[GLAM] Structured Commons newsletter, December 13, 2017

[Sandra Fauconnier]

Hi all! Here's a fresh newsletter about Structured Data on Wikimedia
Commons. Enjoy!

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*Community updates*

- There was a IRC Office Hour about Structured Commons on November 21. You
can read the log here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2017-11-21>
.
- Our dedicated IRC channel: wikimedia-commons-sd webchat
<https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-commons-sd>

*Things to do / input and feedback requests*
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved>

- *NEW:* Participate in a survey
<http://www.allourideas.org/commonswdtools> that helps us prioritize
which tools are important for the Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata
communities. The survey runs until December 22. Here's some background
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Tools>
.
- *NEW:* Help the team decide on better names for 'captions' and
'descriptions'
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Feedback_requests/Renaming_'captions'_and_'descriptions'>.
You can provide input until January 3, 2018.
- *NEW:* Help collect interesting Commons files
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured%20data/Get%20involved/Feedback%20requests/Interesting%20Commons%20files>,
to prepare for the data modelling challenges ahead! Continuous input is
welcome.
- Join the community focus group
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Community_focus_group>
!
- Do you want to translate messages and information about Structured
Data on Commons from English to your own language? Sign up on the
translators
page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Structured%20Data%20on%20Commons/Newsletter/Translators>
.

*Presentations / Press / Events*
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/About/Press_and_presentations>

- Sandra <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SandraF%20(WMF)> presented
the plans for Structured Commons during WikidataCon in Berlin, on October
29. The presentation focused on collaboration between the Wikidata and
Commons communities. You can see the full video here.
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikidataCon_2017_-_Structured_Commons_and_Wikidata.webm>

*Partners and allies*

- We are still welcoming (more) staff from GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries,
Archives and Museums) to become part of our long-term focus group
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/GLAM_focus_group>
(phabricator task T174134 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T174134>).
You will be kept in the loop of the project, and receive regular small
surveys and requests for feedback. Get in touch with Sandra
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SandraF%20(WMF)> if you're
interested - your input in helping to shape this project is highly valued!

*Research*

- Research findings from interviews and surveys of GLAM project
participants are being published to the research page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Supporting_Commons_contribution_by_GLAM_institutions>.
Check back over the next few weeks as additional details (notes, quotes,
charts, blog posts, and slide decks) will be added to or linked from that
page.

*Development*
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Development>

- The Structured Commons team has written and submitted a report about
the first nine months of work on the project to its funders, the Alfred P.
Sloan Foundation. The 53-page report, published on November 1, is
available on Wikimedia Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Structured_Data_on_Commons_Nov._2017_Report_to_Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation_-_From_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.pdf>
.
- The team has started working on designs for changes to the upload
wizard (T182019 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T182019>).
- We started preliminary work to prototype changes for file info pages.
- Work on the MediaInfo extension is ongoing (T176012
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T176012>).
- The team is continuing its work on baseline metrics on Commons, in
order to be able to measure the effectiveness of structured data on
Commons. (T174519 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T174519>)
- Upcoming: in the first half of 2018, the first prototypes and design
sketches for file pages, the UploadWizard, and for search will be published
for discussion and feedback!

*Stay up to date!*

- Follow the Structured Data on Commons project on *Phabricator*:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/34/
- Subscribe to this *newsletter*
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global%20message%20delivery/Targets/Structured%20Data%20on%20Commons>
to
receive it on a talk page of your own choice.
- Join the next *IRC office hour
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC%20office%20hours#Upcoming_office_hours>*
and
ask questions to the team! It takes place on *Tuesday, February 13,
18.00 UTC* in wikimedia-office webchat
<https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-office>.