Hello, everyone –

We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Session on Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone converter<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__zonestamp.toolforge.org_1734454800&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ZKZdijZcvSwDlmLpUMf9GVdOigjGjnqPOHQla31EGfM&m=j_8HAT6tE3Yj_i1fJG2sHvKBK8sMUuJQFr50mxMSKPiXQfcy8iViMQ-ARpoUE2hj&s=Smb6r_miNXLojOfD1LLGjfgPa5aZiv0tzVuzaOXY1o0&e=>).  This is the last session of this series and the last Wikidata Affinity Group program for this year!

If you anticipate attending the workshop sessions, please fill out this brief survey<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_tQqQiEt41uCmkiSZ6&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ZKZdijZcvSwDlmLpUMf9GVdOigjGjnqPOHQla31EGfM&m=j_8HAT6tE3Yj_i1fJG2sHvKBK8sMUuJQFr50mxMSKPiXQfcy8iViMQ-ARpoUE2hj&s=6pCh859SRP4z9yFF2JT5xwGJbVakiL3fvk3jVVnMAL4&e=> to help us prepare relevant materials for you. You only need to fill it out once, no matter how many sessions you plan to attend.

Wikimedian Mahir Morshed is leading a series of four sessions focused on lexicographical data<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.wikidata.org_wiki_Wikidata-3ALexicographical-5Fdata_Documentation&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ZKZdijZcvSwDlmLpUMf9GVdOigjGjnqPOHQla31EGfM&m=j_8HAT6tE3Yj_i1fJG2sHvKBK8sMUuJQFr50mxMSKPiXQfcy8iViMQ-ARpoUE2hj&s=5FTgGKYxZPwE6tYbPsumHT66i5eWfH0yd0xATpvPAhg&e=> in Wikidata. We are looking forward to learning more about these Wikibase entities! Sessions will be held on November 5, November 19, December 3, and December 17, 2024 at our regular time of 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET.

Here is the plan for the series sessions:
Session 1 (November 5)
This first session started with an introduction and discussion of the multitudes of uses for Wikidata’s lexicographical data, with specific examples and motivations provided for each use case, and ended with a listing of specific actions that can be taken depending on the language an editor wishes to improve. The remaining workshop sessions will elaborate on these actions.
Session 2 (November 19)
Working session covering ways to improve existing lexemes and tools to find lexemes to create
Session 3 (December 3)
Working session covering how modeling parts of complex lexemes in one language can be used to improve Wikidata’s ability to express concepts in other languages
Session 4 (December 17)
Working session covering how sentences can be modeled and formed using Wikidata lexemes and items
The call details are below. Working sessions will not be recorded, but demos and how-to sections will be made available as recordings. To receive notifications about upcoming calls and session information you can subscribe to the ld4-wikidata Google Group<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_forum_ld4-2Dwikidata&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ZKZdijZcvSwDlmLpUMf9GVdOigjGjnqPOHQla31EGfM&m=j_8HAT6tE3Yj_i1fJG2sHvKBK8sMUuJQFr50mxMSKPiXQfcy8iViMQ-ARpoUE2hj&s=G5mefJbI0VMYcx3aMxeCVBnUhJU8ERM6N5swnnaBbKA&e=>.

Call Details:
Date and Time:  Tuesday, 17 December, 2024 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone converter<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__zonestamp.toolforge.org_1734454800&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ZKZdijZcvSwDlmLpUMf9GVdOigjGjnqPOHQla31EGfM&m=j_8HAT6tE3Yj_i1fJG2sHvKBK8sMUuJQFr50mxMSKPiXQfcy8iViMQ-ARpoUE2hj&s=Smb6r_miNXLojOfD1LLGjfgPa5aZiv0tzVuzaOXY1o0&e=>)
Zoom link to join meeting:
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Meeting ID: 997 5162 4871
Passcode: 113059

Series event page: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls/Second_Project_Series<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.wikidata.org_wiki_Wikidata-3AWikiProject-5FLD4-5FWikidata-5FAffinity-5FGroup_Affinity-5FGroup-5FCalls_Second-5FProject-5FSeries&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ZKZdijZcvSwDlmLpUMf9GVdOigjGjnqPOHQla31EGfM&m=j_8HAT6tE3Yj_i1fJG2sHvKBK8sMUuJQFr50mxMSKPiXQfcy8iViMQ-ARpoUE2hj&s=WIjy3KJ9Fc6AD5HDxo0Y2McDXv4CrweQqNI6tjvEobw&e=>
The LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group is associated with the LD4 Community and investigates how libraries can contribute to and better integrate library metadata with Wikidata to improve access to library resources on the web. The Affinity Group calls provide an informal space to share information and learn more about Wikidata.

Communication:
Ld4-wikidata Google group: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_forum_ld4-2Dwikidata&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ZKZdijZcvSwDlmLpUMf9GVdOigjGjnqPOHQla31EGfM&m=j_8HAT6tE3Yj_i1fJG2sHvKBK8sMUuJQFr50mxMSKPiXQfcy8iViMQ-ARpoUE2hj&s=G5mefJbI0VMYcx3aMxeCVBnUhJU8ERM6N5swnnaBbKA&e=>
#wikidata channel on LD4 Slack: https://ld4.slack.com/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ld4.slack.com_&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ZKZdijZcvSwDlmLpUMf9GVdOigjGjnqPOHQla31EGfM&m=j_8HAT6tE3Yj_i1fJG2sHvKBK8sMUuJQFr50mxMSKPiXQfcy8iViMQ-ARpoUE2hj&s=TS7nZIBD-M7azvXvcaYFTx5nqGIj_1rfwZGA6jcnsn8&e=>
Website: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_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=j_8HAT6tE3Yj_i1fJG2sHvKBK8sMUuJQFr50mxMSKPiXQfcy8iViMQ-ARpoUE2hj&s=7l5qtA_wcA-ulNvUDI-Bcik8fqPERpLSWW7yJ2mbh6s&e=>

We hope to see you there and wish you a very happy and restful holiday season.

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

Susan Radovsky
Metadata Management Program Coordinator
Metadata Management and Project Strategy
Harvard Library