Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Virginia/Intro to Wikidata 2 November 2018

Open Source Connections in Charlottesville, Virginia is hosting Introduction to Wikidata, a private talk for invited guests on the morning of Friday 2 November, 2018.

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 * Date: Friday 2 November, 2018
 * Time: 10:30-11:30
 * Place: 608 Preston Avenue, Charlottesville VA 23903
 * opensourceconnections.com

Agenda
Wikidata is the knowledge base which the Wikimedia community edits collaboratively. Wikidata matters because it supplies information to Wikipedia, making it part of the world’s most popular source of information on every topic.

In this presentation Lane Rasberry, Wikimedian in Residence at the Data Science Institute of the University of Virginia, presents Wikidata, its relationship to Wikipedia, and an overview of how a community of editors is curating its data for the world audience.


 * 0:00-0:05 - Welcome
 * 0:05-0:25 - Orientation for Wikipedia, Wikidata, and related Wikimedia projects
 * 0:25-0:30 - Discussion and demos
 * 0:25-0:50 - let's chat!
 * 0:50-1:00 - next steps? future collaboration?

Wikidata data models

 * WikiProject Universities recommended statements - university model
 * WikiProject Periodicals
 * WikiProject Source MetaData

Contact

 * Lane Rasberry (user:bluerasberry) for Wiki issues

Links

 * opensourceconnections.com/
 * WikiProject University of Virginia, a landing page for anyone to coordinate collaboration between the UVA and wiki communities
 * Data Science Institute at University of Virginia, which coordinates wiki activities at UVA