Fwd: [Wikidata] Wikidata's 8th birthday - October 29th - WikimediaZA

12 Sep 2020

      I most likely won't be able to organise this year's WIkidata Birthday Party
('18
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Sixth_Birthday/Cape_Town_Meetup#/media/File:Wikidata-sixth-birthday-cape-town.jpg,
'19
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Seventh_Birthday/Cape_Town#/media/File:Wikidata_seventh_Birthday_at_Codebridge.jpg)
since things have become very busy for me.
I'd love to see this tradition established within our chapter and there's
plenty of support and resources if someone wants to take the lead on this.
See Léa's email below.
Thanks, Reuben
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From: Léa Lacroix lea.lacroix@wikimedia.de
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 at 11:54
Subject: [Wikidata] Wikidata's 8th birthday - October 29th
To: Discussion list for the Wikidata project. wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org
Hello all,
As every year, the end of October is the moment where we celebrate Wikidata's
anniversary https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday, the
work of the contributors and get together as a community :)
Some people are already planning *birthday events* (most of them taking
place online). If you're interested in organizing a meetup, live-stream,
etc. feel free to have a look at the details here
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Organise, and to
add the event into the calendar
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday. We will run a meetup
for organizers
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Organise#Connect_with_other_organizers,
we provide a digital communication kit
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Organise#Communication_kit
 (including a cool CC0 logo generator https://wikidata8.bleeptrack.de/)
and you can also find information about funding
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Organise#Funding.
We are also running an experiment with a 24-hours call
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/24-hours_meetup where
people can join at any time that is convenient for them in their own time
zone.
The Wikidata birthday is also the occasion to prepare *presents*, for
example new tools, scripts, improvements on an existing project, but also
non-code gifts. These will be added there
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Presents, and you
can get inspired by the previous years: 2019
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Seventh_Birthday/Presents, 2018
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Sixth_Birthday/Presents, 2017
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Fifth_Birthday/Presents, 2016
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Fourth_Birthday/Presents...
If you have any questions regarding the Wikidata birthday and especially
distributed events, feel free to contact me.
Cheers,
-- 
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata

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