Wikidata:WikidataCon 2017/Submissions/Expanding classical Wikimedia outreach efforts to include Wikidata
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- Title of the submission
- Expanding classical Wikimedia outreach efforts to include Wikidata
- Author(s) of the submission
- E-mail address
daniel.mietchen
virginia.edu
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)
Data Science Institute, University of Virginia
- Type of session
Lightning talk
- Length of session
- 10min
- Ideal number of attendees
20-30
- Abstract
This talk is a merger of two submissions (3 & 19 ), whose abstracts are pasted below and that will be discussed from the perspective of both being exemplary ways in which classical Wikimedia outreach efforts can be expanded to include Wikidata:
- The Wikimedian in Residence model started a bit before the actual development work on Wikidata. Consequently, Wikidata played no role in early residencies, but this is gradually changing, to the point that Wikidata-related activities are forming a central part of some more recent residencies. In this session, we will explore this shift and highlight areas in which Wikidata-focused residencies differ from more traditional ones focused on older Wikimedia projects.
- Editing contests have a long tradition in multiple Wikimedia contexts, from Wikipedia articles to Commons files. Not so in the context of Wikidata. Can we do something about this? Should we? Based on experiences with WikiProject Computational Biology's ISCB competition that started out on the English Wikipedia and has since broadened to include other Wikipedia languages and Wikidata, I will explore some of the challenges in Wikidata-centric editing contests, along with thoughts on how they could be addressed.
- What will attendees take away from this session?
- A better idea of how Wikimedian in Residence projects might interact with Wikidata
- Ideas on how to give a Wikidata spin to the next editing contest they help organize or participate in
- Slides or further information
Slides will be linked from here by the time the session starts.
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