Dear all,

Wikimedia Deutschland's monthly report for April 2012 comes to you with greetings from Germany's most important web conference. There is no en.wp article about the "re:publica" (yet), so I'll link you to the German article[1]. The re:publica 2012 takes place in Berlin, May 2-4. 270 speakers from more than 30 countries will address an audience of 4,000 bloggers, politicians and media people.

Wikimedia Deutschland is taking our core goals to this years re:publica. In a dozen sessions at our own event booth we tell people about free knowledge, free licenses, why Wikipedia needs more (female) editors, and many more topics from participation to usability and quality. Among other things, Wikidata is of course one of the most prolific subjects regarding media coverage.

A Wikimedia recap of the event will certainly be part our next monthly report. For now rest assured that the April report[2][3] holds its own ;-) Go to Meta and learn about why we're posting a Wikipedian in Residence job description and who was hired recently to support GLAM activities. Find out about Wikidata's first month and what accounts for Wikimedia Deutschland's upcoming surge of chapter members. No more spoilers.

[1] http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re:publica [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Deutschl... [3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports

Kind regards Michael