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> 1. Fwd: [Wikidata] Applications open now: WikiCite 2017 •
> Vienna, May 23-25, 2017 (Alex Stinson)
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> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 18:47:39 -0500
> From: Alex Stinson To: "Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public]"
> , Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners
> coordination , "Wikimedia &
> Libraries" Subject: [libraries] Fwd: [Wikidata] Applications open
> now: WikiCite
> 2017 • Vienna, May 23-25, 2017
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> For Wikicite, which is taking a serious look at the structured
> Citation
> Data in Wikimedia projects.
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> Cheers,
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> Alex Stinson
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dario Taraborelli Date: Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 6:44 PM
> Subject: [Wikidata] Applications open now: WikiCite 2017 • Vienna, May
> 23-25, 2017
> To: wikicite-discuss , "Discussion list for
> the Wikidata project." , Wikimedia Mailing
> List
>
> Dear all,
>
> I am happy to announce that applications to attend WikiCite ‘17
> officially open
> today .
>
> About the event
>
> WikiCite 2017 is a 3-day
> conference, summit and hack day to be hosted in Vienna, Austria, on
> May
> 23-25, 2017. It expands on efforts started last year at WikiCite 2016
> to design a central
> bibliographic repository, as well as tools and strategies to improve
> information quality and verifiability in Wikimedia projects.
>
> Our goal is to bring together Wikimedia contributors, data modelers,
> information and library science experts, software engineers, designers
> and
> academic researchers who have experience working with Wikipedia's
> citations
> and bibliographic data.
>
> WikiCite 2017 will be a venue to:
>
> -
>
> Day 1. (Conference) – present progress on existing work and
> initiatives
> for citations and bibliographic data across Wikimedia projects
> -
>
> Day 2. (Summit) – discuss technical, social, outreach and policy
> directions
> -
>
> Day 3. (Hack) – get together to build, based on new ideas and
> applications
>
>
>
> More information on the event can be found here
> :
>
> How to apply
>
> Participation for this year's event is limited to 100 individuals. In
> order
> to be considered for participation, please fill out the following form
> and provide us with some
> information about yourself, your interests, and expected contribution.
> PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT THE FINAL REGISTRATION FORM. Your application
> will
> be reviewed and the organizing committee will extend an invitation by
> March
> 10, 2017. This application form is to determine the best mix of
> attendees.
> Not everyone who applies will receive an invitation, but there will be
> a
> waitlist.
>
> Important dates
>
>
> -
>
> February 9, 2017: applications open
> -
>
> February 27, 2017: applications close, waitlist opens
> -
>
> March 10, 2017: all final notifications of acceptance are issued,
> waitlist processing begins
> -
>
> March 31, 2017: attendee list is finalized
>
>
> Travel support
>
>
> Like last year, limited funding to cover travel costs of prospective
> participants will be available. Requests for travel support should be
> submitted via the application form .
> We will confirm by March 10, if we can provide you with travel
> support.
>
> Contact
>
> For any question, you can contact the organizing committee via:
> wikicite(a)wikimedia.org
>
> We look forward to seeing you in Vienna!
>
> The WikiCite 2017 organizing committee
>
> Dario Taraborelli
>
> Jonathan Dugan
>
> Lydia Pintscher
>
> Daniel Mietchen
>
> Cameron Neylon
>
>
>
> *Dario Taraborelli *Director, Head of Research, Wikimedia Foundation
>
wikimediafoundation.org •
nitens.org • @readermeter
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