basic guide. Feel free to supplement with any relevant fields.
- Once your item has been created, add its QID to the Wikidata QID column (no need to manually add the other fields to the spreadsheet, they could be pulled in later if necessary by reconcilation).
Basic statements
[edit]| Property | Value | Usage note |
|---|---|---|
| Label | Publisher's name as most commonly known | Recommended to search in web browser to see how they identify themselves |
| Alias | Other form of name in use or previously used | |
| Description | based on predominant field of work | Guidelines: Some examples: multinational conglomerate publishing company, imprint by Macmillan |
| instance of (P31) | what class this corporation is a member of | book publisher (Q1320047), business (Q4830453), imprint (Q2608849) |
| industry (P452) | what industry the corporate name operates under | publishing (Q3972943) |
| country (P17) | country of incorporation | only one value is prefered |
| parent organization (P749) | points to the parent organization | especially relevant for imprints, example, see Feiwel and Friends |
| has subsidiary (P355) | points to subsidiary companies, such as imprints | example, see Crown Publishing Group |
| official website (P856) | website if they have one | no reference needed, but specify as qualifiers retrieved (P813), language of work or name (P407) |
Optional statements
[edit]- Can search for additional properties on Wikidata List of Properties page.
| Property | Value | Usage note |
|---|---|---|
| inception (P571) | date of establishment, when an entity begins to exist | Example: 1991, (Feiwel and Friends) |
| headquarters location (P159) | If in United States, can be city | Example: Somerville, (Feiwel and Friends) |
| VIAF ID (P214) | VIAF ID | can search at viaf.org, example: 156296327, (Feiwel and Friends) |
| Library of Congress authority ID (P244) | LCCN from national authority record | Can be searched at: https://id.loc.gov/ ; Format should be 1 or 2 letters and then numbers, no spacing, no reference needed, Example: no2005044873 (Feiwel and Friends) |
| official name (P1448) | Official name from an authoritative source | Reference needed; Example: Candlewick Press, Inc. (English)(Candlewick Press) |
Example items
[edit]Add references for created or enhanced items
[edit]References
[edit]Most statements on Wikidata should be verifiable in some source of information. They point to a source that supports the data in a statement. References have a property and value like statements. The value is the source. The property is usually:
stated in (P248) for publications and media reference URL (P854) for websites and online databases
References are not required in some circumstances:
[edit]- Statement represents common knowledge that isn’t under dispute, such as author is an instance of human or Stephen King is a writer
- Statement refers to an external source of information that can be easily verified, such as ORCID identifiers
- Item itself is a source for the statement
References for Websites
[edit]The most common sources in Wikidata are probably websites. Use reference URL (P854) with the website as the value and retrieved (P813) with the date you accessed the website.
Steps for Adding References
[edit]- Click the "add reference" for any appropriate statement lacking references
- Enter a property, usually "reference URL"
- Paste the value (URL in this case)
- Click the "add" button to add the date retrieved
- Enter that property and then the date retrieved (if you have selected the currentDate gadget, it should automatically fill in the date)