Making Queer Faces and Voices Visible and Audible Online

The role of Wikipedia and Wikidata

John Samuel

Queering Wikipedia

May 17 2023

Creative Commons License

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Introduction

  • Active Wikidata contributor
  • Work on Modeling Queer Faces, Voices and Topics on Wikidata
  • Breaking out of the binary world to open up to a large spectrum of values
  • Information diversity
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Documenting Queer History
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Wikidata
  • Started in 2012
  • Free, open, linked, structured, collaborative and multilingual knowledge base
  • From multi-(sub)domain multilingual Wikipedia sites to a single-domain multilingual website
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LGBT+ article on Wikipedia

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LGBT+ article on Wikidata (Q17884), Wikipedia, and Commons

LGBT+ on Commons, Wikipedia, and Wikidata
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LGBT+ (Q17884): multilingual information and statements

Q17884: LGBT+
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LGBT+ (Q17884): statements

Q17884: LGBT+
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LGBT+ (Q17884): multi-value statements

Q17884: LGBT+
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LGBT+ (Q17884): statements and references

Q17884: LGBT+
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Documenting Queer History: Individuals
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sex or gender (P21)

Wikidata article: sex or gender (P21)
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Sex or gender (P21, Q48264)

Term Wikidata ID
intersex person Q104717073
non-binary Q724351
female Q6581072
male Q6581097
two-spirit Q301702
... ..

Complete list : https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LGBT/Lists/Genders

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sexual orientation (P91)

Wikidata article: sexual orientation (P91)
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sexual orientation (P91, Q17888)

Term Wikidata ID
asexuality Q724351
bisexuality Q43200
heterosexuality Q1035954
homosexuality Q6636
pansexuality Q271534
... ..

Complete list : https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LGBT/Lists/SexualOrientations

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personal pronoun (P6553)

Wikidata article: personal pronoun (P6553)
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personal pronoun (P6553)

Wikidata article: personal pronoun (P6553)
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LGBT choir (Q1820625)

Documenting Queer History: LGBT+ choirs
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Documenting Queer History: Communities
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Pride flags (Q7242811)

Documenting Queer History: LGBT+ pride flags
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LGBT centers (Q2945640)

Documenting Queer History: LGBT+ community centers
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LGBT pride(Q51404)

LGBT prides in France
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LGBT pride (Q51404)

LGBT prides in France
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Documenting Queer History: Organizations
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LGBT+ rights organization (Q6458277)

Documenting Queer History: LGBT+ rights organizations
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LGBTQI+ libraries (Q61696039)

Documenting Queer History: LGBT+ libraries
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LGBT archives (Q61710689)

Documenting Queer History: LGBT+ archives
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Documenting Queer History: World
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LGBT rights (Q17625913)

Documenting Queer History: LGBT+ rights around the world
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LGBT film (Q20442589)

Documenting Queer History: LGBT+ films
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LGBT film festival (Q62018250)

Documenting Queer History: LGBT+ film festivals
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LGBTQIA+ awareness period (Q61740765)

Documenting Queer History: LGBT+ awareness periods
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Documenting Queer History: Impact and Notability
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External Identifiers

Identifier Usage count
Homosaurus ID (P6417) 611
Represent Me ID (P6554) 697
LGBTFansDB character ID (P6780) 68
LGBT Danmark online dictionary ID (P8285) 249
500 Queer Scientists profile (P8243) 24
GSSO ID (P9827) 313
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Documentation: Contribution Cycle (BRD): Bold - Revert - Discuss
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Mois de l'histoire_LGBTQ+ 2022, 2023 (Wikimedia projects)

Mois de l'histoire_LGBTQ+ 2022, 2023 (Wikimedia projects)
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Conclusion

  1. Usage of images, audio and video
  2. Coverage of topics
    • LGBT+ history, Awareness days/months
    • Social media hashtags
    • ...
  3. Notability
  4. Role of external identifiers
  5. Information quality
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How to contribute ?

  1. Wiki Loves Pride 2023: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Pride/2023
  2. Mois des fiertés 2023: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Mois_des_fiertés/2023
  3. Projet:LGBT: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:LGBT
  4. Wikipedia: WikiProject LGBT studies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_LGBT_studies
  5. Wikidata: WikiProject LGBT: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LGBT
  6. Wikimedia LGBT: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_LGBT%2B/Portal
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References

Images

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Wikidata LGBT

Thank you

John Samuel

https://johnsamuel.info/

Questions?

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