2023:Program/Lightning talk showcase/KRREZN-Another year for Partnering Up for Wikidata! Collaborations for Wikidata Software Development

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Title: Another year for Partnering Up for Wikidata! Collaborations for Wikidata Software Development

Speakers:

Maria Heuschkel

I’m Maria and I have been with Wikimedia Deutschland since 2016. Most of this time I have spent with the volunteer support team, working together with volunteers from the German speaking community and making their ideas reality. I am currently working with the project team of the Software Department at Wikimedia Deutschland. My main responsibility is managing the collaboration projects around Wikidata Software Development.

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Room: Plenary Hall

Start time: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 18:15:00 +0800

End time: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 18:20:00 +0800

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Submission state: confirmed

Duration: 5 minutes

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Presentation language: en


Abstract & description[edit source]

Abstract[edit source]

Wikimedia Indonesia, the Igbo Wikimedians User Group and Wikimedia Deutschland have joined forces to advance the technical capacities of the movement around Wikidata development.

Join us to find out how 3 partners excited about Wikidata software development come together and enter their second year of collaborating.

Description[edit source]

Wikimedia Indonesia, the Igbo Wikimedians User Group and Wikimedia Deutschland have joined forces to advance the technical capacities of the movement around Wikidata development and with this, make the software and tools more usable by cultures under-represented in technology, people of the Global South and speakers of minority languages.

Those partnerships are entering their second year and we want to update the movement on the progress of this collaboration and what we as movement can learn from sharing knowledge and resources among affiliates.

Goal: We want to spread the word in the movement and showcase an example of how we can move forward when it comes to the implementation of our movement strategy and recommendations around hubs, increasing the sustainability of our movement and skills and leadership development.

Further details[edit source]

Qn. How does your session relate to the event themes: Diversity, Collaboration Future?

Wikimedia Deutschland has set out to increase the sustainability and diversity for Wikidata Software Development with this collaboration program. Supporting under-financed and under-represented language communities has been a focus of the program from the start, which is why the lexicographical data part of Wikidata has selected as a starting point of those collaborations.

Qn. What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?

Average knowledge about Wikimedia projects or activities

Qn. What is the most appropriate format for this session?

  • Empty Onsite in Singapore
  • Empty Remote online participation, livestreamed
  • Empty Remote from a satellite event
  • Empty Hybrid with some participants in Singapore and others dialing in remotely
  • Tick Pre-recorded and available on demand