Edit WCNA 2022 Session Submission: Submissions:2022/Data Modeling the Person

Submission for Data Modeling the Person

Track
 Friday Lightning Talk Day  Saturday Longer Sessions  Sunday Wikimedia

Type of session
Lightning TalkPresentationWorkshopBirds of a Feather/PanelEditathon/MapathonOther

Abstract
Please describe your proposal in at least 300 words.
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WikiProject Biography (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Biography/Model) seeks to discuss social and ethical issues concerning the biographies of people on Wikipedia and Wikidata. As part of the WikiProject, our team created a data model capturing the various "essential" qualities of human beings. This presentation discusses the model we created. We go over which properties were chosen, how that process occurred, and, especially, how we picked "examples" for each property, a process fraught with the question of how to achieve representation within data modeling. Specifically, we made a marked effort to diversify the examples used—on the grounds of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, etc. This session talks about the importance of diversifying data models and the problems with doing so.

Author name


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Wikimedia username


Affiliated organization(s) (optional)
The organization, company, Wikimedia affiliate, etc. that you are representing, if applicable.


Estimated time


Special requests


Have you presented on this topic previously? If yes, where/when?


If your submission is not accepted, would you be open to presenting your topic in another part of the program? (e.g. lightning talk or unconference session)


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