good point, Sam, imo actually the best so far :-) ---------- Original Message ----------- From:Sam Katz <smk...@gmail.com> To:Research into Wikimedia content and communities <wiki-research- l...@lists.wikimedia.org> Sent:Sun, 28 Feb 2016 15:41:12 -0600 Subject:Re: [Wiki-research-l] citing female academics
> Let me comment on the original question. The > correct citation is typically the oldest one known > to the researcher, not the most popular. > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hoi, > > I am truly happy that Wikidata is its own master. When a Wikipedia has > > certain policies it is welcome to it. As long as they do not use Wikidata > > to improve the quality of its content [1] and by the same token improve the > > data at Wikidata, I am not interested what a Wikipedia does. > > Thanks, > > GerardM > > > > [1] > > http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2016/01/wikipedia-lowest- hanging-fruit-from.html > > > > On 28 February 2016 at 20:31, Stuart A. Yeates <syea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Wikidata appears to allow original research and the inference of gender > >> from the name or photo of the subject. It will be a cold day in hell before > >> en.wiki allows this, see [[WP:RS]] and .[[WP:OR]]. > >> > >> cheers > >> stuart > >> -- > >> ...let us be heard from red core to black sky > >> > >> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 8:20 AM, Jane Darnell <jane...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> But there have also been lots of corrections. As far as painters go, the > >>> data is really pretty decent now. It helps that it's really easy to check > >>> the state of Wikidata against the contents of Wikipedia categories. As more > >>> people become aware of how to make such checks, I think we start to see a > >>> cleanup of categories and (I hope) a better categorization system starting > >>> to form that is more in line with Wikidata property class trees. > >>> > >>> On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 8:04 PM, Stuart A. Yeates <syea...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Data has been sucked from GND to wikidata via a number of routes, > >>>> principally VIAF. > >>>> See Wikidata:Bot_requests#Import_GND_identifiers_from_VIAF_dump for example > >>>> for a discussion of an instance of this. > >>>> > >>>> cheers > >>>> stuart > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> ...let us be heard from red core to black sky > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 7:50 AM, Gerard Meijssen < > >>>> gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hoi, > >>>>> The blog states that a lot of data was sucked into Wikidata from GND. > >>>>> As far as I am aware that never happened. So its assertion is wrong. > >>>>> Thanks, > >>>>> GerardM > >>>>> > >>>>> On 28 February 2016 at 19:43, Stuart A. Yeates <syea...@gmail.com> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> ...let us be heard from red core to black sky > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 7:14 AM, Gerard Meijssen < > >>>>>> gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Hoi, > >>>>>>> It is trivial when you only consider Wikidata. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I've previous blogged about the issues with sex / gender in wikidata > >>>>>> at > >>>>>> http://opensourceexile.blogspot.co.nz/2014/07/adrian-pohl- wrote-some-excellent.html > >>>>>> has the sitaution moved on? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> cheers > >>>>>> stuart > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> Wiki-research-l mailing list > >>>>>> Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Wiki-research-l mailing list > >>>>> Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Wiki-research-l mailing list > >>>> Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Wiki-research-l mailing list > >>> Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > >>> > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wiki-research-l mailing list > >> Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wiki-research-l mailing list > > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > > > ------- End of Original Message ------- _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
