Hey there everyone,
I would like to shed some light on a new initiative that I first learned about at the Hackathon last year. CapX is a platform to exchange skills and knowledge, especially in the context of Wikimedia-wide projects, but also in general organisational skills that are connected to the work with communities, tech, and communications.
I'm really inspired to see what they build, especially because we met when everything was just starting.
I highly encourage you to take a look at their tool, explore the different capacities listed and create an account if you wish to contribute and/or learn from others.
You can explore the tool following this link: https://capx.toolforge.org/
You can watch this video to learn how to create an account: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:How_to_create_an_user_profile_on_Cap...
And you can also join the Telegram group to follow more news and exchanges: https://t.me/+JDFvLqylJyJmYTJh
Of course, there's a dedicated Meta Page as well: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Capacity_Exchange
Do you have an idea of WIkibase related skills that you would like to offer to others? Drop me a note; I'm happy to juggle ideas with you 🐋🎊🍀
Best, Valerie Wollinger (She/Her) Community Communications Manager Wikibase
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30-577 11 62-0https://wikimedia.de
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It's great that they finally got this done! Apparently they've been working on it for four years: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Capacity_Exchange_initiative_-_cXc
It seems to me that they could have implemented this all in MediaWiki and saved a ton of time, but maybe there's something I'm missing.
On Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 2:05 AM Valerie Wollinger < valerie.wollinger@wikimedia.de> wrote:
Hey there everyone,
I would like to shed some light on a new initiative that I first learned about at the Hackathon last year. CapX is a platform to exchange skills and knowledge, especially in the context of Wikimedia-wide projects, but also in general organisational skills that are connected to the work with communities, tech, and communications.
I'm really inspired to see what they build, especially because we met when everything was just starting.
I highly encourage you to take a look at their tool, explore the different capacities listed and create an account if you wish to contribute and/or learn from others.
You can explore the tool following this link: https://capx.toolforge.org/
You can watch this video to learn how to create an account: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:How_to_create_an_user_profile_on_Cap...
And you can also join the Telegram group to follow more news and exchanges: https://t.me/+JDFvLqylJyJmYTJh
Of course, there's a dedicated Meta Page as well: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Capacity_Exchange
Do you have an idea of WIkibase related skills that you would like to offer to others? Drop me a note; I'm happy to juggle ideas with you 🐋🎊🍀
Best, Valerie Wollinger (She/Her) Community Communications Manager Wikibase
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30-577 11 62-0https://wikimedia.de
Keep up to date! Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia, Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our newsletter (in German): Subscribe now https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/.
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision!https://spenden.wikimedia.de
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