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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development/Newsletter/2020-09

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This is our tenth newsletter, covering September 2020. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13 and 15 .

Meetings

  • Online meeting October 4 (SDG all) [1]
  • Online meeting October 18 (SDG all) [1]

Activities

  • Ongoing: The 'Climate Translation Project' (SDG 13) [17]
  • Ongoing: Survey on gender equality on Wikipedia (SDG 5) [12] [13]
  • Ongoing: The 'Gender equality 2020' editing week (SDG 5) [15]
  • Ongoing: Wiki Loves Fashion 2020 (SDG 5) [16]
  • Past: Climate Justice Editathon (SDG 10 & 13) [3]
  • Past: Wikimedia Foundation hosts Sustainability Community Roundtable Discussion about carbon credits (SDG 13) [8]
  • Past: Wiki loves SDGs - Global Goals Week online edit-a-thon on SDG topics (SDG all) [9] [10] [11]
  • Past: WikiGap Skopje 2020 online edit-a-thon (SDG 5) [14]
  • Past and ongoing: Wiki Loves Monuments (SDG 11) [22]

News

  • Humaniki: Wikimedia Diversity Data Tools (SDG 5) [2]
  • How can I get data on all the dams in the world? Use Wikidata (SDG 6) [4]

Research

  • Using logical constraints to validate information in collaborative knowledge graphs: a study of COVID-19 on Wikidata (SDG 3) [6]
  • Representing COVID-19 information in collaborative knowledge graphs: a study of Wikidata (SDG 3) [21]

Videos

  • Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #21 - WikiDojo on the Global Climate Strike (SDG 13) [18]

Featured content

  • Zebra (SDG 15) [23]
  • Tropical Storm Vicente (SDG 11) [24]

New Wikidata properties

  • National Park Service place ID (SDG 15) [19]
  • Symptom Ontology ID (SDG 3) [20]

New Wikidata query examples

  • Map of organisations/companies developing/manufacturing a vaccine in trials (SDG 3) [5]
  • Top World Heritage sites by number of paintings depicting them (SDG 11) [7]

Links

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