I just discovered this #nigerian #library #wikidata thing: https://nlnsnar.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Main_Page
It looks like #wikimediaDE is bootstrapping Nigerian library authority control to enable better coverage of Nigerian culture and literature in #Wikipedia.
It could be great!
It could be also be v colonial.
Any Nigerians around care to chime in on this?
@stuartyeates I am not sure, but I think WMDE is just providing know-how about the platform and the work is done locally. There was a talk at WikidataCon, the first one on Saturday (slides and recording available). https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikidataCon_2025/Program#Saturday,_November_1st_-_Notes
@ainali @stuartyeates there is also a recorded talk by the same speaker at Wikimania: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Program/How_to_Wikibase:_National_Library_of_Nigeria_Authority_Semantic_files_on_Wikibase
