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Program proposals (concluded)

Template for program proposal Here's a template you can use for proposing a session for the Wikidata and Sister Projects Days 2025. Feel free to copy its content and create a new section below! (use the session title as the section title). Please note that sessions are not automatically accepted: because we have limited slots in the schedule, we will make a selection of sessions that can make it to the program of the event. You can propose a session until March 31st April 30th (EoD anywhere). Here's some ideas of the kind of session we would like to hear about: Short presentations or demos of Wikidata integrations into other Wikimedia projects, such as infoboxes, lists, templates and modules. Showcases of tools, gadgets, or applications that use Wikidata to support editing workflows across projects. Examples of Wikidata providing data consistency or supporting smaller language Wikipedias. Connecting projects, providing multilingual support, referencing, citations, and metadata in other projects. Discussions on what challenges and opportunities Wikidata currently faces for connecting with the sister projects. We're keen to hear about any success stories or creative uses you’d like to share! Thanks in advance for your proposals! Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) Session title: Format: Speaker(s) or facilitator(s): Short description of the session: Prerequisite knowledge: Suggestions of time and date: Preferred presentation mode: Wikisource: When two cool kids play together! (workshop) Session title: Wikisource: When two cool kids play together! (workshop) Format: Workshop (50min) Speaker(s) or facilitator(s): Bodhisattwa and VIGNERON Short description of the session: After the presentation will work on Wikisource metadata on Wikidata. Demonstrating and using some tools and gadgets. Prerequisite knowledge: nothing specific, just knowing Wikidata and Wikisource basics Suggestions of time and date: Saturday or Sunday Preferred presentation mode: Live This presentation follows the proposed introduction session: Event:Wikidata and Sister Projects/Wikisource: When two cool kids play together! Hi @VIGNERON: & @Bodhisattwa: and thanks a lot for your proposal! We scheduled it on May 31st at 11:30 UTC. Can you check the date and time and let me know if that works for you? Thanks a lot! I'll share more information to speakers by email in the upcoming days. If you can't be reached through the 'email this user' function, please email me at [email protected] and I will reply. Best, Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 08:13, 9 May 2025 (UTC) @Danny Benjafield (WMDE): yes it works for us, thanks. Cheers, VIGNERON (talk) 14:58, 10 May 2025 (UTC) Wikisource: When two cool kids play together! Session title: Wikisource: When two cool kids play together! Format: Presentation + Q&A (25min) Speaker(s) or facilitator(s): Bodhisattwa and VIGNERON Short description of the session: The presentation will explore why and how Wikisource community has embraced Wikidata to its workflow of metadata management of its contents. The audience will also learn how Wikisources has been leveraging the power of Wikidata in different ways and exploring some of its future plans. The presentation will also open up discussions for new ideas from the audiences which can be implemented in future into the project. Prerequisite knowledge: nothing specific, just knowing Wikidata and Wikisource basics Suggestions of time and date: Saturday or Sunday Preferred presentation mode: Live This presentation will be followed by a workshop to actually work on Wikisource metadata: Event:Wikidata and Sister Projects/Wikisource: When two cool kids play together! (workshop) Hi @VIGNERON: & @Bodhisattwa: and thanks a lot for your proposal! We scheduled it on May 31st at 10:30 UTC. Can you check the date and time and let me know if that works for you? Thanks a lot! I'll share more information to speakers by email in the upcoming days. If you can't be reached through the 'email this user' function, please email me at [email protected] and I will reply. Best, Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 08:12, 9 May 2025 (UTC) Wikipedia: Maps Session title: Wikidata Live Editing - adding maps to Wikipedia Format: Livestream Speaker(s) or facilitator(s): User:Abbe98 and User:Ainali Short description of the session: We are making Wikidata queries (and perhaps some editing) to add Wikidata powered maps to Wikipedia. Prerequisite knowledge: Intermediate Suggestions of time and date: Saturday 20.00 CEST Preferred presentation mode: Livestream Ainali (talk) 13:48, 1 April 2025 (UTC) Hi @Ainali, on Saturday and Sunday we had an earlier schedule of: Saturday, May 31st from 12:00 to 15:00 UTC+2 Sunday, June 1st from 11:00 to 15:00 UTC+2 Would a timeslot between either of these times be ok for you? Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 11:30, 3 April 2025 (UTC) Let's go for 13:00 UTC+2 on Sunday then. Ainali (talk) 08:11, 7 April 2025 (UTC) Hi @Ainali: & @Abbe98: and thanks a lot for your proposal! We scheduled it on June 1st at 12:00 UTC. Can you check the date and time and let me know if that works for you? Thanks a lot! I'll share more information to speakers by email in the upcoming days. If you can't be reached through the 'email this user' function, please email me at [email protected] and I will reply. Best, Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 08:15, 9 May 2025 (UTC) @Danny Benjafield (WMDE) That works for us! Ainali (talk) 15:54, 12 May 2025 (UTC) Wikivoyage: Connecting Wikivoyage with Wikidata Session title: Connecting Wikivoyage with Wikidata Format: Short demo (max 10 mins) Speaker(s) or facilitator(s): User:OhanaUnited Short description of the session: Showcase how listings and listing editor help synchronize tourists points of interest, travel information and photos between Wikivoyage and Wikidata. Also talk about what happens when backend MediaWiki updates (e.g. parser) can break the listing editor. Prerequisite knowledge: Basic level of Wikidata Suggestions of time and date: Thursday, May 29th or Friday, May 30th Preferred presentation mode: Live OhanaUnitedTalk page 18:45, 2 April 2025 (UTC) Hi @OhanaUnited: and thanks a lot for your proposal! We scheduled it on May 30th at 17:00 UTC. Can you check the date and time and let me know if that works for you? Thanks a lot! I'll share more information to speakers by email in the upcoming days. If you can't be reached through the 'email this user' function, please email me at [email protected] and I will reply. Best, Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 08:34, 9 May 2025 (UTC) Yes. That timeslot works. My email function is enabled. OhanaUnitedTalk page 20:34, 9 May 2025 (UTC) Wiktionary: powering content pages with lexicographical data Session title: Wiktionary: powering content pages with lexicographical data Format: Livestream Speaker(s) or facilitator(s): User:Mahir256 Short description of the session: This session will showcase how information from Wikidata lexemes can be used with a Scribunto module to populate pages on the Bengali Wiktionary—and, with some effort, maybe even another language's Wiktionary! Prerequisite knowledge: knowledge of what Wiktionary and lexicographical data are Suggestions of time and date: Saturday, May 31st or Sunday, June 1st Preferred presentation mode: live Mahir256 (talk) 01:31, 13 April 2025 (UTC) Hi @Mahir256: and thanks a lot for your proposal! We scheduled it on June 1st at 09:300 UTC. Can you check the date and time and let me know if that works for you? Thanks a lot! I'll share more information to speakers by email in the upcoming days. If you can't be reached through the 'email this user' function, please email me at [email protected] and I will reply. Best, Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 08:40, 9 May 2025 (UTC) @Danny Benjafield (WMDE): As I am based in the United States, this would correspond to a presentation time of 4:30am for me. It would thus be a lot more feasible if it took place at a later time, such as after 11:00 UTC (equivalent to 6am). Mahir256 (talk) 12:51, 9 May 2025 (UTC) Hi @Mahir256:, I changed the timeslot to on June 1st at 11:00 UTC,(13:00 CEST & 07:00 EDT). Would this be ok for you? Best, Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 07:38, 13 May 2025 (UTC) @Danny Benjafield (WMDE): Yes, I believe this will work. Mahir256 (talk) 14:33, 15 May 2025 (UTC) Wikipedia: using QuickStatements to Wikidatify lists Session title: Using QuickStatements 3.0 to Wikidatify lists in Wikipedia Format: Showcase (30min) Speaker(s) or facilitator(s): ACorrêa (WMB) Short description of the session: We'll import portuguese Wikipedia lists into Wikidata using QuickStatements. Then, we will edit the Wikipedia article to fetch the data from Wikidata using Listeria. Prerequisite knowledge: basic Wikidata and Wikipedia knowledge; we'll walk through the QuickStatements syntax in a way that's welcoming to new users Suggestions of time and date: June 1st (Sunday) 14:30 UTC+2 Preferred presentation mode: Live ACorrêa (WMB) (talk) 17:12, 14 April 2025 (UTC) Hi @ACorrêa (WMB): and thanks a lot for your proposal! We scheduled it on June 1st at 11:30 UTC. Can you check the date and time and let me know if that works for you? Thanks a lot! I'll share more information to speakers by email in the upcoming days. If you can't be reached through the 'email this user' function, please email me at [email protected] and I will reply. Best, Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 08:42, 9 May 2025 (UTC) Hi @Danny Benjafield (WMDE), thank you for scheduling me. Yes, that time works. I can be reached by email. Best, ACorrêa (WMB) (talk) 16:33, 9 May 2025 (UTC) On Wikidata and Sister Projects by using Wikidata and sister projects (and friends) Hi. I will try to document some of our activities in a blogpost or a blog post series, https://nearby.hypotheses.org/2407. Perhaps others want to join. Jeb (talk) 08:28, 23 April 2025 (UTC) Best practices for reusing Wikidata’s data in the Wikimedia Projects Session title:Best practices for reusing Wikidata’s data in the Wikimedia Projects Format: Presentation + Q&A (25min) Speaker(s) or facilitator(s): User:Mike Peel Short description of the session: I will summarise the current best practices with using Wikidata's data across various Wikimedia projects using Module:WikidataIB, including the Wikidata Infobox on Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata-powered infoboxes on Wikipedias, Listeria, and more. I will highlight successes and ongoing issues, and possible solutions for the future, both technical and social. Prerequisite knowledge: basic knowledge of Wikidata and the Wikimedia projects Suggestions of time and date: Thursday or Friday before 7pm UTC Preferred presentation mode: Live Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 19:12, 26 April 2025 (UTC) Hi @Mike Peel: and thanks a lot for your proposal! We scheduled it on May 30th at 16:00 UTC. Can you check the date and time and let me know if that works for you? Thanks a lot! I'll share more information to speakers by email in the upcoming days. If you can't be reached through the 'email this user' function, please email me at [email protected] and I will reply. Best, Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 08:44, 9 May 2025 (UTC) German Wikivoyage: Perfect Wikidata implementation, but why nobody edits it Session title: German Wikivoyage: Perfect Wikidata implementation, but why nobody edits it Format: Presentation (20-30 minutes) Speaker(s) or facilitator(s): DerFussi Short description of the session: Since Wikidata started we have implemented nice modules and templates. But the speaker is the only user who records data about objects on Wikidata comprehensively - at least on German Wikivoyage. Why? What keeps Wikivoyage editors away from Wikidata? Prerequisite knowledge: basic knowledge of Wikidata and the Wikimedia projects Suggestions of time and date: not on Thursday (public holiday), not on Friday (hangover) Preferred presentation mode: Live DerFussi 18:48, 28 April 2025 (UTC) Hi @DerFussi: and thanks a lot for your proposal! We scheduled it on May 1st at 12:30 UTC. Can you check the date and time and let me know if that works for you? Thanks a lot! I'll share more information to speakers by email in the upcoming days. If you can't be reached through the 'email this user' function, please email me at [email protected] and I will reply. Best, Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 08:45, 9 May 2025 (UTC) I suppose, its May 31st. Its ok. I'll be there. -- DerFussi 16:39, 12 May 2025 (UTC) Wikifunctions: how Wikidata powers language functions (and beyond) Session title: Wikifunctions: how Wikidata powers language functions (and beyond) Format: Presentation + Q&A (25min) Speaker(s) or facilitator(s): David Martin (WMF) and Sannita (WMF) Short description of the session: After presenting the mission of the Abstract Wikipedia project, we describe the Wikifunctions platform which has been developed to support it (and other uses). We then show how Wikifunctions provides access to Wikidata content and how these building blocks can be used to construct Natural Language Generation capabilities, towards our scope of realising Abstract Wikipedia. Prerequisite knowledge: basic knowledge of Wikifunctions and Wikidata Suggestions of time and date: Thursday or Friday Preferred presentation mode: Live Sannita (WMF) (talk) 15:08, 29 April 2025 (UTC) Hi @Sannita (WMF):, @DMartin (WMF): and thanks a lot for your proposal! We scheduled it on May 30th at 17:30 UTC.on May 29th at 17:30 UTC Can you check the date and time and let me know if that works for you? Thanks a lot! I'll share more information to speakers by email in the upcoming days. If you can't be reached through the 'email this user' function, please email me at [email protected] and I will reply. Best, Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 08:47, 9 May 2025 (UTC) Hi @Danny Benjafield (WMDE), it seems from the project page that we're on May 29, at 19:30 UTC. Which date is to be considered official? I'll get back at you with a confirmation soon. Sannita (WMF) (talk) 10:13, 10 May 2025 (UTC) Hi @Sannita (WMF) and @DMartin (WMF), I have corrected the date to May 29th, with a scheduled time of 17:30 UTC (corresponding to 19:30 CEST). Is that ok for you both? Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 07:52, 13 May 2025 (UTC) Hi @Danny Benjafield (WMDE), yes we confirm the date, we'll be there! Sannita (WMF) (talk) 16:10, 14 May 2025 (UTC) Using the Beam-me-up tool to fuse Wikidata information into FactGrid Session title: Using the Beam-me-up tool to fuse Wikidata information into FactGrid Format: Presentation + Q&A (25min) Speaker(s) or facilitator(s): Olaf Simons (talk) Short description of the session: Tim Holzheim's Beam-me-up tool is one of the most used gadgets in FactGrid. It fuses Wikidata information into FactGrid on selective requests. It understands the languages of both Wikibases, and it is able to create or augment items where needed. The tight alignment with Wikidata speeds up work on FactGrid, it helps us to avoid double records (as our Wikibase does not allow to link to a same Wikidata item from two of our items), and it enhances our readability in the upcoming world of federated queries and knowledge graphs. Not everyone, however, is happy with the consequences since FactGrid is not designed to act as a Wikidata copy - nor do we know whether we want to support the Wikidata data modelling throughout our base. Prerequisite knowledge: none Suggestions of time and date: none Preferred presentation mode: Live Olaf Simons (talk) 12:43, 30 April 2025 (UTC) Hi @Olaf Simons: and thanks a lot for your proposal! We scheduled it on May 31st at 09:00 UTC. Can you check the date and time and let me know if that works for you? Thanks a lot! I'll share more information to speakers by email in the upcoming days. If you can't be reached through the 'email this user' function, please email me at [email protected] and I will reply. Best, Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 09:06, 9 May 2025 (UTC) Listful Thinking: Using Wikidata to support editing workflows Session title: Listful Thinking: Using Wikidata to support editing workflows Format: Presentation & discussion Speaker(s) or facilitator(s):DrThneed Short description of the session: We will look at tools that help you use Wikidata to create lists for article creation or improvement on Wikipedia. This can be really helpful when you are running an event and want to create an event page with some target pages to be worked on. We will discuss the pros and cons of each tool, and how to use it in a workflow. Tools will include Listeria, the Wikilist tool, and Petscan. DrThneed will present her workflows for using the tools, and allow time for discussion to participants can also contribute their ideas and experiences so we can all learn from each other. Prerequisite knowledge:A basic understanding of Wikipedia and Wikidata will be helpful but not essential Suggestions of time and date:to suit daylight hours in NZ if possible Preferred presentation mode:Live Hi @DrThneed: and thanks a lot for your proposal! We scheduled it on June 1st at 09:00 UTC (21:00 NZT). Can you check the date and time and let me know if that works for you? Thanks a lot! I'll share more information to speakers by email in the upcoming days. If you can't be reached through the 'email this user' function, please email me at [email protected] and I will reply. Best, Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 08:55, 9 May 2025 (UTC) Wikidata Powered Infobox for indigenous language Wikipedia Session title: Wikidata Powered Infobox for indigenous language Wikipedia Format: Workshop (Demo for installation and usage) Speaker(s) or facilitator(s): Sadik Shahadu & Dnshitobu Short description of the session: This session seeks to demonstrate how to install and use Wikidata powered infoboxes for any language Wikipedia and even for incubator platforms to have the most beautiful and informative infobox ever which changes when the values of properties on Wikipedia change. It prevents the repetitive action of manually editing infoboxes and also reduces the overall time wasted in doing so. Prerequisite knowledge: Basic level of Wikidata Suggestions of time and date: To suit daylight hours in Ghana (UTC +00) if possible Preferred presentation mode: Live Dnshitobu (talk) 07:55, 6 May 2025 (UTC) Hi @Dnshitobu:, @Shahadusadik: and thanks a lot for your proposal! We scheduled it on May 30th at 16:30 UTC. Can you check the date and time and let me know if that works for you? Thanks a lot! I'll share more information to speakers by email in the upcoming days. If you can't be reached through the 'email this user' function, please email me at [email protected] and I will reply. Best, Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 08:51, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

Wikidata and Sister Projects (29 May-1 June): check out the program!

Hello everyone,

Our upcoming online event, the Wikidata and Sister Projects, is coming soon, starting on May 29th!

The event will be focusing on how Wikidata is integrated to Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects.

The event is taking place online, we will have sessions taking place over 4 days, from May 29 to June 1, 2025. You will be able to join sessions live, or to watch the replay later on. The sessions take place in English, and are open to everyone interested in the topic of data reuse.

You can now discover a first version of the program. We will feature among other things:

• Presentations on how Wikidata is being used within another Wikimedia Project;
• Live-editing sessions to put into practice watch how others do it (Wikidata map-making, SPARQL query)
• Social time and Wikidata-based games!

We are using the new CampaignEvents Extension that allows us to have a registration list onwiki! If you plan to attend, we strongly encourage you to register on the event page so you can receive updates about the event and access the Jitsi room link.

While waiting for the event to take place, you can also rewatch some sessions from our Levelling Up Days takeover day in 2024.

If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to write on the talk page or to reach out to me directly. We’re looking forward to holding this event with you! Best, - Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 10:00, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

Wikidata and Sister Projects: how to attend

Hello everyone,

We are about to kick-off the Wikidata and Sister Projects online event, focusing on how Wikidata is used, supports and interacts with the sister (or sibling) Wikimedia Projects.

The event is starting tomorrow (29.05.2025) at 16:00 UTC!

How to attend: if you want to join the Jitsi room in order to interact with speakers and other participants, you can register on the event page in order to unlock access to the Jitsi link. You can also watch the livestream on Youtube, links will be published on the program table. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to write on the Discussion page or to reach out to me directly. We hope you enjoy the event! Best, - Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 08:22, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

Google slides "Presenter view" with Jitsi

Hello all,

I've never presented over Jitsi, and I also don't have extensive experience with Google slides presentations. I'd like to use the "Presenter view", so the notes show up on my screen, in a separate small window, and of course only the slides show up for the audience. I'm planning to share a single Chrome tab which contains the slides, and start the presentation by choosing "Presenter view" from the Slideshow menu. Just wondering if this is known to work reliably. Thanks. DMartin (WMF) (talk) 03:41, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

Hello @DMartin (WMF), you are welcome to join the Jitsi room early to test out your slidedeck and the presentation options if you wish.
From my own testing, I observe that:

• Firefox has some slight lag issues when switching slides, with slight flickering between the 2 slides for ~0.5 sec. I prefer Chromium, which seems more seamless.
• Full Screen mode is not available with Presenter mode, so please beware that in Presenter-mode, the viewers will be able to see your Address bar, bookmark bar and any other tabs you have open. See you soon -Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 11:28, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

Wikidata and Sister Projects: replay videos & access link

Hello everyone,

We just concluded the event, with 16 sessions over 4 days and more than 17 speakers involved!

Do you want to catch up on the sessions? The full-day replay videos are here for you! You can find links to the days program on YouTube and watch the recordings at your own pace. Videos for individual sessions will also be added there in the next weeks and also to Wikimedia Commons.

If you attended parts of the event, we’re interested in your feedback. Please take a few minutes to fill out the feedback form until June 15th, it will only take a few minutes.

You can also join the UX testing mailing list if you agree to be contacted by Wikimedia Deutschland’s UX team to try out and give feedback on upcoming Wikidata features.

And finally: the big upcoming event for Wikidata is the return of WikidataCon 2025, taking place from October 31 to November 2. You can already register onwiki.

Thanks to all those who spoke, participated, chatted and helped support and organise this first Wikidata and Sister Projects event, we hope to see you at the next one! - Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 11:10, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Post-event survey findings

Hello everyone,

The Wikidata and Sister Projects online event has been over for a while now and we hope it remains more than a distant memory. Recordings, discussions and presentations are available from the main Event page via Commons and YouTube.

Also available now on Commons, the Wikidata and Sister Projects - Feedback Survey Summary contains raw data, insights and commentary on what went well and what could be improved for future editions. - Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 12:44, 10 July 2025 (UTC)