Hi everyone,
Not on wiki yet, however here are the details and timings for Wikimania 2022 UK Community Festival as they stand:
Friday 12th August
2pm
In person: Newspeak House open for Co-working spaces - work, watch Wikimania sessions, join the online Hackathon and network with community peers
Online: Zoom Event open for Lobby space and Expo - network with community peers and explore some of Wikimedia UK's projects
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Online and in person: One to One Wiki Clinics - book yourself some time in-person or online to chat with a Wikimedian and help resolve wiki challenges you are facing.
4pm - 5:30pm Proposed timing
Online and In person: Wikidata for Beginners - a session to understand what Wikidata is capable of, what a knowledge graph is, and getting started with using the Wikidata Query Service. It assumes no prior knowledge of databases or querying.
Online and In person: Wikidata Wizards - for advanced Wikidata querying. Full outline to be confirmed.
5:30pm
In person: Early evening drinks
Saturday 13th August
11:30am
In person: Newspeak House open - work, watch Wikimania sessions, join the Hackathon and network with community peers
Online: Zoom Event open for Lobby space and Expo - network with community peers and explore some of Wikimedia UK's projects
12 noon Proposed timing
Online and In person: Opening session to be confirmed.
1pm - 5pm
Online and In person: Editathon/ Wikithon - In honour of South Asian Heritage Month, we will be taking South Asian Heritage as our theme for this one off Wikithon. The session is suitable for beginners (training given) and more experienced editors.
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Online and in person: One to One Wiki Clinics - book yourself some time in-person or online to chat with a Wikimedian and help resolve wiki challenges you are facing.
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Online and In person: Lightning Talks - Hear from community peers about Virtual Volunteering, Decolonising Wikipedia Network, WikiJournals and more.
3:30pm - 4:30pm Proposed timing
Online and In person: Wikimedia UK Strategy, a Community feedback session - join Wikimedia UK CEO Lucy Crompton-Reid in a discussion on 2022-25 Strategic themes.
5pm
Online and In person: Annual UK Awards - celebrate with us as we award Wikimedian of the Year, UK Partnership of the Year and Up and Coming Wikimedian.
In person: After Party drinks
Additional information:
Your full name is optional on registering, however please add your username if you are not giving us your name.
Registration is required for both online and in person attendance, once in registration it will ask you to confirm days and online/ in person preference.
You can also book into the Wiki Clinics, and Wikithon - training booking will be added soon.
I will keep you updated as more is confirmed.
Best wishes
Natasha
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Natasha Iles MCIOF (Dip)
Head of Development & Communications
Wikimedia UK
