Program/Wikidata Babel workshop
- Notes
- Format
Workshop
- Keywords
- wikidata
- workshop
- multilanguage
- concept
- beginner
- intermediate
- expert
- ontology
- When and where
- Friday 20 July, 16:00
- Duration: 55 minutes
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- Presenter(s)
- Topic area
- Relationship to theme
Language & literacy
Content Quality
Abstract
Let's improve Wikidata together!
Having contributors from many different countries and languages is a huge opportunity to improve the quality of Wikidata. One of the great strengths of Wikidata is its native multilingual structure.
- LEVEL 1
The basic idea of a translathon is to make participants add labels and descriptions on Wikidata elements in their own language(s). Very simple editing skills are required to start editing Wikidata. For beginners it could be a useful first experience with Wikidata.
- LEVEL 2
More interesting is to make people exchange to solve certain difficult cases (for examples concepts which are a bit different depending of the language). It was the idea of the Wikidata Babel workshop in Wikimania 2015. It worked well but needed several improvements in the methodology which could take place in this new session.
- LEVEL 3
Wikidata lacks a conceptual tree. Even if single items are well-precised, the tree of P279 (subclass of) and P31 (instance of) is very frequently poor or non present. Elaborating conceptual trees of good quality is uneasy when you're alone. Joining the forces of Wikidata experts from different cultures could help that ! (at least, Wikimania is the perfect place for testing that).
Outcomes
LEVEL 1 : better knowledge of Wikidata and how it works, motivation to discover this fabulous project (and reach level 2 next year).
LEVEL 2 : new Wikidata friends from very far away, better understanding of concepts viewed from other cultures, motivation to contribute with people speaking other languages (and reach level 3).
LEVEL 3 : better understanding of the Wikidata trees, maybe huge philosophical questions ;) and of course motivation !
Tips
- Please enroll on the Dashboard. Not mandatory but it could help us :)
Level 1
On this level 1, your goal is to improve Wikidata in your favorite language. To achieve this, you can translate missing labels and descriptions. You can also translate properties labels. See Wikidata:List of properties
- Put Babel boxes on your Wikidata user page in order to be able to edit labels in your chosen language. Example :
{{#babel:af-N|en-3|fr-1}} - This tool can provide you relevant items : https://tools.dicare.org/translathon/
- If a case needs several people to solve it, give it to the level 2 participants.
Level 2
On this level 2, your goal is to make Wikidata more consistent. To achieve this, join contributors from other cultural and language backgrounds, and discuss how to solve non trivial cases, typically concepts which are a bit different depending on the language.
- You can use the Wikidata list of interwiki conflicts : Wikidata:Interwiki_conflicts/Unresolved/2018
- We encourage group of 3 to 5 people with different cultural backgrounds.
- If a case needs a profond reflexion about its conceptual tree, give it to the level 3 participants.
Level 3
On this level 3, your goal is to make Wikidata more consistent and powerful. To achieve this, join contributors from other cultural and language backgrounds, and discuss how to build a more consistent tree structure for Wikidata items. Your goal is to improve the conceptual tree of Wikidata at high levels of abstraction.
- P279 (subclass of) and P31 (instance of) will be your best friends today, but don't hesitate to take a paper and a pen.
- You can use Reasonator to explore the arborescence and find a part of the Wikidata tree that needs gardeners.
- We encourage group of 2 to 4 people with different cultural backgrounds.
Examples : classification of work, human settlements, or take a random item and ride up the ontology using P279!