Fwd: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata wins the ODI Open Data Award - Wikimedia-l

5 Nov 2014

Hey everyone :)

I forgot to send this to wikimedia-l this morning as well...
I'm incredibly happy to share the news with you that Wikidata has won
the Open Data Award of the Open Data Institute in the category
publisher. The world is starting to notice that we have something big
with Wikidata.
http://opendatainstitute.org/news/first-odi-open-data-awards-presented-by-s…

Cheers
Lydia

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From: Lydia Pintscher &lt;lydia.pintscher(a)wikimedia.de&gt;
Date: Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata wins the ODI Open Data Award
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Hey everyone,

Wooooow! We won! \o/ This is incredible. I am so happy to see this
recognition of all the work we've put into Wikidata together. Magnus
and I had a blast at the award ceremony yesterday night. Here's a
picture of us on stage with Sir Nigel Shadbolt and Sir Tim
Berners-Lee: https://twitter.com/opencorporates/status/529721444549550080
Here's Wikidata written in huge letters above the heads of the
audience: https://twitter.com/marin_dim/status/529721419580854272 And
here is Magnus and me with the price:
https://twitter.com/wikidata/status/529723778558083074
I am delighted that they especially recognized the breath of topics
Wikidata covers and that it has been developed in the open since the
beginning. This award is for everyone in this community. We should be
proud! This is a perfect start into year 3 of Wikidata :)

Cheers
Lydia

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