Hi Jan

I see that this WikiProject X is something James Hare is working on or has 
worked on in the past. I will reach out to him. 

I'm not sure if it is a solution but I will look into the details further to 
see if it might include tools that would be helpful for the Black Lunch Table 
Project initiative. 

Thanks so much!

- Erika

> On Feb 6, 2017, at 4:44 PM, Jan Ainali <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> This might be a bit off topic, but have you seen this really new 
> collaboration tool? 
> 
> https://wpx.wmflabs.org/w/index.php/Main_Page
> 
> Med vänliga hälsningar 
> Jan Ainali
> http://ainali.com
> 
> 2017-02-06 21:46 GMT+01:00 Sandra Fauconnier <[email protected]>:
>> I suggested something with, I think, similar functionality for the Community 
>> Wishlist Survey last time; got many supports but it didn’t make the top. Is 
>> this what you’d like to see as well, Erika?
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Categories/Programs_and_events#Article_tracking_tool_for_Wikiprojects.2C_edit-a-thons_and_other_campaigns.2C_based_on_Wikidata
>> 
>> In the Dutch gender gap project on nlwiki we have similarly daunting task 
>> lists. Our working group is pro-Wikidata, we use it to inspire our task 
>> lists, but I’m sure that appropriate tools would make our workload there 
>> much lighter.
>> 
>> Here’s an example of something that comes close - an auto-updating list of 
>> important female visual artists who don’t have articles on nlwiki yet, a 
>> list generated from Wikidata -  but it would be so great if we could add 
>> columns to suggest translations from other language Wikipedias, for 
>> instance, and if such lists would be easier to generate and create, also by 
>> non-Wikidata-or SPARQL-savvy people.
>> https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiproject/Gendergap/Kunst/Vrouwelijke_moderne_en_hedendaagse_kunstenaars
>> 
>> Best, Sandra/Spinster
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 5 Feb 2017, at 09:51, Brill Lyle <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Wikidatans,
>>> 
>>> Inspired by the Zika corpus project at WikiCite 2016,[1] I wanted to see if 
>>> it was (a) possible and (b) practical to set up an automatically updating 
>>> table (ideally for use in Wikipedia but pulling from Wikidata) that would 
>>> allow the Black Lunch Table Project initiative on Wikipedia to automate and 
>>> customize their Task List -- which is somewhat massive.[2]
>>> 
>>> Heather Hart from Black Lunch Table holds editathons all over North 
>>> America,[3] and I think they will be intersectional with some of the other 
>>> Wikipedia initiatives. So for events in places like North Carolina or New 
>>> Orleans, it would be helpful for her to be able to pull artists from those 
>>> communities. And for Art+Feminism in March, it would be helpful for her to 
>>> be able to pull artists who are female-identifying.
>>> 
>>> We set up some categories as a way to granulate a possible SPARQL query:
>>> 
>>> - Wikipedia category:
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Visual_artists_of_the_African_diaspora
>>> 
>>> - Wikimedia Commons category:
>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Visual_artists_of_the_African_diaspora
>>> 
>>> Wikidata item:
>>> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28654190
>>> 
>>> Right now the task list is approaching 1,000 entries, and I assume the task 
>>> list will only grow as it is a crowdsourced list. It is understood that 
>>> obviously not all entrants are notable, and many are at mid-career levels, 
>>> so even a stub might be stretching it to be on Wikipedia. But a solid 
>>> percentage are definitely notable and are deserving of pages. 
>>> 
>>> I was also thinking that this sort of functionality would be helpful for 
>>> other initiatives -- maybe also Art+Feminism -- so this process might be 
>>> transferrable for others too.
>>> 
>>> Goal: To automate the task list process somewhat.
>>> 
>>> And at minimum would be a good Wikidata project. 
>>> 
>>> I think that even exploring the possibilities here has been very fruitful 
>>> and illustrative of Wikidata's functionality for both myself and 
>>> Heather/Black Lunch Table Project. I think it might also provide very 
>>> positive outreach for others as well.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> 
>>> - Erika
>>> 
>>> 
>>> [1] 
>>> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Source_MetaData/Wikidata_lists/Items_about_Zika_virus_or_fever
>>> 
>>> [2] 
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Black_Lunch_Table/Lists_of_Articles
>>> 
>>> [3] 
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Black_Lunch_Table/Event_Archive
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Erika Herzog
>>> Wikipedia User:BrillLyle
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