Dear Wikidata Community,

Wikidata is a treasure trove of data — data we would love to be brought to light and used for the benefit of the Wikimedia community and beyond!

In order to support that, Wikimedia Deutschland is excited to announce the launch of a Call for Software Contributions as part of the Software Collaboration for Wikidata program, funded by the Arcadia Fund. The Software Collaboration for Wikidata program fosters collaboration with the purpose of enabling partners from within the Wikimedia Movement to contribute to the software development of Wikidata and Wikibase in a sustainable and scalable way. With this program Wikimedia Deutschland wants to explore ways to create a distributed software development environment within the Wikimedia Movement. We believe that software is best built by the communities in which the needs for digital tools arise.

About the Call:
This Call for Software Contributions aims to promote collaboration within the Wikimedia Movement by inviting affiliates to develop software solutions leveraging the power of the Wikidata Rest API. Through this, Wikimedia Deutschland supports advancing the capabilities of the Wikidata Rest API to enable the creation of applications (anything from mobile apps to desktop apps to websites or services) that provide value not only to the Wikimedia community but also to broader audiences. 

With this call, Wikimedia Deutschland aims to support projects that make Wikidata's data more accessible and usable for a wider audience. 

Application deadline is April 21th, 23:59 (GMT+1) (check local time).

Learn more about this Call on our project page on meta.

We look forward to receiving your exciting project proposals and collaborating with you to advance the capabilities of Wikidata. If you have any comments, suggestions or questions please use the call’s talk page to get in contact with us. 

Sincerely,
Maria Lechner