GLAM CSI/User story – Women scientists reconciliation
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Persona: Francis, women's history educator
edit- Background: Francis is a librarian and women's history educator at a historical society for 10 years, and is an expert on women in science.
- Goals: Provide greater exposure to women scientists in the academic and research domains by providing coverage on Wikimedia projects, such as Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.
- Skills: Advanced knowledge of metadata standards and working with authority control records, but new to the Wikimedia sphere.
- Challenges: Determining which women scientists are notable enough for Wikipedia, and what kind of options there are when they are less notable.
User Story: Curating lists of women scientists to reconcile with Wikimedia projects
editAs Francis, the women's history educator...
I want to provide greater exposure to women scientists by improving their presence on Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.
So that the gender gap on Wikimedia projects and in the academic space might be narrowed.
User Scenario: List making, reconciliation, and contribution
edit| Step | Narrative | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francis curates a list of women scientists she feels have a level of accomplishment that deserve recognition. | |
| 2 | Francis gathers all the relevant metadata that would help establish their verifiability and uniqueness, such as being prominently described in an existing database. | |
| 3 | Francis checks to see if the women are already in Wikipedia and/or Wikidata. | |
| 4 | Francis creates Wikidata entries for any missing individuals. | |
| 5 | Francis uploads images of all individuals from her worklist, attaching them to relevant Wikidata entries. | |
| 6 | Francis proposes drafts of Wikipedia articles for more notable individuals. | |
| 7 | Francis creates actionable lists in relevant spaces in the Wikimedia community to help use this information more. |
User Journey: Engaging with the Wikimedia Community and Beyond
edit| Phase | Narrative | Challenges | Tools and links |
|---|---|---|---|
| List making | Francis curates a list of women scientists she feels have a level of accomplishment that deserve recognition. | Understanding the Wikidata and Wikipedia notability policies | |
| Preparing metadata | Gather relevant metadata to establish verifiability and uniqueness | Understanding the Wikidata ontology for biographical entries and preparing relevant metadata | Spreadsheet or database tool; SQID/Reasonator |
| Gathering unique identifiers and/or authority control records | ORCID, VIAF, LCCN, et al. | ||
| Organizing and preparing images and metadata for Commons files | Template:Artwork | ||
| Establishing verifiability/notability for Wikidata entries | Wikidata:Notability | ||
| Establishing sourcing/notability for Wikipedia articles | Wikipedia:Notability, WP:GNG | ||
| Permissions | The institution ensures rights are cleared for uploading images from their collection. | Wikimedia Commons permissions system is rather complex if the uploader does not own the copyright | Commons:Volunteer_Response_Team requires an email to the VRTS system. |
| Reconciliation | Check to see if the women are already in Wikipedia and/or Wikidata, creating new items if needed. | Disambiguation of individuals can be tough with limited metadata | |
| Simple tools for checking existing content | Google Sheets - Wikipedia and Wikidata Tools | ||
| Complex tools for checking existing content | OpenRefine, pywikibot | ||
| Image contribution and reconciliation | Upload images to Commons and attach them to relevant Wikidata items. | Uploading images with relevant metadata can be complex (see Image reconciliation uploader user story) | OpenRefine, pywikibot |
| Wikipedia contribution | Propose drafts of Wikipedia articles for more notable individuals. | ||
| Create and submit draft article, using verifiable content from reliable sources and writing from a neutral point of view | WP:DRAFT, WP:NPOV | ||
| Engage in Articles for Creation process with experienced Wikipedia editors | WP:Articles for Creation | ||
| List generation | Create actionable lists in relevant spaces in the Wikimedia community to help use this information in projects. | Generate automated lists using tools such as Listeria or in existing projects such as WikiWomen in Red | WikiProject:WikiWomen in Red |
| Feedback and Follow-up | Monitor the usage of uploaded content to Wikipedia, Wikidata and Commons, gathering feedback from the Wikimedia community, and assessing the public impact. | Use various metrics tools to track traffic to Wikidata, Commons, and Wikipedia. | GLAMorgan
Metrics tool |