Hello all,
Over the last few years, more and more research teams all around the world have started to use Wikidata. Wikidata is becoming a fundamental resource [1]. That is also true for research at Google. One advantage of using Wikidata as a research resource is that it is available to everyone. Results can be reproduced and validated externally. Yay!
I had used my 20% time to support such teams. The requests became more frequent, and now I am moving to a new role in Google Research, akin to a Wikimedian in Residence [2]: my role is to promote understanding of the Wikimedia projects within Google, work with Googlers to share more resources with the Wikimedia communities, and to facilitate the improvement of Wikimedia content by the Wikimedia communities, all with a strong focus on Wikidata.
One deeply satisfying thing for me is that the goals of my new role and the goals of the communities are so well aligned: it is really about improving the coverage and quality of the content, and about pushing the projects closer towards letting everyone share in the sum of all knowledge.
Expect to see more from me again - there are already a number of fun ideas in the pipeline, and I am looking forward to see them get out of the gates! I am looking forward to hearing your ideas and suggestions, and to continue contributing to the Wikimedia goals.
Cheers, Denny
P.S.: Which also means, incidentally, that my 20% time is opening for new shenanigans [3].
[1] https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=wikidata&sort=relevance [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedian_in_residence [3] https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/vyf7ksah
Congrats Denny! Looking forward to talking with you more as you are get more involved in working with the movement :)
Cheers,
Alex
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:57 PM Denny Vrandečić vrandecic@google.com wrote:
Hello all,
Over the last few years, more and more research teams all around the world have started to use Wikidata. Wikidata is becoming a fundamental resource [1]. That is also true for research at Google. One advantage of using Wikidata as a research resource is that it is available to everyone. Results can be reproduced and validated externally. Yay!
I had used my 20% time to support such teams. The requests became more frequent, and now I am moving to a new role in Google Research, akin to a Wikimedian in Residence [2]: my role is to promote understanding of the Wikimedia projects within Google, work with Googlers to share more resources with the Wikimedia communities, and to facilitate the improvement of Wikimedia content by the Wikimedia communities, all with a strong focus on Wikidata.
One deeply satisfying thing for me is that the goals of my new role and the goals of the communities are so well aligned: it is really about improving the coverage and quality of the content, and about pushing the projects closer towards letting everyone share in the sum of all knowledge.
Expect to see more from me again - there are already a number of fun ideas in the pipeline, and I am looking forward to see them get out of the gates! I am looking forward to hearing your ideas and suggestions, and to continue contributing to the Wikimedia goals.
Cheers, Denny
P.S.: Which also means, incidentally, that my 20% time is opening for new shenanigans [3].
[1] https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=wikidata&sort=relevance [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedian_in_residence [3] https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/vyf7ksah
Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
This is rather fantastic news for all the communities of Linked Data around the world. Glad its finally happening now and seeing Google seeing value well placed...this should have been what was done with you and TPT (and a few old Freebaser's) over 5 years ago! Oh well, that's in the past. :-)
Thad https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:05 PM Alex Stinson astinson@wikimedia.org wrote:
Congrats Denny! Looking forward to talking with you more as you are get more involved in working with the movement :)
Cheers,
Alex
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:57 PM Denny Vrandečić vrandecic@google.com wrote:
Hello all,
Over the last few years, more and more research teams all around the world have started to use Wikidata. Wikidata is becoming a fundamental resource [1]. That is also true for research at Google. One advantage of using Wikidata as a research resource is that it is available to everyone. Results can be reproduced and validated externally. Yay!
I had used my 20% time to support such teams. The requests became more frequent, and now I am moving to a new role in Google Research, akin to a Wikimedian in Residence [2]: my role is to promote understanding of the Wikimedia projects within Google, work with Googlers to share more resources with the Wikimedia communities, and to facilitate the improvement of Wikimedia content by the Wikimedia communities, all with a strong focus on Wikidata.
One deeply satisfying thing for me is that the goals of my new role and the goals of the communities are so well aligned: it is really about improving the coverage and quality of the content, and about pushing the projects closer towards letting everyone share in the sum of all knowledge.
Expect to see more from me again - there are already a number of fun ideas in the pipeline, and I am looking forward to see them get out of the gates! I am looking forward to hearing your ideas and suggestions, and to continue contributing to the Wikimedia goals.
Cheers, Denny
P.S.: Which also means, incidentally, that my 20% time is opening for new shenanigans [3].
[1] https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=wikidata&sort=relevance [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedian_in_residence [3] https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/vyf7ksah
Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
-- Alex Stinson Senior Program Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
That is such great news, Danny! I'm sure you'll do an amazing job at it, as always. We're lucky to have you as our ambassador.
All the best in your new role and looking forward to following your work, Shani.
----------------------------------------------- *Shani Evenstein Sigalov*
* Lecturer, Tel Aviv University. * EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. * PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University. * OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495 on Technology, Internationalization and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495.
* Member of the Board of Trustees https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/. * Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621. * Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda http://bybe.benyehuda.org.
+972-525640648
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 8:19 PM Thad Guidry thadguidry@gmail.com wrote:
This is rather fantastic news for all the communities of Linked Data around the world. Glad its finally happening now and seeing Google seeing value well placed...this should have been what was done with you and TPT (and a few old Freebaser's) over 5 years ago! Oh well, that's in the past. :-)
Thad https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:05 PM Alex Stinson astinson@wikimedia.org wrote:
Congrats Denny! Looking forward to talking with you more as you are get more involved in working with the movement :)
Cheers,
Alex
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:57 PM Denny Vrandečić vrandecic@google.com wrote:
Hello all,
Over the last few years, more and more research teams all around the world have started to use Wikidata. Wikidata is becoming a fundamental resource [1]. That is also true for research at Google. One advantage of using Wikidata as a research resource is that it is available to everyone. Results can be reproduced and validated externally. Yay!
I had used my 20% time to support such teams. The requests became more frequent, and now I am moving to a new role in Google Research, akin to a Wikimedian in Residence [2]: my role is to promote understanding of the Wikimedia projects within Google, work with Googlers to share more resources with the Wikimedia communities, and to facilitate the improvement of Wikimedia content by the Wikimedia communities, all with a strong focus on Wikidata.
One deeply satisfying thing for me is that the goals of my new role and the goals of the communities are so well aligned: it is really about improving the coverage and quality of the content, and about pushing the projects closer towards letting everyone share in the sum of all knowledge.
Expect to see more from me again - there are already a number of fun ideas in the pipeline, and I am looking forward to see them get out of the gates! I am looking forward to hearing your ideas and suggestions, and to continue contributing to the Wikimedia goals.
Cheers, Denny
P.S.: Which also means, incidentally, that my 20% time is opening for new shenanigans [3].
[1] https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=wikidata&sort=relevance [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedian_in_residence [3] https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/vyf7ksah
Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
-- Alex Stinson Senior Program Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
Rock'n'roll Danny. May the Force be with you.
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019, 19:32 Shani Evenstein shani.even@gmail.com wrote:
That is such great news, Danny! I'm sure you'll do an amazing job at it, as always. We're lucky to have you as our ambassador.
All the best in your new role and looking forward to following your work, Shani.
*Shani Evenstein Sigalov*
- Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
- EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler
School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
- PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
- OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair
https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495 on Technology, Internationalization and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495.
- Member of the Board of Trustees
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/.
- Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society
http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621.
- Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda http://bybe.benyehuda.org.
+972-525640648
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 8:19 PM Thad Guidry thadguidry@gmail.com wrote:
This is rather fantastic news for all the communities of Linked Data around the world. Glad its finally happening now and seeing Google seeing value well placed...this should have been what was done with you and TPT (and a few old Freebaser's) over 5 years ago! Oh well, that's in the past. :-)
Thad https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:05 PM Alex Stinson astinson@wikimedia.org wrote:
Congrats Denny! Looking forward to talking with you more as you are get more involved in working with the movement :)
Cheers,
Alex
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:57 PM Denny Vrandečić vrandecic@google.com wrote:
Hello all,
Over the last few years, more and more research teams all around the world have started to use Wikidata. Wikidata is becoming a fundamental resource [1]. That is also true for research at Google. One advantage of using Wikidata as a research resource is that it is available to everyone. Results can be reproduced and validated externally. Yay!
I had used my 20% time to support such teams. The requests became more frequent, and now I am moving to a new role in Google Research, akin to a Wikimedian in Residence [2]: my role is to promote understanding of the Wikimedia projects within Google, work with Googlers to share more resources with the Wikimedia communities, and to facilitate the improvement of Wikimedia content by the Wikimedia communities, all with a strong focus on Wikidata.
One deeply satisfying thing for me is that the goals of my new role and the goals of the communities are so well aligned: it is really about improving the coverage and quality of the content, and about pushing the projects closer towards letting everyone share in the sum of all knowledge.
Expect to see more from me again - there are already a number of fun ideas in the pipeline, and I am looking forward to see them get out of the gates! I am looking forward to hearing your ideas and suggestions, and to continue contributing to the Wikimedia goals.
Cheers, Denny
P.S.: Which also means, incidentally, that my 20% time is opening for new shenanigans [3].
[1] https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=wikidata&sort=relevance [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedian_in_residence [3] https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/vyf7ksah
Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
-- Alex Stinson Senior Program Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
*Denny, lapsus calami.
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019, 19:34 Goran Milovanovic < goran.milovanovic_ext@wikimedia.de> wrote:
Rock'n'roll Danny. May the Force be with you.
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019, 19:32 Shani Evenstein shani.even@gmail.com wrote:
That is such great news, Danny! I'm sure you'll do an amazing job at it, as always. We're lucky to have you as our ambassador.
All the best in your new role and looking forward to following your work, Shani.
*Shani Evenstein Sigalov*
- Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
- EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler
School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
- PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
- OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair
https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495 on Technology, Internationalization and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495.
- Member of the Board of Trustees
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees , Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/.
- Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society
http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621.
- Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda http://bybe.benyehuda.org.
+972-525640648
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 8:19 PM Thad Guidry thadguidry@gmail.com wrote:
This is rather fantastic news for all the communities of Linked Data around the world. Glad its finally happening now and seeing Google seeing value well placed...this should have been what was done with you and TPT (and a few old Freebaser's) over 5 years ago! Oh well, that's in the past. :-)
Thad https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:05 PM Alex Stinson astinson@wikimedia.org wrote:
Congrats Denny! Looking forward to talking with you more as you are get more involved in working with the movement :)
Cheers,
Alex
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:57 PM Denny Vrandečić vrandecic@google.com wrote:
Hello all,
Over the last few years, more and more research teams all around the world have started to use Wikidata. Wikidata is becoming a fundamental resource [1]. That is also true for research at Google. One advantage of using Wikidata as a research resource is that it is available to everyone. Results can be reproduced and validated externally. Yay!
I had used my 20% time to support such teams. The requests became more frequent, and now I am moving to a new role in Google Research, akin to a Wikimedian in Residence [2]: my role is to promote understanding of the Wikimedia projects within Google, work with Googlers to share more resources with the Wikimedia communities, and to facilitate the improvement of Wikimedia content by the Wikimedia communities, all with a strong focus on Wikidata.
One deeply satisfying thing for me is that the goals of my new role and the goals of the communities are so well aligned: it is really about improving the coverage and quality of the content, and about pushing the projects closer towards letting everyone share in the sum of all knowledge.
Expect to see more from me again - there are already a number of fun ideas in the pipeline, and I am looking forward to see them get out of the gates! I am looking forward to hearing your ideas and suggestions, and to continue contributing to the Wikimedia goals.
Cheers, Denny
P.S.: Which also means, incidentally, that my 20% time is opening for new shenanigans [3].
[1] https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=wikidata&sort=relevance [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedian_in_residence [3] https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/vyf7ksah
Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
-- Alex Stinson Senior Program Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
Huzzah! That is wonderful for all concerned.
🌍🌏🌎🌑
On Thu., Sep. 19, 2019, 1:05 p.m. Alex Stinson, astinson@wikimedia.org wrote:
Congrats Denny! Looking forward to talking with you more as you are get more involved in working with the movement :)
Cheers,
Alex
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:57 PM Denny Vrandečić vrandecic@google.com wrote:
Hello all,
Over the last few years, more and more research teams all around the world have started to use Wikidata. Wikidata is becoming a fundamental resource [1]. That is also true for research at Google. One advantage of using Wikidata as a research resource is that it is available to everyone. Results can be reproduced and validated externally. Yay!
I had used my 20% time to support such teams. The requests became more frequent, and now I am moving to a new role in Google Research, akin to a Wikimedian in Residence [2]: my role is to promote understanding of the Wikimedia projects within Google, work with Googlers to share more resources with the Wikimedia communities, and to facilitate the improvement of Wikimedia content by the Wikimedia communities, all with a strong focus on Wikidata.
One deeply satisfying thing for me is that the goals of my new role and the goals of the communities are so well aligned: it is really about improving the coverage and quality of the content, and about pushing the projects closer towards letting everyone share in the sum of all knowledge.
Expect to see more from me again - there are already a number of fun ideas in the pipeline, and I am looking forward to see them get out of the gates! I am looking forward to hearing your ideas and suggestions, and to continue contributing to the Wikimedia goals.
Cheers, Denny
P.S.: Which also means, incidentally, that my 20% time is opening for new shenanigans [3].
[1] https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=wikidata&sort=relevance [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedian_in_residence [3] https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/vyf7ksah
Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
-- Alex Stinson Senior Program Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
Denny Vrandečić, 19/09/19 19:56:
I had used my 20% time to support such teams. The requests became more frequent, and now I am moving to a new role in Google Research, akin to a Wikimedian in Residence
That's very interesting! Is it the first free culture project for which something of the like happens? From what you write, I understand it will be something separate from the Google Open Source office, right?
Federico
I wouldn't know if this is the first time, particularly because I am not sure how to describe it. Google is contributing a lot to all kind of efforts, many of them open, as you know, so, in short, it depends on your definition :)
My position is located in Google AI (i.e. Google Research), not the Open Source office. But I plan to publish more code forthgoing, so I will continue to work with them.
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 10:35 AM Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.com wrote:
Denny Vrandečić, 19/09/19 19:56:
I had used my 20% time to support such teams. The requests became more frequent, and now I am moving to a new role in Google Research, akin to a Wikimedian in Residence
That's very interesting! Is it the first free culture project for which something of the like happens? From what you write, I understand it will be something separate from the Google Open Source office, right?
Federico
On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 at 17:56, Denny Vrandečić vrandecic@google.com wrote:
I am moving to a new role in Google Research, akin to a Wikimedian in Residence
That's marvelous; congratulations.
Please bear in mind this project:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Voice_intro_project
and the Googlers who have Wikipedia articles about them (or, indeed, Wikidata items).
Off to my Todo list :)
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 10:46 AM Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 at 17:56, Denny Vrandečić vrandecic@google.com wrote:
I am moving to a new role in Google Research, akin to a Wikimedian in Residence
That's marvelous; congratulations.
Please bear in mind this project:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Voice_intro_project
and the Googlers who have Wikipedia articles about them (or, indeed, Wikidata items).
-- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
Thanks everyone for this warm welcome (back)!
On Fri, Sep 20, 2019, 10:38 Denny Vrandečić vrandecic@google.com wrote:
Off to my Todo list :)
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 10:46 AM Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 at 17:56, Denny Vrandečić vrandecic@google.com wrote:
I am moving to a new role in Google Research, akin to a Wikimedian in Residence
That's marvelous; congratulations.
Please bear in mind this project:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Voice_intro_project
and the Googlers who have Wikipedia articles about them (or, indeed, Wikidata items).
-- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
Very cool! Looking forward to seeing more of you!
Am 19.09.19 um 18:56 schrieb Denny Vrandečić:
Hello all,
Over the last few years, more and more research teams all around the world have started to use Wikidata. Wikidata is becoming a fundamental resource [1]. That is also true for research at Google. One advantage of using Wikidata as a research resource is that it is available to everyone. Results can be reproduced and validated externally. Yay!
I had used my 20% time to support such teams. The requests became more frequent, and now I am moving to a new role in Google Research, akin to a Wikimedian in Residence [2]: my role is to promote understanding of the Wikimedia projects within Google, work with Googlers to share more resources with the Wikimedia communities, and to facilitate the improvement of Wikimedia content by the Wikimedia communities, all with a strong focus on Wikidata.
One deeply satisfying thing for me is that the goals of my new role and the goals of the communities are so well aligned: it is really about improving the coverage and quality of the content, and about pushing the projects closer towards letting everyone share in the sum of all knowledge.
Expect to see more from me again - there are already a number of fun ideas in the pipeline, and I am looking forward to see them get out of the gates! I am looking forward to hearing your ideas and suggestions, and to continue contributing to the Wikimedia goals.
Cheers, Denny
P.S.: Which also means, incidentally, that my 20% time is opening for new shenanigans [3].
[1] https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=wikidata&sort=relevance [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedian_in_residence [3] https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/vyf7ksah
Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 6:58 PM Denny Vrandečić vrandecic@google.com wrote:
Hello all,
Over the last few years, more and more research teams all around the world have started to use Wikidata. Wikidata is becoming a fundamental resource [1]. That is also true for research at Google. One advantage of using Wikidata as a research resource is that it is available to everyone. Results can be reproduced and validated externally. Yay!
I had used my 20% time to support such teams. The requests became more frequent, and now I am moving to a new role in Google Research, akin to a Wikimedian in Residence [2]: my role is to promote understanding of the Wikimedia projects within Google, work with Googlers to share more resources with the Wikimedia communities, and to facilitate the improvement of Wikimedia content by the Wikimedia communities, all with a strong focus on Wikidata.
One deeply satisfying thing for me is that the goals of my new role and the goals of the communities are so well aligned: it is really about improving the coverage and quality of the content, and about pushing the projects closer towards letting everyone share in the sum of all knowledge.
Expect to see more from me again - there are already a number of fun ideas in the pipeline, and I am looking forward to see them get out of the gates! I am looking forward to hearing your ideas and suggestions, and to continue contributing to the Wikimedia goals.
Cheers, Denny
P.S.: Which also means, incidentally, that my 20% time is opening for new shenanigans [3].
That's great news. Congratulations, Denny! And thank you for everything you've already made possible even without this new hat.
Cheers Lydia
That's just awesome, Denny. Unity is strength. Wishing you all the best.
Marco
On 19/09/19 18:56, Denny Vrandečić wrote:
Hello all,
Over the last few years, more and more research teams all around the world have started to use Wikidata. Wikidata is becoming a fundamental resource [1]. That is also true for research at Google. One advantage of using Wikidata as a research resource is that it is available to everyone. Results can be reproduced and validated externally. Yay!
I had used my 20% time to support such teams. The requests became more frequent, and now I am moving to a new role in Google Research, akin to a Wikimedian in Residence [2]: my role is to promote understanding of the Wikimedia projects within Google, work with Googlers to share more resources with the Wikimedia communities, and to facilitate the improvement of Wikimedia content by the Wikimedia communities, all with a strong focus on Wikidata.
One deeply satisfying thing for me is that the goals of my new role and the goals of the communities are so well aligned: it is really about improving the coverage and quality of the content, and about pushing the projects closer towards letting everyone share in the sum of all knowledge.
Expect to see more from me again - there are already a number of fun ideas in the pipeline, and I am looking forward to see them get out of the gates! I am looking forward to hearing your ideas and suggestions, and to continue contributing to the Wikimedia goals.
Cheers, Denny
P.S.: Which also means, incidentally, that my 20% time is opening for new shenanigans [3].
[1] https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=wikidata&sort=relevance [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedian_in_residence [3] https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/vyf7ksah
Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata