Hello everyone,
My name is Ifeatu <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ifeatu_Nnaobi_(WMDE)>,
and I'm writing to introduce myself as the Product Manager for the Wikidata
and Wikimedia Projects team.
The Wikidata for the Wikimedia Projects team is a new team at Wikimedia
Deutschland (WMDE) that wants to provide structured data support to other
Wikis in the Wikimedia movement. The team is part of the Linked Open Data
(LOD) group at WMDE. It will work closely with Lydia Pintscher (Portfolio
Lead Product Manager for Wikidata) and other LOD team members to establish
sustainable structures to support collaborations between Wikidata and the
other Wikimedia projects.
I joined the team in June 2023, and current team member Danny Benjafield
(Community Communications Manager) and I are exploring ways to build tools
and features in a community-centred way. This means learning about existing
initiatives between Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects and examining new
insights into fostering Wikidata integrations that are collaborative,
multilingual and provide high-quality data for projects of different shapes
and sizes.
My background is in interactive media focused on queer, feminist, and
migrant narratives. As someone from the global majority, it's imperative to
contribute to improving Wikidata's ability to accommodate diverse ways of
knowledge contribution and consumption.
As the new team settles in, our big task for the year is interacting with
community members from various backgrounds and perspectives to understand
what makes collaboration between Wikidata and Wikimedia projects
challenging. Please stay tuned for our announcements on how we will do this.
In the meantime, please email me (ifeatu.nnaobi(a)wikimedia.de) or leave a
note on my Meta Talk page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ifeatu_Nnaobi_(WMDE)> if you already
have something to share.
Thrilled to be here,
--
Ifeatu Nnaobi *(she/they)*
Product Manager, Wikidata for Wikimedia Projects
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0)30-577 11 62-0https://wikimedia.de
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