*Registration for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon is now open! *
*(with apologies for cross-posting)*
The annual Wikimedia Hackathon
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2025> is organized by
the Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> in
collaboration with Wikimedia User Group Turkey (WMTR)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Turkey> and
will be taking place in Istanbul, Turkey, from May 2nd through May 4th,
2025 at the Renaissance Polat Istanbul Hotel
<https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/istrn-renaissance-polat-istanbul-hote…>
.
The Hackathon is an on-site, in-person event. Those people who cannot
attend the Hackathon in-person will be able to follow some of the program
content online, but should not register using the link provided below. More
information will be provided closer to the event on how to participate
remotely. Registration will be open until mid April 2025, or until we reach
event capacity.
The Hackathon event is free for all* to attend *and each person that
attends the Hackathon is required to register.
- Catering (lunch, dinner, snacks, and drinks) will be provided during the
event.
- Covid-related equipment will also be available upon request (e.g. self
test kits and masks).
- We’ll have discounted room codes for those that want to stay at the hotel
venue, to be announced in the coming weeks.
- Check if your passport is up to date and if you will need a visa (or an
e-visa) to travel to Turkey, citizens of most countries can apply for an e-visa
online <https://www.mfa.gov.tr/visa-information-for-foreigners.en.mfa>.
Participants are expected to book their own travel arrangements and
accommodation. However, the Wikimedia Foundation is offering to take care
of travel and accommodation for a limited number of scholars and you will
be able to apply for a scholarship during the registration process.
Scholarship applicants - please note:
-
*Scholarship application and Wikimedia Foundation staff sponsorship will
only be available to request until December 10th, 2024. *
-
Priority will be given to scholars who can mentor or support in areas
of high demand and staff with ambitious or impactful projects.
-
Those that have requested a scholarship or sponsorship will be notified
by mid to late December 2024 about the status of their application.
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All scholarships provided will adhere to the WMF travel policy
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Scholarship_travel_policy>
guidelines.
*Scholarship to this event will cover:*
-
Roundtrip airfare between your city of residence and Istanbul, Turkey -
arriving on May 1, 2025 and departing on May 5, 2025.
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Private accommodation at the conference hotel for up to 4 nights
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Medical Insurance Coverage for any scholars traveling outside of their
home country. (Scholars local to Turkey will need to use their regular
insurance coverage.).
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Airport transfers between the Istanbul Airport (IST) and the conference
hotel.
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All meals will be provided for the duration of the event (lunch, drinks,
snacks, and dinner will be provided on event days; breakfast will be
provided by the hotel for guests staying there). In addition, dinner will
be provided on Thursday before the Hackathon officially kicks off.
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Fees associated with obtaining a visa to travel to Turkey (visa
application fees, and travel to in-person travel visa appointment (if
needed)).
-
Citizens of most countries can apply for an e-visa online
<https://www.mfa.gov.tr/visa-information-for-foreigners.en.mfa>.
*Scholarship to this event will not cover:*
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Per diem costs on travel days.
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Ground transportation costs between your residence and home airport.
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Insurance for your personal possessions.
The Hackathon registration form runs on Pretix (a free, open-sourced
third-party platform that helps organize and manage events) which may
subject your data to additional terms <https://pretix.eu/about/en/privacy>.
For more information on WMF’s privacy and data-handling for the Hackathon,
please read the privacy statement
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Wikimedia_Hackathon_Privacy_Sta…>
.
<https://pretix.eu/wikimedia/hackathon2025>
If you encounter any issues while registering, or have questions about the
registration process, feel free to contact the coordination team at
hackathon(a)wikimedia.org.
Cheers,
Deb
--
deb tankersley (she/her)
developer outreach program management
Wikimedia Foundation
Hi all -
Wikimedia is participating in Round 30 of the Outreachy program
<https://www.outreachy.org/> [1] that runs from June 2025 through August
2025! The deadline to submit projects on the Outreachy website is March 4,
2025 at 4pm UTC and the project list will be finalized by March 14, 2025.
We are currently gathering a list of interesting project ideas. If you have
some ideas for coding or non-coding (design, documentation, translation,
outreach, research) projects, please share them on this task:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T386245 [2]. (Note that tasks will be
hidden until the application period begins.)
About the Outreachy Program
Outreachy is a paid, remote three-month internship program. Outreachy's
goal is to support people from groups underrepresented in tech. We help
newcomers to free software and open source make their first contributions
in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), coding, and non-coding projects
with experienced mentors.
Interns are paid a stipend of USD 7000 for the three months of work.
Outreachy internship projects may include programming, user experience,
documentation, illustration, graphical design, or data science. Interns
often find employment after their internship with Outreachy sponsors or in
jobs that use the skills they learned during their internship.
Outreachy expressly invites the following people to apply:
- women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people to apply.
- residents and nationals of the United States of any gender who are
Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, Native American/American
Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander
- anyone who faces under-representation, systematic bias, or
discrimination in the technology industry of their country
More details and eligibility criteria can be found here:
https://www.outreachy.org/apply/eligibility/ [3]
Tips for mentors for proposing projects
As a mentor, you will engage with potential candidates in the application
period from February to March and help them make small contributions to
your project. You will work more closely with the accepted candidates
during the internship period from June through August.
Each mentor will need to submit an intern project proposal:
https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/wikimedia/ [4]
The project proposal will then be reviewed and approved by the FOSS
community coordinators. Additional co-mentors for the intern project will
be able to sign up for the project after it has been approved by the
community coordinator.
Guidelines for Crafting Project Proposals
- A proposal should include:
- Brief summary
- Skills required
- Learning outcomes
- Possible mentor(s)
- Microtasks
- Each project should have at least two mentors, with one of them
holding a technical background.
- Ideally, the project has no tight deadlines, a moderate learning
curve, and fewer dependencies on Wikimedia's core infrastructure. Projects
addressing the needs of a language community are most welcome.
- Project should require an experienced developer ~15 days and a
newcomer ~3 months to complete.
- To learn more about the roles and responsibilities of mentors, visit
the resources:
- https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/mentor-faq/ [5]
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Mentors [6]
Thanks!
- Developer Outreach team
[1] https://www.outreachy.org/
[2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T386245
[3] https://www.outreachy.org/apply/eligibility/
[4] https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/wikimedia/
[5] https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/mentor-faq/
[6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Mentors
--
Lani Goto (they/them)
Senior Technical Program Manager
After the successful working on solving the problem of human settlements
without a country, we have to move to the elephant in the room: items
without statements.
After some discussion in Telegram, let me share some numbers here.
There are currently 829k of them.
https://w.wiki/DEYs
There are another 493k items with only one identifier and no other
statement.
https://qlever.cs.uni-freiburg.de/wikidata/Z8OkZi?exec=true
Often that single identifier is just the Google Knowledge Graph ID (P2671).
So basically we have more than a million items that are empty or almost
empty.
(And this is not even the list of all items without any instance of (P31) /
subclass of (P279), nor a list of items with missing other basic
statements, like country, coordinates, sports, etc, etc.)
All these items are basically useless as they contain no data.
Any thoughts on how we can reduce this problem?
Romaine
Hello, everyone –
We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Session on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone converter<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1741107600>).
Eric Willey will be facilitating a series of four sessions focused on starting a Wikidata project from the foundation up at your institution. Sessions will be held on February 18, March 4, and March 18, 2025 at our regular time of 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET.
Here is the plan for the series sessions:
Session 1 (February 4): Selling it to Admin (See series page<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…> for recording and notes)
Projects need staff time or money to succeed, and we’re all short on both. This session will discuss strategies for convincing your administrators that allocating resources to a Wikidata Project will benefit your users and institution. While Eric works in a university library, this discussion is intended to be as broad as possible and participants from GLAM or other institutions outside the academic library setting are very welcome!
Session 2 (February 18): Choosing a Project (See series page<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…> for recording and notes)
We don’t need to reinvent the can of worms just to nail jell-o to a half-baked pie. This session will focus on current and historical Wikidata projects on various themes and their documentation/outcomes, along with other resources for your project. Those resources can be re-used or adapted to a project at your institution, giving you a valuable head-start and eliminating some of the planning and initial groundwork.
🐬Session 3 (March 4): Making the Most of Your Time and Work 🐬
There is a saying in the Midwest, “If something is stuck don’t use force, just get a bigger hammer.” This session will focus on tools, gadgets and strategies to maximize your time and resources, automate work, and achieve more outcomes for your project. There are too many great resources to do a deep dive into each, but attendees will be introduced to a variety of tools they can then follow-up on for their own work.
Session 4 (March 18): Reporting Your Outcomes and Results
In the movie Mad Max: Fury Road, War Boy and open linked data enthusiast Nux says, “Witness me, shiny and chrome!” This session will focus on reporting back on your project once it’s over. Various tools for data visualization and other ways to demonstrate the impact and outcomes of your project to administration and interested parties will be discussed. Again, these will not be deep dives into any one tool or platform in favor of providing a variety of options for attendees to select which suits them best.
The call details are below. Sessions will be recorded, and the plan is to submit them for inclusion on Wikimedia Commons. Attendees should be aware that their remarks (written, verbal, or otherwise) will be included in those recordings. To receive notifications about upcoming calls and session information you can subscribe to the <https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata> ld4-wikidata Google Group<https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata>.
Call Details:
Date and Time: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone converter<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1741107600>)
Zoom link to join meeting:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://illinoisstate.zoom.us/j/89970115196?pwd=fGxTP0osbFjaGCGxYB3SewrORK9…
Meeting ID: 899 7011 5196
Passcode: 229620
Series event page:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…
The LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group is associated with the LD4 Community and investigates how libraries can contribute to and better integrate library metadata with Wikidata to improve access to library resources on the web. The Affinity Group calls provide an informal space to share information and learn more about Wikidata.
Communication:
Ld4-wikidata Google group: <https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata> https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata
#wikidata channel on LD4 Slack: <https://ld4.slack.com/> https://ld4.slack.com/
Website: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…
On behalf of the LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group co-facilitators,
Hilary Thorsen
Resource Sharing Librarian
Stanford Libraries
thorsenh(a)stanford.edu
650-285-9429
Hello everyone 👋🏼
We are excited to invite you to participate in the *International Mother
Language Day 2025 Datathon
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Internation…>*,
taking place from *February 21 to February 28, 2025*. This event is
organized by *WikiProject India in collaboration with Indian communities*,
aims to celebrate linguistic diversity and contribute to Wikidata by
enriching content related to Indian languages.[1]
During the datathon, participants will focus on:
✅ Adding and improving *labels, descriptions, and aliases* in their mother
tongue.
✅ Enhancing Wikidata entries for *places in India* and *notable Indian
personalities*.
✅ Expanding language-related content on Wikidata, particularly items
associated with *languages of India*.
This is a great opportunity for both new and experienced contributors to
engage with Wikidata and make a meaningful impact in promoting their native
languages in the digital space.
If you’re interested in joining, simply add your name to the participant
list here at Participants
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Internation…>
section.[2]
Let's come together to celebrate *International Mother Language Day* and
strengthen multilingual representation on *Wikidata 🥳*
For any questions or further details, feel free to reach out to us at
WikiProject
India <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_India> talk
page.[3]
Looking forward to your participation. 😊
Best regards,
Jinoy
[[User:Gnoeee]]
[1]
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Internation…
[2]
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Internation…
[3] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_India
*Please don’t print this e-mail unless you really need to.Every 3000 sheets
consume a tree. Conserve Trees for a better tomorrow!*
Hello everyone,
On March 17 (Monday, two weeks from now), the Vector 2022 skin will become
the default desktop skin on Wikidata.
I'd like to invite you to read the full announcement on the Project chat
page:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Vector_2022_will_be_the…
If you have any questions or comments, it would be great to keep the
discussion centralized on Project chat.
Thanks,
Szymon Grabarczuk (he/him)
Lead Movement Communications Specialist
(Product & Tech)
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Dear all,
Apologies for any cross-posting but please disseminate this upcoming event to interested staff & students and members of the public in your networks.
On Wed 5th March we will be joined by Jason Evans from the National Library of Wales and showcasing how linked open data can support teaching, research and collections with 4 free talks!
Join us for an afternoon of talks exploring Open Knowledge and Open Data in the curriculum, Scottish history and historical data (accused witches and religious change in early modern Scotland) and opening up the collections of the National Library of Wales!
Wikidata and Wikibase - Curriculum Transformation in the Digital Humanities
Book here to attend for 3-5pm Wed 5th March<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikidata-and-wikibase-curriculum-transformat…>
*
3.10pm: Wikidata in the Curriculum (Ewan McAndrew, University of Edinburgh) will preface our two guest speakers with a general introduction to student work with Wikidata assignments including the <https://witches.is.ed.ac.uk/> Map of Accused Witches in Scotland<https://witches.is.ed.ac.uk/> project and Tower Block Archive.
*
3:25pm: 'Mapping Religious Change in Early Modern Scotland' (Dr. Chris Langley, The Open University and Mapping the Scottish Reformation<https://maps.mappingthescottishreformation.org/> project) will introduce the ways in which Wikibase Cloud can be used to structure historical data. In particular, the talk will explore how to use Wikibase and LeafletJS alongside textual sources relating to seventeenth-century Scotland and its General Assemblies.
*
3:35pm: 'Wikibase for Name Authority at the National Library of Wales' - Jason Evans (National Library of Wales) on the modest goal of creating a knowledge graph of all Welsh cultural heritage data. Learn how NLW's Wikibase<https://snarc-llgc.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Main_Page> <https://snarc-llgc.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Main_Page> is helping them take their first steps. The talk will highlight the benefits of using Wikibase alongside Wikidata to build a linked network of entities across multiple collections.
*
4pm: 'Wikimedia in Education: Booklet of Case Studies (version 2.0)'<https://open.ed.ac.uk/wikimedia-in-education-2nd-edition-2/> - Satu Kapiainen (University of Edinburgh) will showcase the new edition of our booklet of 21 case studies of how Wikimedia is being used as a form of learning technology in UK education.
Join us for tea and coffee and talks from 3pm-5pm in Room 2.55 in the Edinburgh Futures Institute, 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh.
The talks will commence at 3.10pm and conclude at 4.10pm with Q&A and informal discussion thereafter.
International Women's Day, Wikipedia editing workshops and Wikipedia and AI
For your diary (and for information):
1.
Read about Wikipedia and Artificial Intelligence.<https://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/wikipedia-and-artificial-intelligence/> Wikipedia is now 24 years old so how does it respond to the brave new world of AI?
2.
Learn how to edit Wikipedia in our monthly hybrid workshop this Friday 28 February<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/imagine-a-gender-equal-world-help-write-wome…> from 1pm-2pm and then
Write and PUBLISH a new Wikipedia page of 50-100+ words from 2.30-5pm.
3.
Not everything is online. Far From it. So a little #KnowledgeActivism appearing in Google's top results is really impactful. Our International Women's Day event will feature a Wikipedia editing event on 1-5pm 7 March 2025<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/imagine-a-gender-equal-world-help-write-wome…> to add more brilliant lives & contributions of women online.
Hope you can join us at one of these or all events! All welcome.
Best wishes,
Ewan McAndrew SFHEA
Wikimedian in Residence
Website for the residency<https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/help-consultancy/is-skills/wikime…> and Map of Accused Witches site<http://witches.is.ed.ac.uk/>
Email: ewan.mcandrew(a)ed.ac.uk<mailto:ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk> Blog: WiR blog<https://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/>
Tel: 07867 593450 Subscribe to the Scotwiki mailing list<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctpnDjO_PHZeOTrA0yjtVLqE4oDfjLtYh…>
My working hours are 9:30am to 5:30pm Monday to Friday.
Book chapter on Gender Equality work: Changing the Way Stories Are Told<https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11778416.ch13.en>
Wikipedia Project Page: Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh>
Media Hopper channel: Videos and video tutorials<https://media.ed.ac.uk/channel/Wikimedian%2Bin%2BResidence%2BChannel/510201…>
YouTube: Wikimedian in Residence channel<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSDRSVKM4ceUSPI-7-BFeoQ?view_as=subscriber>
Wikimedia in Education: New booklet of UK Case Studies<https://open.ed.ac.uk/wikimedia-in-education/>
Join Wikimedia in Scotland<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland> events and UoE events<https://www.events.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?eventssearch=wikipedia&event=search&e…>.
The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DR.
www.ed.ac.uk<http://www.ed.ac.uk/>
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The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th' ann an Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann, clàraichte an Alba, àireamh clàraidh SC005336.
Hello everyone,
This is a reminder that the Language Community Meeting is taking place this
coming Friday, February 28th, at 14:00 UTC. Please see more details and how
to join here: <
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Language_and_Product_Localization/…
>.
Highlights of this meeting will include learning about:
* Keyboard and tools for the Sámi languages, presented by the Indigenous
language technology group at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.
* Translation contributions from the Bahasa Lampung community in Indonesia.
Looking forward to your participation!
Cheers,
Srishti & Oscar
*Srishti Sethi*
Senior Developer Advocate
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM Oscar Costero <oscarcostero86(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> We’re excited to announce that the next *Language Community Meeting* is
> happening soon, *February 28th at 14:00 UTC*! If you’d like to join,
> simply sign up on the *wiki page
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Language_and_Product_Localization/…>*
> .
>
> This is a participant-driven meeting where we share updates on
> language-related projects, discuss technical challenges in language wikis,
> and collaborate on solutions. In our last meeting, we covered topics like
> developing language keyboards, creating the Moore Wikipedia, and updates
> from the language support track at Wiki Indaba.
>
> *Got a topic to share?* Whether it’s a technical update from your
> project, a challenge you need help with, or a request for interpretation
> support, we’d love to hear from you! Feel free to *reply to this message* or
> add agenda items to the document *here
> <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/language-community-meeting-feb-2025>*.
>
> Also, we wanted to highlight that the sixth edition of the Language &
> Internationalization newsletter (January 2025) is available here
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Language_and_Product_Localization/…>.
> This newsletter provides updates from the October–December 2024 quarter on
> new feature development, improvements in various language-related technical
> projects and support efforts, details about community meetings, and ideas
> for contributing to projects. To stay updated, you can subscribe to the
> newsletter on its wiki page
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Language_and_Product_Localization/…>
> .
>
> We look forward to your ideas and participation at the language community
> meeting, see you there!
>
> Cheers,
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Dear Colleagues,
This is a final reminder that the abstract submission deadline for the 3rd Workshop on Semantic Technologies and Deep Learning Models for Scientific, Technical, and Legal Data (SemTech4STLD 2025) is approaching fast—February 28, 2025!
We invite you to submit your research and join us for engaging discussions at ESWC 2025 in Portoroz, Slovenia (June 1st or 2nd, 2025).
📌 Submission Details:
Abstract Deadline: February 28, 2025
Full Paper Deadline: March 6, 2025
Submission(via EasyChair): https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semtech4stld25
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For more details, visit our website: https://semtech4stld.github.io/
For general inquiries on the workshop, please send an email to ddessi(a)sharjah.ac.ae<mailto:ddessi@sharjah.ac.ae> or jeenu.joy(a)fiz-Karlsruhe.de<mailto:jeenu.joy@fiz-Karlsruhe.de>
We look forward to your contributions!
Best regards,
Jeenu Joy, on behalf of the Workshop Organizers
Jeenu Joy
Patents4Science(PSI-P4S)
Phone +49 7247 808-595
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