2021-10-30 –, Room 2
Information about craft is almost nonexistent in Wikipedia and Wikidata. With a view to stitching up that gap, Wikimedia New York City members have started Wikipedia:WikiProject Craft, hosting Craft+Wikipedia Roundtable sessions with the Textile Society of America. Putting together a new WikiProject involves piecing together many different contributions—much like piecing together a quilt. We hope you'll contribute and explore the world of craft!
Craft is the creation of objects using human hands. It is practiced by professional artists, tradespeople, amateurs and enthusiasts with a spectrum of skills and vision. Craft artists work with traditional craft materials and practices in fields such as glassblowing, pottery, jewelry, textile arts, woodworking and metalworking. The studio movement is part of a broader world of craft where boundaries blur between hobbyists, makers, specialists, and artists.
WikiProject sum of all paintings has done an excellent job on a traditionally-valued fine art, but much of craft remains undefined and underdeveloped. Relevant properties for craft on Wikidata include product or material produced (P1056), practiced by (P3095) and intangible cultural heritage status (P3259). Craft information on Wikidata can be used to generate lists of topics, to find craft artists, and to improve or create new Wikipedia articles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2021-09-26/Community_view
https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WikidataCon2021-CraftingCommunites
What will the participants take away from this session? –They will get to explore up and down the branches of The Great Tree of Craft, and get an idea of how far craft mediums have to go to catch up to Sum of All Paintings.
Language –English
Recording –Yes
Wikidata user since 2012, active in textiles, costume, decorative arts, and many other areas as the whim strikes me.
Richard Knipel has served as Wikimedian in Residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, developing Wikidata and other projects there, as well as various wider GLAM projects through Wikimedia NYC.
TrudiJ has primarily worked in Wikipedia, editing articles about embroidery and other craft topics. She plans to become more active in Wikidata. She has also taught university students using the Wiki Edu program.