Dear colleagues,


Please join us for the next installment of the LD4 Wikibase Working Hour<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.wikidata.org_wiki_Wikidata-3AWikiProject-5FLD4-5FWikidata-5FAffinity-5FGroup_Wikibase-5Fand-5FWBStack-5FWorking-5FHours&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ZKZdijZcvSwDlmLpUMf9GVdOigjGjnqPOHQla31EGfM&m=MnP2VfNE6JmX9GcaeT6XmC0PgUWYfOteWSQXcTmKVyXZR0sFv0scSYU3lsWQi4eR&s=SHa5S6jGTRo43QdWgSel6IgoY0RQOhpSw23YdpGSTl8&e=>

When: Mon. 13 February 2023, 1PM Eastern (time zone converter<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.timeanddate.com_worldclock_converter.html-3Fiso-3D20230213T180000-26p1-3Dtz-5Fet-26p2-3Dtz-5Fct-26p3-3Dtz-5Fmt-26p4-3Dtz-5Fpt-26p5-3Dtz-5Fhast-26p6-3D1440-26p7-3Dtz-5Fcet&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ZKZdijZcvSwDlmLpUMf9GVdOigjGjnqPOHQla31EGfM&m=MnP2VfNE6JmX9GcaeT6XmC0PgUWYfOteWSQXcTmKVyXZR0sFv0scSYU3lsWQi4eR&s=gH9Xfb8YsMN4riomcgU7lLCPD0D8ufS7SFXc1GCdUBI&e=>)

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The February Working Hour will feature a presentation by Steve Baskauf on using VanderBot with Wikibase:

The Wikibase API provides a mechanism for programmatic control of uploads, and its behavior is consistent across instances (Wikidata, Structured Data in Commons, and those that are established privately). In this session, I will discuss basic interactions with the API and demonstrate using the VanderBot Python application to rapidly upload tabular data to a wikibase.cloud instance. After performing a mass deletion, I’ll conclude by describing how I’ve used the Wikibase API to facilitate addition of structured data to Commons.
Steve Baskauf is a Data Science and Data Curation Specialist at the Vanderbilt University Heard Libraries. He has had a long-term interest in Linked Data and for the past several years has been experimenting with ways to streamline uploads to Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.

About the LD4 Wikibase Working Hour:

The LD4 Wikibase Working Hour<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.wikidata.org_wiki_Wikidata-3AWikiProject-5FLD4-5FWikidata-5FAffinity-5FGroup_Wikibase-5Fand-5FWBStack-5FWorking-5FHours&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ZKZdijZcvSwDlmLpUMf9GVdOigjGjnqPOHQla31EGfM&m=MnP2VfNE6JmX9GcaeT6XmC0PgUWYfOteWSQXcTmKVyXZR0sFv0scSYU3lsWQi4eR&s=SHa5S6jGTRo43QdWgSel6IgoY0RQOhpSw23YdpGSTl8&e=> is part of the LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.wikidata.org_wiki_Wikidata-3AWikiProject-5FLD4-5FWikidata-5FAffinity-5FGroup&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ZKZdijZcvSwDlmLpUMf9GVdOigjGjnqPOHQla31EGfM&m=MnP2VfNE6JmX9GcaeT6XmC0PgUWYfOteWSQXcTmKVyXZR0sFv0scSYU3lsWQi4eR&s=xFj9SuYpWn-ABLtZELY1nP_Mm4ygqvaypZEdQiwxEMw&e=> and seeks to create a space for GLAM professionals experimenting with Wikibase/WBStack implementation, the software that Wikidata is based on, to learn collaboratively and share tips, tools, and resources.  For more details, see the project page<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.wikidata.org_wiki_Wikidata-3AWikiProject-5FLD4-5FWikidata-5FAffinity-5FGroup_Wikibase-5Fand-5FWBStack-5FWorking-5FHours&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ZKZdijZcvSwDlmLpUMf9GVdOigjGjnqPOHQla31EGfM&m=MnP2VfNE6JmX9GcaeT6XmC0PgUWYfOteWSQXcTmKVyXZR0sFv0scSYU3lsWQi4eR&s=SHa5S6jGTRo43QdWgSel6IgoY0RQOhpSw23YdpGSTl8&e=>.  Sign up via this link<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_g_ld4-2Dwikidata&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ZKZdijZcvSwDlmLpUMf9GVdOigjGjnqPOHQla31EGfM&m=MnP2VfNE6JmX9GcaeT6XmC0PgUWYfOteWSQXcTmKVyXZR0sFv0scSYU3lsWQi4eR&s=0MNz9K5t73oPASRTM21dQxbejPP1YDIPdBEe5NjcfTk&e=> for LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group, Wikidata Working Hour, and Wikibase Working Hour announcements.

We hope to see you there!

On behalf of the LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group co-facilitators,

Susan Radovsky
Metadata Management Project Coordinator
Metadata Management & Project Strategy
Harvard Library