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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.21,0:00:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(speaking in Maori)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.52,0:00:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As has been explained,\NI'm Siobhan Leachman.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.53,0:00:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a Wikimedian from New Zealand.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.60,0:00:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I contribute to Wikidata,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.44,0:00:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as English Wikipedia\Nand the Wikimedia Commons.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.11,0:00:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to thank\Nthe Wikimedia Foundation,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.40,0:00:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wikimedia Deutschland,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.67,0:00:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, in particular,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.68,0:00:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the organizing committee\Nof the WikidataCon
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.57,0:00:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for enabling me to attend\Nthis conference and present today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.10,0:00:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, in this presentation,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.34,0:00:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to tell you about the vital role
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.42,0:00:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think Wikidata and Wikidata editors\Ncan play in surfacing notable women.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.56,0:00:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to take you through my workflows,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.48,0:00:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ensuring that these underacknowledged\Nwomen and their work
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.98,0:00:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be added to Wikidata.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.90,0:00:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to show how the curation\Nof data on these women
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.92,0:00:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can assist with the creation\Nof citable secondary sources.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.92,0:00:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This, in turn, can encourage and enable
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.07,0:01:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the creation of Wikipedia articles\Nabout these women
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.38,0:01:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a variety of languages.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.62,0:01:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'm sure you're aware
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.80,0:01:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Wikipedia editors are working hard\Nto write more articles on women.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.75,0:01:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Examples of projects\Nfocusing on this type of work
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.15,0:01:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the Women in Red project\Nor the WikiProject Women Scientists.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.03,0:01:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one of the main hurdles\NI've experienced
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.10,0:01:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when attempting to write\Nabout women in Wikipedia
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.59,0:01:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the notability criteria.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.84,0:01:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When writing articles on women,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.27,0:01:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've found this criteria\Ncan be a challenge to achieve.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.20,0:01:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've discovered women\Nare less likely to be written about
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.64,0:01:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in citable secondary sources,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.85,0:01:38.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this has particularly\Nbeen brought home to me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.77,0:01:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I've attempted to write articles\Nabout women and the scientists pre-1950.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.84,0:01:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, just like in our Wiki projects,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.74,0:01:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are plenty of researchers\Nand creators of secondary sources
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.83,0:01:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out in the wider world\Nattempting to change this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.55,0:01:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They just need to be pointed\Nin the direction of these women,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.31,0:01:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I believe Wikidata can be their arrow.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.31,0:02:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, yes, like Wikipedia,\NWikidata has a notability criteria
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.48,0:02:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that must be met.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.66,0:02:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this criteria is a much lower bar.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.13,0:02:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm advocating using Wikidata\Nto get a foot in the Wiki door
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.03,0:02:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for unrepresented groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.15,0:02:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By adding these women to Wikidata,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.66,0:02:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,editors can then make it easier
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.14,0:02:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the data about them\Nto be collated, curated, and linked.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.82,0:02:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In doing so, it would make it easier\Nfor researchers and writers,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.99,0:02:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the generators of these vital\Nsecondary sources,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.83,0:02:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find these women
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.00,0:02:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then to use the data\Nto guide their research.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.72,0:02:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once coverage reaches\Nthe Wikipedia notability threshold,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.99,0:02:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wikipedia editors can then create articles\Non these underrepresented people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.86,0:02:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I want to show you\Nhow I put this into practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.18,0:02:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take you through how I started\Non this data journey,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.37,0:02:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to give you examples\Nof the collaborations
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.43,0:02:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I and others like me\Nhave managed to forge,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.32,0:02:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enabling this type of work to be done.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.72,0:03:00.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I tend to focus on data about women\Nin the field of natural history--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.13,0:03:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these women scientific illustrators,\Ncollectors of specimens
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.33,0:03:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as women scientists,\Nsuch as botanists and zoologists.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.45,0:03:08.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I became interested in these women
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.91,0:03:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I started volunteering\Nfor the Smithsonian Transcription Center.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.38,0:03:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I helped transcribe\Nnatural history specimens
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.47,0:03:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or scientific handwritten field notebooks,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.66,0:03:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, in doing so, I frequently\Ncame across women,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.79,0:03:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of whom had contributed\Nspecimens to the Smithsonian
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.65,0:03:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or had undertaken scientific research.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.84,0:03:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same time, I was volunteering\Nfor the Biodiversity Heritage Library,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.70,0:03:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or BHL.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.03,0:03:37.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, BHL is the world's\Nlargest open-access digital library
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.85,0:03:42.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of biodiversity literature and archives.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.11,0:03:45.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Much of the biodiversity literature\Nthey host is historic
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.47,0:03:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore in the public domain.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.52,0:03:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've got an extensive collection\Nof scientific illustrations in Flickr.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.81,0:03:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I would tag those images\Nwith not just taxonomic names
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.83,0:03:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as well as illustrated tags.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.39,0:04:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That metadata is in turn ingested\Nand stored into BHL.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.70,0:04:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hope is to use those tags\Nto become searchable
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.30,0:04:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at some point in the future\Non BHL's website.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.39,0:04:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as an added bonus, many of these tags\Nhave been incorporated into Wikicommons
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.34,0:04:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a result of those Flickr files\Nbeing bulk uploaded
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.87,0:04:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by other Wikicommons editors.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.41,0:04:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was while transcribing\Nwith the Smithsonian
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.15,0:04:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met and started collaborating\Nwith another volunteer,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.18,0:04:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Michelle Marshall.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.54,0:04:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both of us were avid taggers
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.32,0:04:31.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of BHL images,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.69,0:04:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and while doing this work,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.96,0:04:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both Michelle and I\Nwere enthusiastically kept encouraged
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.04,0:04:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Grace Constantino, the BHL Outreach\Nand Communications Manager.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.88,0:04:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while tagging, we would again\Ncome across women,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.91,0:04:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so many women, amazing women,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.12,0:04:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about whom there appeared\Nlittle known or written.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.51,0:04:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of these women\Nwould be illustrating multiple articles,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.70,0:04:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,books, and scientific publications.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.99,0:04:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Others would be writing\Nthe books or articles,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.51,0:05:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amassing collections of specimens,\Nor having species named after them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.00,0:05:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both Michelle and I were really keen\Non making known more about these women,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.03,0:05:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there was very little\Nabout them on the internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.67,0:05:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every once in a while,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.81,0:05:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there would be a women\Nwho had significant coverage,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.92,0:05:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enough so there was a Wikipedia article\Ncreated about them,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.24,0:05:21.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this was an exception\Nrather than the rule.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.99,0:05:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This lack of coverage\Nwas frustrating to both of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.00,0:05:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, as a result, I became keen\Non learning how to edit Wikipedia.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.92,0:05:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both the folk in the Smithsonian\Nand BHL were extremely encouraging.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.71,0:05:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They too were keen\Non addressing this issue
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.80,0:05:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of underrepresented women
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.38,0:05:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wanted to highlight\Nnotable women in their collections
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.23,0:05:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,via various WikiProjects.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.76,0:05:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So both Michelle and I\Nstarted researching,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.86,0:05:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me with the aim of writing\NWikipedia articles,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.27,0:05:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her with the aim of writing blog posts\Nand enriching the BHL Instagram account.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.04,0:05:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, on the rare occasion we managed\Nto find enough sources and references
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.66,0:06:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get these women over\Nthe English Wikipedia notability criteria,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.87,0:06:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd actually write an article.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.58,0:06:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as I've explained, this tended to be\Nthe exception rather than the rule.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.95,0:06:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Historically, much\Nof these women's illustration work
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.90,0:06:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was not regarded\Nat the time of their creation
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.19,0:06:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as being worthy of comment.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.08,0:06:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At most, they received a passing remark\Nin the reviews of the publication
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.18,0:06:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or perhaps an acknowledgment\Nby the author of the work.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.64,0:06:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This lack results in them\Nbeing overlooked by library catalogs,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.68,0:06:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they and their contributions\Nwere simply not recorded.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.23,0:06:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They created scientific illustrations
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.74,0:06:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so didn't tend\Nto exhibit in art galleries.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.70,0:06:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The art was created to enhance\Nthe scientific publication
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.95,0:06:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wasn't treated as a stand-alone work,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.30,0:06:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worthy of critique and public display.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.02,0:06:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was, therefore, very rare\Nto find enough sources
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.56,0:06:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get these women artists\Nover the notability hurdle.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.74,0:06:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we tried.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.82,0:06:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Working together, Michelle and I\Nbegan researching these women
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.48,0:06:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gathering our information\Ninto a Google spreadsheet,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.55,0:07:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Often, we'd track down enough data\Nto work out who they were,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.14,0:07:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the works they contributed to,\Nand who they worked for.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.14,0:07:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BHL recently enabled a full text search,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.73,0:07:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has significantly improved\Nour ability to find information on them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.62,0:07:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd search for and, if we were lucky,\Nfind external identifiers,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.36,0:07:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as the BHL creator ID
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.41,0:07:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the Stuttgart Scientific\NIllustrators Database ID,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.30,0:07:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or if we were really lucky, a VIAF ID.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.30,0:07:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, there was no guarantee
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.87,0:07:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an external database\Nidentifier would exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.88,0:07:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we'd tag their plates in Flickr,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.47,0:07:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collate our research on these women\Nin our spreadsheets,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.09,0:07:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then wait for more books and articles
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.07,0:07:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and institution blogs\Nand research to be generated.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.11,0:07:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, getting them into Wikipedia\Nwas the gold standard,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.90,0:07:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I could stretch\Nthe notability criteria only so far.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.94,0:07:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first Wikipedia article\Non a woman botanist
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.38,0:07:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was nominated for deletion,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.18,0:07:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ever since that experience,\NI've been extremely careful
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.55,0:07:57.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about ensuring I did everything possible\Nto meet the notability criteria.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.19,0:07:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I was actively looking for ways
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.93,0:08:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make our work\Nmore impactful and effective.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.40,0:08:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, at this point,\NI know what you're thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.87,0:08:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what about Wikidata?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.66,0:08:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I completely agree.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.58,0:08:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as I discovered Wikidata,\NI took the leap and started editing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.82,0:08:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, again, unfortunately,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.60,0:08:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came up against\Nthe Wikidata notability criteria.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.08,0:08:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Early on, I had an item deleted
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.36,0:08:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to my failure to meet\Neven the Wikidata notability criteria.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.94,0:08:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was having to meet even that low bar.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.57,0:08:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this was all part\Nof my learning by mistakes,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.30,0:08:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I soon adapted\Nmy workflow to allow for this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.16,0:08:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized I could ensure these women\Nmet the Wikidata notability criteria
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.11,0:08:43.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by creating at least\None valid WikiCite link.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.59,0:08:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my workflow started
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.38,0:08:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with me creating a Wikicommons\Ncategory page for these women
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.76,0:08:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then manually adding\Nthis category to her illustrations,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.67,0:08:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the illustrations that had been\Npreviously uploaded
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.39,0:08:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the BHL Flickr feed
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.22,0:09:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into Wikicommons by other editors.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.24,0:09:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once the category page was created,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.27,0:09:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would then create\Na Wikidata item for that woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.62,0:09:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including that category in the item.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.95,0:09:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd then begin to collate
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.09,0:09:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the information\Nand research we'd found out
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.67,0:09:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about that particular woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.92,0:09:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would autogenerate\Na creator page in Wikicommons
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.78,0:09:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,via that Wikidata item.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.73,0:09:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd improve the structured data\Nof the scientific art in Wikicommons
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.24,0:09:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by adding the creator markup\Nto each of her images.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.66,0:09:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I believe this assists\Nwith the structured data on Commons
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.83,0:09:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it links the Wikidata item\Nto the artist
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.24,0:09:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to the work in Commons.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.01,0:09:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to emphasize\Nthis was a manual process.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.44,0:09:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't working from established dataset.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.07,0:09:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no established dataset\Nfor these women that I can find.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.51,0:09:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would also use the reference section\Nof the Wikidata statements,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.83,0:09:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just to reference\Nthe statements themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.27,0:09:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also with an eye to help collate
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.15,0:09:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the links we discovered\Nduring our research.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.91,0:10:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to leave a research trail,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.88,0:10:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making it easier for me and others like me
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.38,0:10:04.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find these links
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.73,0:10:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then write either secondary sources
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.87,0:10:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or, if appropriate,\Na Wikipedia article on these women.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.94,0:10:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, if external\Nidentifiers existed,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.11,0:10:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to include them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.63,0:10:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, to my disappointment,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.07,0:10:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite the prestige\Nof the works they were illustrating,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.42,0:10:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of these women\Nwere not listed in external databases.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.73,0:10:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would always check VIAF,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.48,0:10:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Virtual International\NAuthority File database.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.24,0:10:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, from my personal experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.78,0:10:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there appears to be\Na bias against illustrators,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.65,0:10:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter what their gender.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.48,0:10:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I admit this is anecdotal
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.07,0:10:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm unable to find\Nany research to support this.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.88,0:10:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But VIAF would often list\Nthe author of the [inaudible] publication,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.13,0:10:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not the illustrator.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.07,0:10:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this would even be the case
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.55,0:10:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if the illustrations made up\Na large proportion of the work,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.39,0:10:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the woman was thanked profusely\Non the dedication page.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.55,0:11:00.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would also check the Stuttgart\NScientific Illustrators database.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.91,0:11:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is one of the most\Ncomprehensive databases
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.86,0:11:04.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for scientific artists.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.73,0:11:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes the woman would be in there,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.84,0:11:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but sometimes not.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.55,0:11:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although a fabulous starting point,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.36,0:11:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this database wasn't\Nas comprehensive as I needed.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.86,0:11:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the wonderful thing about it\Nwas how responsive its creator,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.90,0:11:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the History Department\Nof the University of Stuttgart,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.48,0:11:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to emails.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.43,0:11:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both Michelle and I would write to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.46,0:11:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including our research\Non particular women illustrators,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.98,0:11:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asking for these women to be included.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.44,0:11:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, there is a threshold to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.60,0:11:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I certainly wouldn't write to them
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.96,0:11:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless I had reasonable\Nsupporting evidence
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.30,0:11:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to justify their inclusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.48,0:11:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the information they needed\Nto generate an external identifier
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.96,0:11:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was definitely less than what was needed\Nto do a Wikipedia article.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.54,0:11:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folk in charge of this database\Nwere very grateful for our input,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.91,0:11:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and once our research\Nwas confirmed by them,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.89,0:11:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would add these women\Nto their database
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.95,0:11:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then would generate\Nan external identifier.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.48,0:12:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were also able to access resources\Nthat neither Michelle nor I had access to.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.80,0:12:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Often, more data was added\Non these women in the DSI database
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.17,0:12:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a result of their further research.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.74,0:12:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Wikidata property had already\Nbeen created for this database,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.05,0:12:16.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so once awarded,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.45,0:12:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was an identifier I could then add\Nto the woman's Wikidata item.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.68,0:12:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Michelle and I also contacted\Nthe BHL about these women.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.41,0:12:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where our collaborative\Nrelationship with Grace
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.22,0:12:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came to the fore.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.79,0:12:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grace would encourage us\Nto submit a request
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.87,0:12:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the woman's name be added\Nto the BHL catalog record.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.48,0:12:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a more convoluted process\Nthan it might appear.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.04,0:12:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BHL metadata is sourced\Nfrom numerous contributing institutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.43,0:12:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since it was a cataloging change,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.60,0:12:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the BHL protocol required that the change\Nbe submitted as a change request
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.03,0:12:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the BHL cataloging group\Nfor review and final approval.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.63,0:13:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, again, to obtain\Nthe change to the catalog
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.74,0:13:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the subsequent external identifier,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.06,0:13:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it wasn't an easy rubber stamp process.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.91,0:13:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had to back up our request\Nwith sources and proof
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.37,0:13:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order for the catalog to be changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.51,0:13:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, because we were doing\Nthis relatively frequently,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.39,0:13:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the catalog group\Nbecame used to our requests
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.43,0:13:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and were very appreciative of our efforts.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.51,0:13:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the necessary criteria was satisfied,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.10,0:13:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the institutions were prepared\Nto edit their metadata,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.56,0:13:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in doing so,\Ncreate another external identifier,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.63,0:13:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the BHL creator ID.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.90,0:13:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At around the same time\Nwe were undertaking this work,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.71,0:13:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BHL, in its intern program,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.52,0:13:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was collaborating\Nwith other Wikidata editors.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.32,0:13:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The BHL resident [Katie Nika]\Nwas working with Andy [Mebert]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.06,0:13:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trialing adding\NBHL creator IDs to Wikidata.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.43,0:13:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The original test case was 1,000 names\Ninto the Mix-n-Match tool,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.02,0:13:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, subsequently,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.22,0:13:58.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the whole created dataset\Nwas uploaded into Mix-n-Match,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.73,0:14:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowing the matching\Nof BHL dataset to Wikidata items.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.56,0:14:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This dataset is huge and continues\Nto be worked on by editors today.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.70,0:14:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Due to the lack of resources,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.10,0:14:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unfortunately, BHL can't continue\NKatie's work in Wikidata,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.16,0:14:17.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there are very encouraging\Nof folk reusing their data
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.71,0:14:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their collections and WikiProjects.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.95,0:14:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, editors have also approved\Nseveral BHL Wikidata properties,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.14,0:14:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just for the creator ID,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.10,0:14:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also the bibliographic ID,\Npage ID, and item ID.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.45,0:14:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, as a result, it's now possible\Nto link these women illustrators
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.54,0:14:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to their works via Wikidata.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.96,0:14:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obtaining a creator ID\Nand therefore a Wikidata item
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.67,0:14:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can ensure a cascade\Nof linked open data on them
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.23,0:14:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can raise the visibility\Nof these women to researchers.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.91,0:14:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Slowly, I began to feel\Nwe were making real difference
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.42,0:14:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in surfacing these women.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.87,0:14:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least now when folk googled them
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.98,0:14:56.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Wikidata item would appear
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.91,0:15:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and images they had created\Nwould show up in the image feed.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.63,0:15:05.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our research, tags, blogs,\NWikidata items, and external identifiers
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.19,0:15:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brought about by our requests
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.66,0:15:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were all coming together,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.98,0:15:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making these women\Nmuch more easier to discover.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.67,0:15:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grace had already been using\Nour tagging work
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.36,0:15:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the BHL social media feeds
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.41,0:15:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to highlight the illustrations\Nin the collections.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.11,0:15:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Member institution librarians\Nwere writing blogs on these women
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.54,0:15:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and raising their visibility\Nto a variety of audiences.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.39,0:15:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These edited, well researched\Nand referenced blogs
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.95,0:15:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were a definite step in the ladder
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.64,0:15:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards obtaining citable sources\Nfor Wikipedia articles.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.69,0:15:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But our work really came to the fore
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.40,0:15:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when BHL held their "Her Natural History:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.23,0:15:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Celebration of Women\Nin Natural History" campaign.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.91,0:15:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was a multi-institutional,\Nmulti-platform campaign
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.06,0:15:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to raise awareness
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.25,0:15:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to celebrate the contributions\Nof women to natural history.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.97,0:15:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This campaign resulted\Nin numerous outcomes,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.24,0:15:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of which had a direct impact
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.23,0:16:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the richness of the metadata\Navailable on these women.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.05,0:16:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the BHL cataloging group
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.62,0:16:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,added more female contributors\Nto the BHL catalog,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.51,0:16:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generating more external identifiers.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.25,0:16:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More images by the women\Nwere added to the Flickr feed,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.98,0:16:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these were either\Nin the public domain or openly licensed
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.95,0:16:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so were able to be uploaded\Ninto Wikicommons.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.51,0:16:18.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Numerous blog posts were written
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.100,0:16:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the employees\Nof the member institutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.31,0:16:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of these blogs used the research\NMichelle and I had undertaken
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.07,0:16:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a starting point,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.07,0:16:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,picking it up and running with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.26,0:16:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These blogs often resulted
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.50,0:16:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the discovery of new resources\Nand sources of information
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.67,0:16:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that assisted in pushing\Nsome of the women
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.35,0:16:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the notability threshold\Nfor a Wikipedia article.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.59,0:16:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the campaign, there were also\Nthree Wikimedia workshops:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.86,0:16:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Wikimedia District of Columbia
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.60,0:16:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ran a workshop concentrating\Non generating and improving
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.95,0:16:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wikipedia articles on these women;
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.11,0:16:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two additional workshops\Nwere organized by Esther Jackson
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.58,0:16:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and jointly hosted\Nby the New York Botanical Garden
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.42,0:16:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Wikimedia New York City.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.00,0:16:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first workshop focused\Non editing tags to the BHL Flickr feed
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.86,0:17:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the second workshop focused\Non editing Wikidata and Wikicommons.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.22,0:17:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These events made use\Nof research [inaudible]
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.56,0:17:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Michelle and I had undertaken\Nin the preceding years.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.56,0:17:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Worklists were generated
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.75,0:17:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by both the spreadsheets\NMichelle and I had created,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.42,0:17:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as from Wikidata items\Nthat I, along with other editors,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.99,0:17:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had helped create.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.56,0:17:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this campaign, I think,\Nshows how effective Wikidata can be
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.14,0:17:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in assisting with\Nthe interlinking of knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.08,0:17:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Wikidata items became\Na leaping-off point,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.60,0:17:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,providing a framework enabling research
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.14,0:17:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be collated and writing to commence.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.92,0:17:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this is just one example\Nof a collaboration
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.92,0:17:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can improve linked\Nopen data on these women.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.85,0:17:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once these women\Nhave a presence on Wikidata,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.20,0:17:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the item itself can be put to use.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.50,0:17:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An example of this
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.61,0:17:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is women natural history\Nspecimen collectors.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.11,0:17:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many underacknowledged women\Ncontributed to scientific knowledge,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.23,0:17:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collecting specimens,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.36,0:17:57.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these are held\Nin museums and herbaria.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.19,0:17:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As more and more\Nof these collections are digitized,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.51,0:18:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more of the collectors\Nare coming out of the woodwork.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.36,0:18:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are now sites being developed
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.78,0:18:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to assist scientists in getting\Nthe recognition they deserve
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.04,0:18:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from their fieldwork and collecting.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.44,0:18:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The site I've recently been utilizing\Nis Bloodhound Tracker.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.81,0:18:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It uses the ORCID ID or the Wikidata item
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.03,0:18:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to link the collector\Nto their collected specimen
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.06,0:18:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,via the Global Biodiversity\NInformation Facility, or GBIF.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.66,0:18:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Collection information is a rich vein\Nof data on early woman scientists,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.07,0:18:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly as at that time,\Nthey'd been unable to publish works
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.88,0:18:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or join scientific societies
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.70,0:18:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to the social norms of the day.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.99,0:18:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wikidata can be used\Nto collect information on these women,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.79,0:18:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,linking the information held on them\Nfrom archives, libraries, and museums,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.35,0:18:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to the scientific literature,\Nbased on the specimens they've collected,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.67,0:18:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the species\Nthat have been named after them.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.23,0:18:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once a Wikidata item is created
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.17,0:18:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sufficient metadata\Nhas been added to it,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.47,0:18:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Bloodhound Tracker site
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.74,0:19:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will then automatically ingest details\Nabout those women into its site.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.77,0:19:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Contributors can help those women\Nclaim their collections,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.83,0:19:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enriching not just the linked open data,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.22,0:19:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but ensuring these women\Nget the credit for their vital work.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.51,0:19:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, again, Wikidata notability criteria\Ncan be a challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.23,0:19:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the women collected significantly
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.16,0:19:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but didn't contribute
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.19,0:19:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either to the published record\Nor as an illustrator,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.73,0:19:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can be difficult to hurdle\Nthe notability criteria for Wikidata.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.68,0:19:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, as more and more libraries,\Narchives, and museums,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.46,0:19:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and genealogical databases are gaining\NWikidata external identifiers,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.03,0:19:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's becoming easier for these women
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.82,0:19:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become notable\Nfor the purposes of Wikidata
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.23,0:19:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then use Wikidata\Nto link them to their works.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.67,0:19:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe similar workflows\Nto what I've outlined
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.21,0:19:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be used for other\Nunderrepresented groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.08,0:19:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By actively working to achieve\Nthe notability criteria for Wikidata,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.99,0:19:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then expanding the Wikidata items
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.14,0:19:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to highlight the contributions\Nof underrepresented people,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.90,0:19:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's possible to improve their visibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.23,0:20:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This, in turn, assists with the generation\Nof secondary sources
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.42,0:20:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and creates a virtual cycle
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.68,0:20:06.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of information creation,\Nsharing, and linking.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.55,0:20:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By being proactive and collaborative,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.57,0:20:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's possible to work towards\Neliminating underrepresentation.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.86,0:20:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.08,0:20:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.80,0:20:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(women) Have you found any publication
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.30,0:20:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which all of the illustrations\Nactually need their own item?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.24,0:20:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there will be;\Nthere definitely is.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.84,0:20:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if I went down that rabbit hole...
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.99,0:20:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got to stop somewhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.43,0:20:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm just trying\Nto concentrate on the women.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.42,0:20:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, yes, there are classics\Nof biodiversity literature
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.61,0:21:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that not only should have\Nan item for the book itself
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.90,0:21:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also for each illustration.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.82,0:21:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, Elizabeth Gould\Nimmediately springs to mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.46,0:21:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every piece of art that she ever did--
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.11,0:21:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(woman) I would just say Maria Sibylla...
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.03,0:21:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yep, she's a classic too.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.03,0:21:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(man) James [Heald].\NWhile you've been working on this,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:20.20,0:21:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you think that the way\Nthe notability criteria
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.95,0:21:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been being applied has changed?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.23,0:21:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Is there are drift in a good direction?\N- Yes, I do think it has.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.48,0:21:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other than that first item being...
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.98,0:21:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I admit it was partially my mistake.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.00,0:21:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did the item, and I didn't have\Nan external identifiers,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.31,0:21:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it seemed, because of the lack\Nof the information I provided,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.27,0:21:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not surprised it got deleted.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.22,0:21:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I'm more experienced.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.33,0:21:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, saying that, I'm pretty sure\NI could put the same thing in nowadays
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.33,0:21:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it wouldn't get deleted.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.77,0:21:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually do think it has improved.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:01.71,0:22:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(James [Heald]) Different question.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.19,0:22:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen on your Twitter sometimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.22,0:22:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've found women's work\Ncredited to their husbands.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.90,0:22:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Oh God, yes!\N- Would you say a bit more about that?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.95,0:22:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, there's a whole problem...
Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.33,0:22:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Specifically, what gets me
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.32,0:22:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having to be peeling myself\Noff the ceiling with rage
Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.68,0:22:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is when the women botanists\Ngo out and collect
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.90,0:22:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're known\Nunder their marriage name,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.20,0:22:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they put\Ntheir specimens into the herbaria
Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.74,0:22:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the herbaria have a database,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.50,0:22:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they transcribe the names,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.99,0:22:38.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they don't have\Na space in their database
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.99,0:22:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the vital, important missus.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.50,0:22:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so what happens is that always,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.94,0:22:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it's pre-1950
Dialogue: 0,0:22:47.34,0:22:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the guy's known for being prolific,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.08,0:22:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,check his wife,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.35,0:22:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because most of the time\Neither she's typing
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.67,0:22:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and helping him produce\Nthe scientific papers
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.44,0:22:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or she's out there collecting with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.83,0:23:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, that's a definite problem\Nthat I have been raising
Dialogue: 0,0:23:02.18,0:23:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a lot of the herbaria.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.38,0:23:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They just keep saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.39,0:23:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Our database doesn't have\Na place for the missus,"
Dialogue: 0,0:23:07.27,0:23:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I say, "Find a place\Nbecause it's important."
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.79,0:23:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.35,0:23:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(man 2) What other domains\Nwill you copy this to?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.68,0:23:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you're now doing it\Nfor a very specific subject.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.90,0:23:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What comes to mind?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.11,0:23:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a good question.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.77,0:23:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think anything\Nwhere people get disappeared,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.86,0:23:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they're not credited for their work,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.26,0:23:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it tends to be where they get lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.88,0:23:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So something historic\Nand the data just isn't linked.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.87,0:23:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, women are the classic example.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.11,0:23:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I also think if there's, for example--
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.60,0:23:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one that does spring to mind\Nis artists in New Zealand,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.54,0:24:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maori artists, for example,\Nwho get acknowledged to oral history,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.23,0:24:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there are no written works,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.62,0:24:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so the scholarship could possibly be\Na problem later on down the track.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.97,0:24:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that was a group that's ripe\Nfor using this type of work,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:18.62,0:24:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try and get identifiers for them,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.39,0:24:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make them more notable,\Nto get them into Wikidata,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.06,0:24:26.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that then researchers\Nare pointed towards them
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.27,0:24:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and can start doing the research\Nneeded to rediscover them.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.85,0:24:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(woman 2) Okay, so I do\Na lot with women artists,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.74,0:24:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I've found,\Napart from the married name thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:44.49,0:24:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is they also tend to stay local,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:48.26,0:24:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they don't move and cross borders.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.29,0:24:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out notability\Nis very highly correlated
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.27,0:24:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the number of borders\Nyou cross in your lifetime.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.67,0:24:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right, yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:59.72,0:25:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To tell you the truth,\NI actually find that a benefit.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.40,0:25:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's much easier to disambiguate\Nsomeone if they don't shift.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:05.67,0:25:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they've been in one place,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:07.87,0:25:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can then find the database,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.23,0:25:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the births or deaths\Nor marriages database,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:13.40,0:25:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can work out\Non the basis of their address
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.19,0:25:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you can find them\Na lot easier if they don't shift.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.19,0:25:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's when they shift, and they change\Nfrom maiden name to married name
Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.57,0:25:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it can get really difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.04,0:25:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(woman 2) Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.09,0:25:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(woman 3) Just adding to the question
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.87,0:25:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was asked earlier\Nin what field you could use this.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:40.98,0:25:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it's a case where people\Nare disappearing or are not visible,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.85,0:25:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning that for women, in my opinion,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.23,0:25:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would mean like everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.11,0:25:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:54.19,0:25:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(woman 3) One of the things I work on\Nis Delftware pottery workshops,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:57.90,0:26:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was an official job\Nin the 17th century.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:02.19,0:26:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when the potter died,\Nthere needed to be a new potter
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.15,0:26:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was inscribed\Nin the official guild book,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.08,0:26:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- unless his wife could take over.\N- Ah!
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.50,0:26:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(woman 3) And then she could take over\Nwithout that diploma,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.39,0:26:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever you want to call it,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.81,0:26:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes for years.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:24.09,0:26:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it would be attributed to her husband?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:26.58,0:26:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(woman 3) Yes, because the pottery\Nis always attributed to the owner.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:34.04,0:26:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're like one line\Nin the official encyclopedias...
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.30,0:26:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This doesn't surprise me.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.45,0:26:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...where the women are like taking care\Nof the business for 10 years
Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.56,0:26:44.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[and say for a job]\Nof their husband for two years,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:44.39,0:26:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all the pottery items\Nwould be marked--
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.86,0:26:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think this is a really good example\Nof how Wikidata can actually be used
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.10,0:26:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to surface these women
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.78,0:26:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have something\Nto hang the scholarship off,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.98,0:26:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that then, eventually,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:58.07,0:27:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more people who don't struggle\Nto try and find the base information
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.66,0:27:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can then start the research,\Nand the in-depth research
Dialogue: 0,0:27:06.75,0:27:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's required to surface these women.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.90,0:27:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wikidata, I think, is the easy way\Nto have a framework,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.05,0:27:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a skeleton to hang the bare data\Nthat you've got on
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.82,0:27:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to enable that research to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.82,0:27:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.17,0:27:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(man 3) I'm sorry we are out of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.66,0:27:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the lunch break now, so thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:27.52,0:27:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, come talk to me\Nif anyone else has any questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:29.70,0:27:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)