Wikidata:WikiProject AIDS Walks

Aim and Scope

This project aims to collaborate with Wikidata editors worldwide to document and highlight AIDS Walks across the globe. By leveraging Wikidata’s structured data, we seek to improve the discoverability, accuracy, and completeness of information related to these events, including their locations, dates, organizing bodies, and historical significance.

Our goal is to create a rich, structured dataset that can support researchers, activists, and the public in understanding the impact and reach of AIDS Walks. This project welcomes contributions from all Wikidata editors, regardless of experience level.

For more information about what an AIDS Walk is and its history, please refer to the Wikipedia article on AIDS Walks.

Properties and Modeling

Properties for AIDS Walks as Annual Events

If applicable, each new AIDS Walk item (P31: annual event) created as part of this project should include the following properties.

Property	Expected value	Usage Note
Label	String	Name or title of the AIDS Walk. For example, see Las Vegas AIDS Walk (Q130375138).
Description	String	Short free-text description of the event; typically.
instance of (P31)	Item	Controlled term that describes what an item is; for our purposes, select annual event (Q11483816).
on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008)	Item	Property to indicate that an item is of particular interest for a Wikimedia project; for our purposes, select WikiProject AIDS Walks (Q130480657).
country (P17)	Item	If the AIDS Walk is located in the United States, use United States (Q30). If an AIDS Walk is from another sovereign state, use the appropriate identifier for that country.
location (P276)	Item	Location of the object, structure or event. In the case of an administrative entity as containing item use located in the administrative territorial entity (P131).
inception (P571)	Time	Time when an entity begins to exist; for date of official opening use date of official opening (P1619).
Commons category (P373)	Item	Name of the Wikimedia Commons category containing files related to this item (without the prefix "Category:"). For our purposes, please use "AIDS Walks".
has part(s) (P527)	Item	Part of this subject; inverse property of part of (P361). See also has part(s) of the class (P2670). Use this property to list the annual recurrent edition of each AIDS Walk.
official website (P856)	Item	URL of the official page of an item (current or former).

Properties for AIDS Walks as Recurrent Event Editions

If applicable, each new AIDS Walk item (P31: recurrent event edition) created as part of this project should include the following properties.

Property	Expected value	Usage Note
Label	String	Name or title of the AIDS Walk. For example, see Las Vegas AIDS Walk 1991 (Q130375568).
Description	String	Short free-text description of the exhibit; typically.
instance of (P31)	Item	Controlled term that describes what an item is; for our purposes, select recurrent event edition (Q27968055).
on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008)	Item	Property to indicate that an item is of particular interest for a Wikimedia project; for our purposes, select WikiProject AIDS Walks (Q130480657).
country (P17)	Item	If the AIDS Walk is located in the United States, use United States (Q30). If an AIDS Walk is from another sovereign state, use the appropriate identifier for that country.
location (P276)	Item	Location of the object, structure or event. In the case of an administrative entity as containing item use located in the administrative territorial entity (P131).
point in time (P585)	Time	Date something took place, existed or a statement was true; for providing time use the "refine date" property refine date (P4241). If the AIDS Walk spans longer than a single day, use both start time (P580) and end time (P582).
part of (P361)	Item	Object of which the subject is a part, inverse property of has part(s) (P527), see also has part(s) of the class (P2670). Use this property to list the annual event of each AIDS Walk.
participant (P710)	Item	Person, group of people or organization (object) that actively takes/took part in an event or process.
sponsor (P859)	Item	Organization or individual that sponsors this item.
followed by (P156)	Item	Immediately following item in a series of which the subject is a part.
follows (P155)	Item	Immediately prior item in a series of which the subject is a part.

ADD LINKS TO RELEVANT SOURCES

To help expand the coverage of AIDS Walk events, find reliable sources and add it here. Search for information about AIDS Walks in different cities and countries. Useful sources include official event websites, news articles, nonprofit organizations’ websites, and social media pages.

Website	Link	Additional Notes
AIDS Walk San Francisco	https://sf.aidswalk.net/	San Francisco, California, USA
AIDS Walk Los Angeles	https://aidswalkla.org/	Los Angeles, California, USA
The Walk & 5K to End HIV	https://www.walktoendhiv.org/	Washington, DC, USA
Boise AIDS Walk	https://boiseaidswalk.org/	Boise, Idaho, USA
Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation	https://saaf.org/	Arizona, USA
AIDS Walk Kansas City	https://www.aidswalkkansascity.org/	Kansas City, Missouri, USA

SPARQL Queries

This section provides example SPARQL queries to retrieve and analyze data related to AIDS Walks in Wikidata. These queries can help users explore event details, locations, dates, and organizing entities. Editors are encouraged to contribute additional queries to expand and refine the dataset for broader use.

All AIDS Walks

# USING MEDIAWIKI API, SELECT ALL AIDS WALKS, INCLUDING ITS PARTS, INCEPTION DATE, AND LOCATION

SELECT DISTINCT ?aidsWalk ?aidsWalkLabel ?aidsWalkDescription ?hasRecurrentEvent ?hasRecurrentEventLabel ?eventDate ?location ?locationLabel ?locationCoordinates 
WHERE
{
 SERVICE wikibase:mwapi
 {
  bd:serviceParam wikibase:endpoint "www.wikidata.org" ;
      wikibase:api "Generator" ;
      mwapi:generator "search" ;
      mwapi:gsrsearch "inlabel:AIDS Walk"@en ;
      mwapi:gsrlimit "max" .
 ?aidsWalk wikibase:apiOutputItem mwapi:title .
 }
 ?aidsWalk wdt:P31 wd:Q11483816 ;
     rdfs:label ?aidsWalkLabel . FILTER(LANG(?aidsWalkLabel)="en" )
 ?aidsWalk schema:description ?aidsWalkDescription . FILTER(LANG(?aidsWalkDescription)="en" )
 ?aidsWalk wdt:P571 ?inception ;
     wdt:P276 ?location .
 ?location rdfs:label ?locationLabel . FILTER(LANG(?locationLabel)="en" )
 ?aidsWalk wdt:P527 ?hasRecurrentEvent .
 ?hasRecurrentEvent rdfs:label ?hasRecurrentEventLabel . FILTER(LANG(?hasRecurrentEventLabel )="en" )
 ?hasRecurrentEvent wdt:P585 ?eventDate .
 ?location wdt:P625 ?locationCoordinates .
}ORDER BY ASC (?eventDate)

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How to join the AIDS Walks Wikidata Project

First: make sure that you are LOGGED IN!

Second: add yourself to the participants section Then, simply typing four tildes (~), like this: ~~~~ below the numbered list, will automatically generate your signature and time stamp (if you would like to have your username appear after a bullet point, you can type * using the asterisk key before adding the tildes).

Alternatively, once you are in Edit mode, you can click on the four tildes below as seen in this image:

How to sign your name as a participant of this page

Third: Go to the Aids Walk Wikidata Project page and click Join Project button.