Hello all,
As you may know, Wikidata was launched on October 29, 2012, and every year
in October, we celebrate the anniversary of the project with birthday
wishes, events and cake. As we will celebrate the 11th birthday of Wikidata
this year, we wanted to share with you how you can get involved in this
event!
1. Prepare a birthday present
Every year for the birthday, people prepare some presents for the Wikidata
community. These presents can be useful, fun or interesting: a new Wikidata
tool, a new WikiProject, a logo or another piece of art, a blog post, an
important community discussion… They can be worked on alone or in
collaboration with other people.
If you have ideas for a Wikidata birthday, now is the perfect time to start
thinking about it, and finding other people to work with you! Once the
present is ready to be announced, you can add it to the Presents page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eleventh_Birthday/Presents>. If
you’re looking for inspiration, you can check what was done for the
previous anniversaries on the Eleventh birthday page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eleventh_Birthday>.
2. Attend the WikidataCon 2023
The WikidataCon 2023
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2023> will take place
on October 28-29 with a hybrid format: while people from Taiwan and the
neighbouring regions can join the onsite event in Taipei, people from all
around the world will participate online. Most sessions will be broadcasted
and recorded, in English and Chinese.
If you would like to participate, you can register for the event
<https://pretix.eu/wikidatatw/Wikidatacon2023/>, and check out the program
<https://pretalx.com/wikidatacon2023/schedule/>.
3. Present your birthday gift during the WikidataCon 2023
You prepared a present for Wikidata's birthday and would like to present it
to the community? You can sign up for the birthday presents lightning talks
session that will take place online during the WikidataCon 2023
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2023>, on Day 2.5, October
29, at 14:15 UTC.
To register for a slot, please read the instructions and add your project
to this page
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WikidataCon2023-BirthdayLTsession>.
Please make sure that you are registered for the WikidataCon 2023
<https://pretix.eu/wikidatatw/Wikidatacon2023/> in order to access the
session.
4. Join or organize other events
You can also autonomously organize a distributed birthday event with your
community or in your area: when your event is ready to be announced, please add
details on the Distributed events page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eleventh_Birthday/Events>.
To connect with other people organizing Wikidata-related events, feel free
to join the Wikidata Events Telegram group
<https://t.me/joinchat/HGjGexK8LA2wJZEk1x1p_A>.
If you have any questions or need support, feel free to contact me or to
write a message on this talk page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Eleventh_Birthday>.
Looking forward to interacting with you all around the Wikidata birthday!
Best,
--
Léa Lacroix
Community Engagement & Events Consultant
Contractor for Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.