Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

[Gnangarra]

sounds like a wonderful project that will help connect cultures and
languages in a helpful way for the users, look forward to seeing and
helping its development

On Fri, 3 Jul 2020 at 09:26, Butch Bustria  wrote:

> Congratulations on this new opportunity!
>
> Once it rolls out to us content contributors, we will be glad to be a part
> of it.
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Butch Bustria
>
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2020, 12:39 AM Denny Vrandečić  wrote:
>
> > Katherine, thank you for the warm welcome and your kind words!
> >
> > I am very happy to be given the opportunity to start this new project,
> and
> > deeply honored by the trust and confidence of the Board and the
> Foundation.
> >
> > Thanks to the many who have listened to me talking about this project in
> > the last few years, read my papers and plans, commented on them,
> > scrutinized them, and offered encouragement, criticism, and advice.
> Thanks
> > to everyone who expressed their support and raised their concerns on the
> > proposal page on Meta [1]. It is thanks to you that the Board was
> confident
> > enough to make this decision.
> >
> > There is a lot of work in front of us, and I will continue to rely on
> your
> > guidance and collective wisdom. We will need to foster a new community.
> > Just as with Wikidata, I hope that some of you will become active in the
> > new community, and I also want to make sure that we will be welcoming to
> > new contributors. We want to extend and grow the Wikimedia movement not
> > only with new functionalities, but also with new people.
> >
> > Settling in this new position will take quite a bit of my attention in
> the
> > next few weeks, so please forgive me if I may be slow with answering your
> > questions between now and then. One of the first things we’ll do is to
> set
> > up new communication channels. We will continue discussing the project
> and
> > planning on Meta [2] for now and also welcome you to the new, dedicated
> > mailing list [3].
> >
> > One of our first tasks together will be to find a name for the project. A
> > first set of proposals have already been made [4], and I invite you all
> to
> > come up with more ideas. We will start that off in July or August. Did I
> > mention that you can join us on Meta [2] to discuss proposals for names,
> > the project itself, and much more?
> >
> > Again, thank you all! I am super excited about figuring this thing out
> with
> > you, and am looking forward to coming back to Wikimedia full-time.
> >
> > Stay safe,
> > Denny
> >
> > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abstract_Wikipedia
> > [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia
> > [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia
> > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Name
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:24 AM Brion Vibber 
> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm extremely excited about this project!
> > >
> > > Not only will this be directly useful on its own (and a fascinating
> > project
> > > in its own right!), but it will help our volunteer editors to ramp up
> > good
> > > base material to work with on the "prose" Wikipedias we already know
> and
> > > love.
> > >
> > > The idea is really to make the structured data we've all been putting
> > into
> > > Wikidata available in a human-readable form at a big scale, that's
> still
> > > able to be shaped and made into something real and readable by human
> > > editors. By moving around where in the chain the data gets expressed as
> > > human language, we hope to make something that's just as editable but
> > much
> > > more maintainable in the future and across multiple languages.
> > >
> > > -- brion
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:04 AM Katherine Maher 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > (A translatable version of this announcement can be found on Meta
> [1])
> > > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia [1], a new project
> that
> > > has
> > > > been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
> > Trustees.
> > > > Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline
> encyclopedic
> > > > content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and
> more
> > > > readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach
> > that
> > > > aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects,
> increase
> > > the
> > > > sustainability of our movement through expanding access to
> > participation,
> > > > improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and
> innovate
> > in
> > > > free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to
> > > > create something new.
> > > >
> > > > This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract Wikipedia
> > was
> > > > submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May of 2020 [2]
> > > after
> > > > years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and
> > lively
> > > > discussions in the Wikimedia 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

[Butch Bustria]

Congratulations on this new opportunity!

Once it rolls out to us content contributors, we will be glad to be a part
of it.



Kind regards,

Butch Bustria

On Fri, Jul 3, 2020, 12:39 AM Denny Vrandečić  wrote:

> Katherine, thank you for the warm welcome and your kind words!
>
> I am very happy to be given the opportunity to start this new project, and
> deeply honored by the trust and confidence of the Board and the Foundation.
>
> Thanks to the many who have listened to me talking about this project in
> the last few years, read my papers and plans, commented on them,
> scrutinized them, and offered encouragement, criticism, and advice. Thanks
> to everyone who expressed their support and raised their concerns on the
> proposal page on Meta [1]. It is thanks to you that the Board was confident
> enough to make this decision.
>
> There is a lot of work in front of us, and I will continue to rely on your
> guidance and collective wisdom. We will need to foster a new community.
> Just as with Wikidata, I hope that some of you will become active in the
> new community, and I also want to make sure that we will be welcoming to
> new contributors. We want to extend and grow the Wikimedia movement not
> only with new functionalities, but also with new people.
>
> Settling in this new position will take quite a bit of my attention in the
> next few weeks, so please forgive me if I may be slow with answering your
> questions between now and then. One of the first things we’ll do is to set
> up new communication channels. We will continue discussing the project and
> planning on Meta [2] for now and also welcome you to the new, dedicated
> mailing list [3].
>
> One of our first tasks together will be to find a name for the project. A
> first set of proposals have already been made [4], and I invite you all to
> come up with more ideas. We will start that off in July or August. Did I
> mention that you can join us on Meta [2] to discuss proposals for names,
> the project itself, and much more?
>
> Again, thank you all! I am super excited about figuring this thing out with
> you, and am looking forward to coming back to Wikimedia full-time.
>
> Stay safe,
> Denny
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abstract_Wikipedia
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia
> [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia
> [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Name
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:24 AM Brion Vibber  wrote:
>
> > I'm extremely excited about this project!
> >
> > Not only will this be directly useful on its own (and a fascinating
> project
> > in its own right!), but it will help our volunteer editors to ramp up
> good
> > base material to work with on the "prose" Wikipedias we already know and
> > love.
> >
> > The idea is really to make the structured data we've all been putting
> into
> > Wikidata available in a human-readable form at a big scale, that's still
> > able to be shaped and made into something real and readable by human
> > editors. By moving around where in the chain the data gets expressed as
> > human language, we hope to make something that's just as editable but
> much
> > more maintainable in the future and across multiple languages.
> >
> > -- brion
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:04 AM Katherine Maher 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > (A translatable version of this announcement can be found on Meta [1])
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia [1], a new project that
> > has
> > > been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
> Trustees.
> > > Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline encyclopedic
> > > content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and more
> > > readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach
> that
> > > aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects, increase
> > the
> > > sustainability of our movement through expanding access to
> participation,
> > > improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and innovate
> in
> > > free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to
> > > create something new.
> > >
> > > This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract Wikipedia
> was
> > > submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May of 2020 [2]
> > after
> > > years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and
> lively
> > > discussions in the Wikimedia communities. We know that the energy and
> the
> > > creativity of the community often runs up against language barriers,
> and
> > > information that is available in one language may not make it to other
> > > language Wikipedias. Abstract Wikipedia intends to look and feel like a
> > > Wikipedia, but build on the powerful, language-independent conceptual
> > > models of Wikidata, with the goal of letting volunteers create and
> > maintain
> > > Wikipedia articles 

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - June Newsletter

[Jan Ainali]

This is our seventh newsletter, covering June 2020. This issue has news
related to SDGs 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16 and 17..

*Meetings*

   - Upcoming: 5 July, Wikimedians for Sustainable Development online
   meeting (SDG 17) [12]
   - Upcoming: 18 July, Wikimedians for Sustainable Development online
   meeting (SDG 17) [12]
   - Past: 7 June, Wikimedians for Sustainable Development online meeting
   (SDG 17) [13]

*News*

   - Webinar: COVID-19 and human rights: How to share the facts on
   Wikipedia (SDG 3) [1]
   - Vad menas egentligen med öppenhet? (Swedish) (SDG 4) [2]
   - How Wikipedia Has Responded to the George Floyd Protests (SDG 10) [3]
   - 50 000 kvinnor på svenskspråkiga Wikipedia! (Swedish) (SDG 5) [4]

*Videos*

   - COVID & health topics on Wikidata (SDG 3) [9]

*New Wikidata properties*

   - curriculum topics (SDG 4) [5]
   - ISCO-08 occupation code (SDG 8) [6]
   - FEMA number (SDG 2) [7]
   - Democracy Index (SDG 16) [10]

*New Wikidata query examples*

   - Species of birds (SDG 15) [8]
   - Wikidata Queries around the SARS-CoV-2 virus and pandemic (SDG 3) [11]

*Links*

   - [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kktZtDFhRho
   - [2] https://wikimedia.se/2020/06/08/vad-menas-egentligen-med-oppenhet/
   - [3]
   
https://thewikipedian.net/2020/06/25/how-wikipedia-has-respondedto-the-george-floyd-protests/
   - [4]
   https://wikimedia.se/2020/06/26/50-000-kvinnor-pa-svensksprakiga-wikipedia/
   - [5] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8263
   - [6] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8283
   - [7] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8266
   - [8] https://w.wiki/TAt
   - [9] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwQ93BlDGAM
   - [10] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8328
   - [11] https://egonw.github.io/SARS-CoV-2-Queries/
   - [12]
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_for_Sustainable_Development/Next_meeting
   - [13]
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_for_Sustainable_Development/Meeting_minutes_20200607


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

[effe iets anders]

I guess that depends on whether you count WikiVoyage to be launched in 2003
or 2013 :)

On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 10:55 AM Christophe Henner <
christophe.hen...@gmail.com> wrote:

> That is a great news!!! Congratulations :)
>
> Just so we are all on the same page, the last approved project was Wikidata
> right?
>
> And back then, one of initial core members of the project was someone
> called Denny Vrandečić too, right?
>
> Denny, I'm happy to say that is how patterns start...
>
> Stay safe and take care ^^
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Le jeu. 2 juil. 2020 à 7:28 PM, Daniel Mietchen via Wikimedia-l <
> wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> a écrit :
>
> > Good to see such an abstract proposal to reach this point on the way
> > towards becoming a very real Wikimedia project!
> > d.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 1:05 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <
> > galder...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Excited to see even how this mind-blowing idea comes to live!
> > >
> > > Congratulations
> > >
> > > Galder
> > > 
> > > From: Wikimedia-l  on behalf
> of
> > > Isaac Olatunde 
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2020 7:01 PM
> > > To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
> > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new
> > > Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia
> > >
> > > Wow! This is a great news.
> > >
> > > Thanks for sharing Katherine.
> > >
> > > With best wishes
> > >
> > > Isaac.
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2 Jul 2020, 17:39 Denny Vrandečić, 
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Katherine, thank you for the warm welcome and your kind words!
> > > >
> > > > I am very happy to be given the opportunity to start this new
> project,
> > > and
> > > > deeply honored by the trust and confidence of the Board and the
> > > Foundation.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks to the many who have listened to me talking about this project
> > in
> > > > the last few years, read my papers and plans, commented on them,
> > > > scrutinized them, and offered encouragement, criticism, and advice.
> > > Thanks
> > > > to everyone who expressed their support and raised their concerns on
> > the
> > > > proposal page on Meta [1]. It is thanks to you that the Board was
> > > confident
> > > > enough to make this decision.
> > > >
> > > > There is a lot of work in front of us, and I will continue to rely on
> > > your
> > > > guidance and collective wisdom. We will need to foster a new
> community.
> > > > Just as with Wikidata, I hope that some of you will become active in
> > the
> > > > new community, and I also want to make sure that we will be welcoming
> > to
> > > > new contributors. We want to extend and grow the Wikimedia movement
> not
> > > > only with new functionalities, but also with new people.
> > > >
> > > > Settling in this new position will take quite a bit of my attention
> in
> > > the
> > > > next few weeks, so please forgive me if I may be slow with answering
> > your
> > > > questions between now and then. One of the first things we’ll do is
> to
> > > set
> > > > up new communication channels. We will continue discussing the
> project
> > > and
> > > > planning on Meta [2] for now and also welcome you to the new,
> dedicated
> > > > mailing list [3].
> > > >
> > > > One of our first tasks together will be to find a name for the
> > project. A
> > > > first set of proposals have already been made [4], and I invite you
> all
> > > to
> > > > come up with more ideas. We will start that off in July or August.
> Did
> > I
> > > > mention that you can join us on Meta [2] to discuss proposals for
> > names,
> > > > the project itself, and much more?
> > > >
> > > > Again, thank you all! I am super excited about figuring this thing
> out
> > > with
> > > > you, and am looking forward to coming back to Wikimedia full-time.
> > > >
> > > > Stay safe,
> > > > Denny
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abstract_Wikipedia
> > > > [2]
> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia
> > > > [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia
> > > > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Name
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:24 AM Brion Vibber 
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I'm extremely excited about this project!
> > > > >
> > > > > Not only will this be directly useful on its own (and a fascinating
> > > > project
> > > > > in its own right!), but it will help our volunteer editors to ramp
> up
> > > > good
> > > > > base material to work with on the "prose" Wikipedias we already
> know
> > > and
> > > > > love.
> > > > >
> > > > > The idea is really to make the structured data we've all been
> putting
> > > > into
> > > > > Wikidata available in a human-readable form at a big scale, that's
> > > still
> > > > > able to be shaped and made into something real and readable by
> human
> > > > > editors. By moving around where in the chain the data gets
> expressed
> > as
> > > > > human language, we hope to make something that's just 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

[Erik Moeller]

This is wonderful news. :)

Thank you for the foresight to support this important initiative, and
huge thanks to Denny for continuing to tirelessly explore new ways to
make knowledge truly universally accessible! This project has the
potential to become a new foundation for learning about our world in
any language. I look forward to seeing this idea come to its fullest
fruition.

Warmly,

Erik

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Denny, this is very exciting! Congratulations to this wonderful opportunity.

We should definitely organize a Wikidata Lab on the new project and how we
can engage with it. (We might actually have to change the name of the labs,
damn!) Whenever you think is the right time for this event and if you
indeed think it is worth doing it, please let me know and we'll make it
work!

Again, this is great news! Count us in!

João

Em qui., 2 de jul. de 2020 às 13:39, Denny Vrandečić 
escreveu:

> Katherine, thank you for the warm welcome and your kind words!
>
> I am very happy to be given the opportunity to start this new project, and
> deeply honored by the trust and confidence of the Board and the Foundation.
>
> Thanks to the many who have listened to me talking about this project in
> the last few years, read my papers and plans, commented on them,
> scrutinized them, and offered encouragement, criticism, and advice. Thanks
> to everyone who expressed their support and raised their concerns on the
> proposal page on Meta [1]. It is thanks to you that the Board was confident
> enough to make this decision.
>
> There is a lot of work in front of us, and I will continue to rely on your
> guidance and collective wisdom. We will need to foster a new community.
> Just as with Wikidata, I hope that some of you will become active in the
> new community, and I also want to make sure that we will be welcoming to
> new contributors. We want to extend and grow the Wikimedia movement not
> only with new functionalities, but also with new people.
>
> Settling in this new position will take quite a bit of my attention in the
> next few weeks, so please forgive me if I may be slow with answering your
> questions between now and then. One of the first things we’ll do is to set
> up new communication channels. We will continue discussing the project and
> planning on Meta [2] for now and also welcome you to the new, dedicated
> mailing list [3].
>
> One of our first tasks together will be to find a name for the project. A
> first set of proposals have already been made [4], and I invite you all to
> come up with more ideas. We will start that off in July or August. Did I
> mention that you can join us on Meta [2] to discuss proposals for names,
> the project itself, and much more?
>
> Again, thank you all! I am super excited about figuring this thing out with
> you, and am looking forward to coming back to Wikimedia full-time.
>
> Stay safe,
> Denny
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abstract_Wikipedia
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia
> [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia
> [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Name
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:24 AM Brion Vibber  wrote:
>
> > I'm extremely excited about this project!
> >
> > Not only will this be directly useful on its own (and a fascinating
> project
> > in its own right!), but it will help our volunteer editors to ramp up
> good
> > base material to work with on the "prose" Wikipedias we already know and
> > love.
> >
> > The idea is really to make the structured data we've all been putting
> into
> > Wikidata available in a human-readable form at a big scale, that's still
> > able to be shaped and made into something real and readable by human
> > editors. By moving around where in the chain the data gets expressed as
> > human language, we hope to make something that's just as editable but
> much
> > more maintainable in the future and across multiple languages.
> >
> > -- brion
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:04 AM Katherine Maher 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > (A translatable version of this announcement can be found on Meta [1])
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia [1], a new project that
> > has
> > > been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
> Trustees.
> > > Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline encyclopedic
> > > content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and more
> > > readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach
> that
> > > aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects, increase
> > the
> > > sustainability of our movement through expanding access to
> participation,
> > > improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and innovate
> in
> > > free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to
> > > create something new.
> > >
> > > This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract Wikipedia
> was
> > > submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May of 2020 [2]
> > after
> > > years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and
> lively
> > > discussions in the Wikimedia communities. We know that the energy and
> the
> > > creativity of the community often runs up against language barriers,
> and
> > > information that is available in one language may not make 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

[Christophe Henner]

That is a great news!!! Congratulations :)

Just so we are all on the same page, the last approved project was Wikidata
right?

And back then, one of initial core members of the project was someone
called Denny Vrandečić too, right?

Denny, I'm happy to say that is how patterns start...

Stay safe and take care ^^






Le jeu. 2 juil. 2020 à 7:28 PM, Daniel Mietchen via Wikimedia-l <
wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> a écrit :

> Good to see such an abstract proposal to reach this point on the way
> towards becoming a very real Wikimedia project!
> d.
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 1:05 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <
> galder...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Excited to see even how this mind-blowing idea comes to live!
> >
> > Congratulations
> >
> > Galder
> > 
> > From: Wikimedia-l  on behalf of
> > Isaac Olatunde 
> > Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2020 7:01 PM
> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new
> > Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia
> >
> > Wow! This is a great news.
> >
> > Thanks for sharing Katherine.
> >
> > With best wishes
> >
> > Isaac.
> >
> > On Thu, 2 Jul 2020, 17:39 Denny Vrandečić,  wrote:
> >
> > > Katherine, thank you for the warm welcome and your kind words!
> > >
> > > I am very happy to be given the opportunity to start this new project,
> > and
> > > deeply honored by the trust and confidence of the Board and the
> > Foundation.
> > >
> > > Thanks to the many who have listened to me talking about this project
> in
> > > the last few years, read my papers and plans, commented on them,
> > > scrutinized them, and offered encouragement, criticism, and advice.
> > Thanks
> > > to everyone who expressed their support and raised their concerns on
> the
> > > proposal page on Meta [1]. It is thanks to you that the Board was
> > confident
> > > enough to make this decision.
> > >
> > > There is a lot of work in front of us, and I will continue to rely on
> > your
> > > guidance and collective wisdom. We will need to foster a new community.
> > > Just as with Wikidata, I hope that some of you will become active in
> the
> > > new community, and I also want to make sure that we will be welcoming
> to
> > > new contributors. We want to extend and grow the Wikimedia movement not
> > > only with new functionalities, but also with new people.
> > >
> > > Settling in this new position will take quite a bit of my attention in
> > the
> > > next few weeks, so please forgive me if I may be slow with answering
> your
> > > questions between now and then. One of the first things we’ll do is to
> > set
> > > up new communication channels. We will continue discussing the project
> > and
> > > planning on Meta [2] for now and also welcome you to the new, dedicated
> > > mailing list [3].
> > >
> > > One of our first tasks together will be to find a name for the
> project. A
> > > first set of proposals have already been made [4], and I invite you all
> > to
> > > come up with more ideas. We will start that off in July or August. Did
> I
> > > mention that you can join us on Meta [2] to discuss proposals for
> names,
> > > the project itself, and much more?
> > >
> > > Again, thank you all! I am super excited about figuring this thing out
> > with
> > > you, and am looking forward to coming back to Wikimedia full-time.
> > >
> > > Stay safe,
> > > Denny
> > >
> > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abstract_Wikipedia
> > > [2]
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia
> > > [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia
> > > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Name
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:24 AM Brion Vibber 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm extremely excited about this project!
> > > >
> > > > Not only will this be directly useful on its own (and a fascinating
> > > project
> > > > in its own right!), but it will help our volunteer editors to ramp up
> > > good
> > > > base material to work with on the "prose" Wikipedias we already know
> > and
> > > > love.
> > > >
> > > > The idea is really to make the structured data we've all been putting
> > > into
> > > > Wikidata available in a human-readable form at a big scale, that's
> > still
> > > > able to be shaped and made into something real and readable by human
> > > > editors. By moving around where in the chain the data gets expressed
> as
> > > > human language, we hope to make something that's just as editable but
> > > much
> > > > more maintainable in the future and across multiple languages.
> > > >
> > > > -- brion
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:04 AM Katherine Maher  >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > (A translatable version of this announcement can be found on Meta
> > [1])
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia [1], a new project
> > that
> > > > has
> > > > > been unanimously 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

[Daniel Mietchen via Wikimedia-l]

Good to see such an abstract proposal to reach this point on the way
towards becoming a very real Wikimedia project!
d.


On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 1:05 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <
galder...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Excited to see even how this mind-blowing idea comes to live!
>
> Congratulations
>
> Galder
> 
> From: Wikimedia-l  on behalf of
> Isaac Olatunde 
> Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2020 7:01 PM
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new
> Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia
>
> Wow! This is a great news.
>
> Thanks for sharing Katherine.
>
> With best wishes
>
> Isaac.
>
> On Thu, 2 Jul 2020, 17:39 Denny Vrandečić,  wrote:
>
> > Katherine, thank you for the warm welcome and your kind words!
> >
> > I am very happy to be given the opportunity to start this new project,
> and
> > deeply honored by the trust and confidence of the Board and the
> Foundation.
> >
> > Thanks to the many who have listened to me talking about this project in
> > the last few years, read my papers and plans, commented on them,
> > scrutinized them, and offered encouragement, criticism, and advice.
> Thanks
> > to everyone who expressed their support and raised their concerns on the
> > proposal page on Meta [1]. It is thanks to you that the Board was
> confident
> > enough to make this decision.
> >
> > There is a lot of work in front of us, and I will continue to rely on
> your
> > guidance and collective wisdom. We will need to foster a new community.
> > Just as with Wikidata, I hope that some of you will become active in the
> > new community, and I also want to make sure that we will be welcoming to
> > new contributors. We want to extend and grow the Wikimedia movement not
> > only with new functionalities, but also with new people.
> >
> > Settling in this new position will take quite a bit of my attention in
> the
> > next few weeks, so please forgive me if I may be slow with answering your
> > questions between now and then. One of the first things we’ll do is to
> set
> > up new communication channels. We will continue discussing the project
> and
> > planning on Meta [2] for now and also welcome you to the new, dedicated
> > mailing list [3].
> >
> > One of our first tasks together will be to find a name for the project. A
> > first set of proposals have already been made [4], and I invite you all
> to
> > come up with more ideas. We will start that off in July or August. Did I
> > mention that you can join us on Meta [2] to discuss proposals for names,
> > the project itself, and much more?
> >
> > Again, thank you all! I am super excited about figuring this thing out
> with
> > you, and am looking forward to coming back to Wikimedia full-time.
> >
> > Stay safe,
> > Denny
> >
> > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abstract_Wikipedia
> > [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia
> > [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia
> > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Name
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:24 AM Brion Vibber 
> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm extremely excited about this project!
> > >
> > > Not only will this be directly useful on its own (and a fascinating
> > project
> > > in its own right!), but it will help our volunteer editors to ramp up
> > good
> > > base material to work with on the "prose" Wikipedias we already know
> and
> > > love.
> > >
> > > The idea is really to make the structured data we've all been putting
> > into
> > > Wikidata available in a human-readable form at a big scale, that's
> still
> > > able to be shaped and made into something real and readable by human
> > > editors. By moving around where in the chain the data gets expressed as
> > > human language, we hope to make something that's just as editable but
> > much
> > > more maintainable in the future and across multiple languages.
> > >
> > > -- brion
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:04 AM Katherine Maher 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > (A translatable version of this announcement can be found on Meta
> [1])
> > > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia [1], a new project
> that
> > > has
> > > > been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
> > Trustees.
> > > > Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline
> encyclopedic
> > > > content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and
> more
> > > > readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach
> > that
> > > > aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects,
> increase
> > > the
> > > > sustainability of our movement through expanding access to
> > participation,
> > > > improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and
> innovate
> > in
> > > > free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to
> > > > create something new.
> > > >
> > > > This 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

[Samuel Klein]

Best news all year. Thank you for moving swiftly on this :)

It has been a fine thing too, to see WikiLambda experiments on Wikispore.
https://wikispore.wmflabs.org

I hope this may Herald a new wave of new and complementary projects.  There
are yet so many types of knowledge that have not found a home in our
wikiverse -- we are devising more every year (here's looking at you,
thingiverse & ML model hubs) -- and most of them do not naturally end up
with free knowledge platforms of their own.

SJ



On Thu., Jul. 2, 2020, 12:04 p.m. Katherine Maher, 
wrote:

> (A translatable version of this announcement can be found on Meta [1])
>
> Hi all,
>
> It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia [1], a new project that has
> been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.
> Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline encyclopedic
> content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and more
> readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach that
> aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects, increase the
> sustainability of our movement through expanding access to participation,
> improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and innovate in
> free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to
> create something new.
>
> This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract Wikipedia was
> submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May of 2020 [2] after
> years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and lively
> discussions in the Wikimedia communities. We know that the energy and the
> creativity of the community often runs up against language barriers, and
> information that is available in one language may not make it to other
> language Wikipedias. Abstract Wikipedia intends to look and feel like a
> Wikipedia, but build on the powerful, language-independent conceptual
> models of Wikidata, with the goal of letting volunteers create and maintain
> Wikipedia articles across our polyglot Wikimedia world.
>
> The project will allow volunteers to assemble the fundamentals of an
> article using words and entities from Wikidata. Because Wikidata uses
> conceptual models that are meant to be universal across languages, it
> should be possible to use and extend these building blocks of knowledge to
> create models for articles that also have universal value. Using code,
> volunteers will be able to translate these abstract “articles” into their
> own languages. If successful, this could eventually allow everyone to read
> about any topic in Wikidata in their own language.
>
> As you can imagine, this work will require a lot of software development,
> and a lot of cooperation among Wikimedians. In order to make this effort
> possible, Denny will join the Foundation as a staff member in July and lead
> this initiative. You may know Denny as the creator of Wikidata, a long-time
> community member, a former staff member at Wikimedia Deutschland, and a
> former Trustee at the Wikimedia Foundation[3]. We are very excited that
> Denny will bring his skills and expertise to work on this project alongside
> the Foundation’s product, technology, and community liaison teams.
>
> It is important to acknowledge that this is an experimental project and
> that every Wikipedia community has different needs. This project may offer
> some communities great advantages. Other communities may engage less. Every
> language Wikipedia community will be free to choose and moderate whether or
> how they would use content from this project.
>
> We are excited that this new wiki-project has the possibility to advance
> knowledge equity through increased access to knowledge. It also invites us
> to consider and engage with critical questions about how and by whom
> knowledge is constructed. We look forward to working in cooperation with
> the communities to think through these important questions.
>
> There is much to do as we begin designing a plan for Abstract Wikipedia in
> close collaboration with our communities. I encourage you to get involved
> by going to the project page and joining the new mailing list[4]. We
> recognize that Abstract Wikipedia is ambitious, but we also recognize its
> potential. We invite you all to join us on a new, unexplored path.
>
> Yours,
> Katherine Maher
>
> Executive Director,
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract
> Wikipedia/June 2020 announcement
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia
> [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Denny
> [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia
> --
>
> Katherine Maher (she/her)
>
> Executive Director
>
> Wikimedia Foundation 
>
> ___
> Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately
> directed to 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

[Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga]

Excited to see even how this mind-blowing idea comes to live!

Congratulations

Galder

From: Wikimedia-l  on behalf of Isaac 
Olatunde 
Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2020 7:01 PM
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia 
project: Abstract Wikipedia

Wow! This is a great news.

Thanks for sharing Katherine.

With best wishes

Isaac.

On Thu, 2 Jul 2020, 17:39 Denny Vrandečić,  wrote:

> Katherine, thank you for the warm welcome and your kind words!
>
> I am very happy to be given the opportunity to start this new project, and
> deeply honored by the trust and confidence of the Board and the Foundation.
>
> Thanks to the many who have listened to me talking about this project in
> the last few years, read my papers and plans, commented on them,
> scrutinized them, and offered encouragement, criticism, and advice. Thanks
> to everyone who expressed their support and raised their concerns on the
> proposal page on Meta [1]. It is thanks to you that the Board was confident
> enough to make this decision.
>
> There is a lot of work in front of us, and I will continue to rely on your
> guidance and collective wisdom. We will need to foster a new community.
> Just as with Wikidata, I hope that some of you will become active in the
> new community, and I also want to make sure that we will be welcoming to
> new contributors. We want to extend and grow the Wikimedia movement not
> only with new functionalities, but also with new people.
>
> Settling in this new position will take quite a bit of my attention in the
> next few weeks, so please forgive me if I may be slow with answering your
> questions between now and then. One of the first things we’ll do is to set
> up new communication channels. We will continue discussing the project and
> planning on Meta [2] for now and also welcome you to the new, dedicated
> mailing list [3].
>
> One of our first tasks together will be to find a name for the project. A
> first set of proposals have already been made [4], and I invite you all to
> come up with more ideas. We will start that off in July or August. Did I
> mention that you can join us on Meta [2] to discuss proposals for names,
> the project itself, and much more?
>
> Again, thank you all! I am super excited about figuring this thing out with
> you, and am looking forward to coming back to Wikimedia full-time.
>
> Stay safe,
> Denny
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abstract_Wikipedia
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia
> [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia
> [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Name
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:24 AM Brion Vibber  wrote:
>
> > I'm extremely excited about this project!
> >
> > Not only will this be directly useful on its own (and a fascinating
> project
> > in its own right!), but it will help our volunteer editors to ramp up
> good
> > base material to work with on the "prose" Wikipedias we already know and
> > love.
> >
> > The idea is really to make the structured data we've all been putting
> into
> > Wikidata available in a human-readable form at a big scale, that's still
> > able to be shaped and made into something real and readable by human
> > editors. By moving around where in the chain the data gets expressed as
> > human language, we hope to make something that's just as editable but
> much
> > more maintainable in the future and across multiple languages.
> >
> > -- brion
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:04 AM Katherine Maher 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > (A translatable version of this announcement can be found on Meta [1])
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia [1], a new project that
> > has
> > > been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
> Trustees.
> > > Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline encyclopedic
> > > content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and more
> > > readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach
> that
> > > aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects, increase
> > the
> > > sustainability of our movement through expanding access to
> participation,
> > > improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and innovate
> in
> > > free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to
> > > create something new.
> > >
> > > This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract Wikipedia
> was
> > > submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May of 2020 [2]
> > after
> > > years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and
> lively
> > > discussions in the Wikimedia communities. We know that the energy and
> the
> > > creativity of the community often runs up against language barriers,
> and
> > > information that is available in one language may not make it to 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

[Isaac Olatunde]

Wow! This is a great news.

Thanks for sharing Katherine.

With best wishes

Isaac.

On Thu, 2 Jul 2020, 17:39 Denny Vrandečić,  wrote:

> Katherine, thank you for the warm welcome and your kind words!
>
> I am very happy to be given the opportunity to start this new project, and
> deeply honored by the trust and confidence of the Board and the Foundation.
>
> Thanks to the many who have listened to me talking about this project in
> the last few years, read my papers and plans, commented on them,
> scrutinized them, and offered encouragement, criticism, and advice. Thanks
> to everyone who expressed their support and raised their concerns on the
> proposal page on Meta [1]. It is thanks to you that the Board was confident
> enough to make this decision.
>
> There is a lot of work in front of us, and I will continue to rely on your
> guidance and collective wisdom. We will need to foster a new community.
> Just as with Wikidata, I hope that some of you will become active in the
> new community, and I also want to make sure that we will be welcoming to
> new contributors. We want to extend and grow the Wikimedia movement not
> only with new functionalities, but also with new people.
>
> Settling in this new position will take quite a bit of my attention in the
> next few weeks, so please forgive me if I may be slow with answering your
> questions between now and then. One of the first things we’ll do is to set
> up new communication channels. We will continue discussing the project and
> planning on Meta [2] for now and also welcome you to the new, dedicated
> mailing list [3].
>
> One of our first tasks together will be to find a name for the project. A
> first set of proposals have already been made [4], and I invite you all to
> come up with more ideas. We will start that off in July or August. Did I
> mention that you can join us on Meta [2] to discuss proposals for names,
> the project itself, and much more?
>
> Again, thank you all! I am super excited about figuring this thing out with
> you, and am looking forward to coming back to Wikimedia full-time.
>
> Stay safe,
> Denny
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abstract_Wikipedia
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia
> [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia
> [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Name
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:24 AM Brion Vibber  wrote:
>
> > I'm extremely excited about this project!
> >
> > Not only will this be directly useful on its own (and a fascinating
> project
> > in its own right!), but it will help our volunteer editors to ramp up
> good
> > base material to work with on the "prose" Wikipedias we already know and
> > love.
> >
> > The idea is really to make the structured data we've all been putting
> into
> > Wikidata available in a human-readable form at a big scale, that's still
> > able to be shaped and made into something real and readable by human
> > editors. By moving around where in the chain the data gets expressed as
> > human language, we hope to make something that's just as editable but
> much
> > more maintainable in the future and across multiple languages.
> >
> > -- brion
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:04 AM Katherine Maher 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > (A translatable version of this announcement can be found on Meta [1])
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia [1], a new project that
> > has
> > > been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
> Trustees.
> > > Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline encyclopedic
> > > content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and more
> > > readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach
> that
> > > aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects, increase
> > the
> > > sustainability of our movement through expanding access to
> participation,
> > > improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and innovate
> in
> > > free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to
> > > create something new.
> > >
> > > This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract Wikipedia
> was
> > > submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May of 2020 [2]
> > after
> > > years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and
> lively
> > > discussions in the Wikimedia communities. We know that the energy and
> the
> > > creativity of the community often runs up against language barriers,
> and
> > > information that is available in one language may not make it to other
> > > language Wikipedias. Abstract Wikipedia intends to look and feel like a
> > > Wikipedia, but build on the powerful, language-independent conceptual
> > > models of Wikidata, with the goal of letting volunteers create and
> > maintain
> > > Wikipedia articles across our polyglot Wikimedia world.
> > >
> > > The project will allow 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

[Denny Vrandečić]

Katherine, thank you for the warm welcome and your kind words!

I am very happy to be given the opportunity to start this new project, and
deeply honored by the trust and confidence of the Board and the Foundation.

Thanks to the many who have listened to me talking about this project in
the last few years, read my papers and plans, commented on them,
scrutinized them, and offered encouragement, criticism, and advice. Thanks
to everyone who expressed their support and raised their concerns on the
proposal page on Meta [1]. It is thanks to you that the Board was confident
enough to make this decision.

There is a lot of work in front of us, and I will continue to rely on your
guidance and collective wisdom. We will need to foster a new community.
Just as with Wikidata, I hope that some of you will become active in the
new community, and I also want to make sure that we will be welcoming to
new contributors. We want to extend and grow the Wikimedia movement not
only with new functionalities, but also with new people.

Settling in this new position will take quite a bit of my attention in the
next few weeks, so please forgive me if I may be slow with answering your
questions between now and then. One of the first things we’ll do is to set
up new communication channels. We will continue discussing the project and
planning on Meta [2] for now and also welcome you to the new, dedicated
mailing list [3].

One of our first tasks together will be to find a name for the project. A
first set of proposals have already been made [4], and I invite you all to
come up with more ideas. We will start that off in July or August. Did I
mention that you can join us on Meta [2] to discuss proposals for names,
the project itself, and much more?

Again, thank you all! I am super excited about figuring this thing out with
you, and am looking forward to coming back to Wikimedia full-time.

Stay safe,
Denny

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abstract_Wikipedia
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia
[3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Name



On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:24 AM Brion Vibber  wrote:

> I'm extremely excited about this project!
>
> Not only will this be directly useful on its own (and a fascinating project
> in its own right!), but it will help our volunteer editors to ramp up good
> base material to work with on the "prose" Wikipedias we already know and
> love.
>
> The idea is really to make the structured data we've all been putting into
> Wikidata available in a human-readable form at a big scale, that's still
> able to be shaped and made into something real and readable by human
> editors. By moving around where in the chain the data gets expressed as
> human language, we hope to make something that's just as editable but much
> more maintainable in the future and across multiple languages.
>
> -- brion
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:04 AM Katherine Maher 
> wrote:
>
> > (A translatable version of this announcement can be found on Meta [1])
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia [1], a new project that
> has
> > been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.
> > Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline encyclopedic
> > content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and more
> > readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach that
> > aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects, increase
> the
> > sustainability of our movement through expanding access to participation,
> > improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and innovate in
> > free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to
> > create something new.
> >
> > This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract Wikipedia was
> > submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May of 2020 [2]
> after
> > years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and lively
> > discussions in the Wikimedia communities. We know that the energy and the
> > creativity of the community often runs up against language barriers, and
> > information that is available in one language may not make it to other
> > language Wikipedias. Abstract Wikipedia intends to look and feel like a
> > Wikipedia, but build on the powerful, language-independent conceptual
> > models of Wikidata, with the goal of letting volunteers create and
> maintain
> > Wikipedia articles across our polyglot Wikimedia world.
> >
> > The project will allow volunteers to assemble the fundamentals of an
> > article using words and entities from Wikidata. Because Wikidata uses
> > conceptual models that are meant to be universal across languages, it
> > should be possible to use and extend these building blocks of knowledge
> to
> > create models for articles that also have universal value. Using 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi,

This is really an exciting news. This ambitious project will fill up the
knowledge gaps in different languages for sure and will definitely play a
vital role in preserving endangered and near-extinct languages in future.

Best wishes,
Bodhisattwa



On Thu, Jul 2, 2020, 21:54 Brion Vibber  wrote:

> I'm extremely excited about this project!
>
> Not only will this be directly useful on its own (and a fascinating project
> in its own right!), but it will help our volunteer editors to ramp up good
> base material to work with on the "prose" Wikipedias we already know and
> love.
>
> The idea is really to make the structured data we've all been putting into
> Wikidata available in a human-readable form at a big scale, that's still
> able to be shaped and made into something real and readable by human
> editors. By moving around where in the chain the data gets expressed as
> human language, we hope to make something that's just as editable but much
> more maintainable in the future and across multiple languages.
>
> -- brion
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:04 AM Katherine Maher 
> wrote:
>
> > (A translatable version of this announcement can be found on Meta [1])
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia [1], a new project that
> has
> > been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.
> > Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline encyclopedic
> > content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and more
> > readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach that
> > aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects, increase
> the
> > sustainability of our movement through expanding access to participation,
> > improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and innovate in
> > free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to
> > create something new.
> >
> > This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract Wikipedia was
> > submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May of 2020 [2]
> after
> > years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and lively
> > discussions in the Wikimedia communities. We know that the energy and the
> > creativity of the community often runs up against language barriers, and
> > information that is available in one language may not make it to other
> > language Wikipedias. Abstract Wikipedia intends to look and feel like a
> > Wikipedia, but build on the powerful, language-independent conceptual
> > models of Wikidata, with the goal of letting volunteers create and
> maintain
> > Wikipedia articles across our polyglot Wikimedia world.
> >
> > The project will allow volunteers to assemble the fundamentals of an
> > article using words and entities from Wikidata. Because Wikidata uses
> > conceptual models that are meant to be universal across languages, it
> > should be possible to use and extend these building blocks of knowledge
> to
> > create models for articles that also have universal value. Using code,
> > volunteers will be able to translate these abstract “articles” into their
> > own languages. If successful, this could eventually allow everyone to
> read
> > about any topic in Wikidata in their own language.
> >
> > As you can imagine, this work will require a lot of software development,
> > and a lot of cooperation among Wikimedians. In order to make this effort
> > possible, Denny will join the Foundation as a staff member in July and
> lead
> > this initiative. You may know Denny as the creator of Wikidata, a
> long-time
> > community member, a former staff member at Wikimedia Deutschland, and a
> > former Trustee at the Wikimedia Foundation[3]. We are very excited that
> > Denny will bring his skills and expertise to work on this project
> alongside
> > the Foundation’s product, technology, and community liaison teams.
> >
> > It is important to acknowledge that this is an experimental project and
> > that every Wikipedia community has different needs. This project may
> offer
> > some communities great advantages. Other communities may engage less.
> Every
> > language Wikipedia community will be free to choose and moderate whether
> or
> > how they would use content from this project.
> >
> > We are excited that this new wiki-project has the possibility to advance
> > knowledge equity through increased access to knowledge. It also invites
> us
> > to consider and engage with critical questions about how and by whom
> > knowledge is constructed. We look forward to working in cooperation with
> > the communities to think through these important questions.
> >
> > There is much to do as we begin designing a plan for Abstract Wikipedia
> in
> > close collaboration with our communities. I encourage you to get involved
> > by going to the project page and joining the new mailing list[4]. We
> > recognize that Abstract Wikipedia is ambitious, but we also recognize its
> > potential. We 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

[Brion Vibber]

I'm extremely excited about this project!

Not only will this be directly useful on its own (and a fascinating project
in its own right!), but it will help our volunteer editors to ramp up good
base material to work with on the "prose" Wikipedias we already know and
love.

The idea is really to make the structured data we've all been putting into
Wikidata available in a human-readable form at a big scale, that's still
able to be shaped and made into something real and readable by human
editors. By moving around where in the chain the data gets expressed as
human language, we hope to make something that's just as editable but much
more maintainable in the future and across multiple languages.

-- brion


On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:04 AM Katherine Maher  wrote:

> (A translatable version of this announcement can be found on Meta [1])
>
> Hi all,
>
> It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia [1], a new project that has
> been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.
> Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline encyclopedic
> content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and more
> readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach that
> aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects, increase the
> sustainability of our movement through expanding access to participation,
> improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and innovate in
> free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to
> create something new.
>
> This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract Wikipedia was
> submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May of 2020 [2] after
> years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and lively
> discussions in the Wikimedia communities. We know that the energy and the
> creativity of the community often runs up against language barriers, and
> information that is available in one language may not make it to other
> language Wikipedias. Abstract Wikipedia intends to look and feel like a
> Wikipedia, but build on the powerful, language-independent conceptual
> models of Wikidata, with the goal of letting volunteers create and maintain
> Wikipedia articles across our polyglot Wikimedia world.
>
> The project will allow volunteers to assemble the fundamentals of an
> article using words and entities from Wikidata. Because Wikidata uses
> conceptual models that are meant to be universal across languages, it
> should be possible to use and extend these building blocks of knowledge to
> create models for articles that also have universal value. Using code,
> volunteers will be able to translate these abstract “articles” into their
> own languages. If successful, this could eventually allow everyone to read
> about any topic in Wikidata in their own language.
>
> As you can imagine, this work will require a lot of software development,
> and a lot of cooperation among Wikimedians. In order to make this effort
> possible, Denny will join the Foundation as a staff member in July and lead
> this initiative. You may know Denny as the creator of Wikidata, a long-time
> community member, a former staff member at Wikimedia Deutschland, and a
> former Trustee at the Wikimedia Foundation[3]. We are very excited that
> Denny will bring his skills and expertise to work on this project alongside
> the Foundation’s product, technology, and community liaison teams.
>
> It is important to acknowledge that this is an experimental project and
> that every Wikipedia community has different needs. This project may offer
> some communities great advantages. Other communities may engage less. Every
> language Wikipedia community will be free to choose and moderate whether or
> how they would use content from this project.
>
> We are excited that this new wiki-project has the possibility to advance
> knowledge equity through increased access to knowledge. It also invites us
> to consider and engage with critical questions about how and by whom
> knowledge is constructed. We look forward to working in cooperation with
> the communities to think through these important questions.
>
> There is much to do as we begin designing a plan for Abstract Wikipedia in
> close collaboration with our communities. I encourage you to get involved
> by going to the project page and joining the new mailing list[4]. We
> recognize that Abstract Wikipedia is ambitious, but we also recognize its
> potential. We invite you all to join us on a new, unexplored path.
>
> Yours,
> Katherine Maher
>
> Executive Director,
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract
> Wikipedia/June 2020 announcement
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia
> [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Denny
> [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia
> --
>
> Katherine Maher (she/her)
>
> Executive Director
>
> 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

[Tito Dutta]

Excellent news. Congratulations and glad to see this project being approved.

On Thu, Jul 2, 2020, 9:34 PM Katherine Maher  wrote:

> (A translatable version of this announcement can be found on Meta [1])
>
> Hi all,
>
> It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia [1], a new project that has
> been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.
> Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline encyclopedic
> content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and more
> readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach that
> aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects, increase the
> sustainability of our movement through expanding access to participation,
> improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and innovate in
> free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to
> create something new.
>
> This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract Wikipedia was
> submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May of 2020 [2] after
> years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and lively
> discussions in the Wikimedia communities. We know that the energy and the
> creativity of the community often runs up against language barriers, and
> information that is available in one language may not make it to other
> language Wikipedias. Abstract Wikipedia intends to look and feel like a
> Wikipedia, but build on the powerful, language-independent conceptual
> models of Wikidata, with the goal of letting volunteers create and maintain
> Wikipedia articles across our polyglot Wikimedia world.
>
> The project will allow volunteers to assemble the fundamentals of an
> article using words and entities from Wikidata. Because Wikidata uses
> conceptual models that are meant to be universal across languages, it
> should be possible to use and extend these building blocks of knowledge to
> create models for articles that also have universal value. Using code,
> volunteers will be able to translate these abstract “articles” into their
> own languages. If successful, this could eventually allow everyone to read
> about any topic in Wikidata in their own language.
>
> As you can imagine, this work will require a lot of software development,
> and a lot of cooperation among Wikimedians. In order to make this effort
> possible, Denny will join the Foundation as a staff member in July and lead
> this initiative. You may know Denny as the creator of Wikidata, a long-time
> community member, a former staff member at Wikimedia Deutschland, and a
> former Trustee at the Wikimedia Foundation[3]. We are very excited that
> Denny will bring his skills and expertise to work on this project alongside
> the Foundation’s product, technology, and community liaison teams.
>
> It is important to acknowledge that this is an experimental project and
> that every Wikipedia community has different needs. This project may offer
> some communities great advantages. Other communities may engage less. Every
> language Wikipedia community will be free to choose and moderate whether or
> how they would use content from this project.
>
> We are excited that this new wiki-project has the possibility to advance
> knowledge equity through increased access to knowledge. It also invites us
> to consider and engage with critical questions about how and by whom
> knowledge is constructed. We look forward to working in cooperation with
> the communities to think through these important questions.
>
> There is much to do as we begin designing a plan for Abstract Wikipedia in
> close collaboration with our communities. I encourage you to get involved
> by going to the project page and joining the new mailing list[4]. We
> recognize that Abstract Wikipedia is ambitious, but we also recognize its
> potential. We invite you all to join us on a new, unexplored path.
>
> Yours,
> Katherine Maher
>
> Executive Director,
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract
> Wikipedia/June 2020 announcement
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia
> [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Denny
> [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia
> --
>
> Katherine Maher (she/her)
>
> Executive Director
>
> Wikimedia Foundation 
>
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[Katherine Maher]

(A translatable version of this announcement can be found on Meta [1])

Hi all,

It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia [1], a new project that has
been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.
Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline encyclopedic
content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and more
readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach that
aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects, increase the
sustainability of our movement through expanding access to participation,
improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and innovate in
free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to
create something new.

This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract Wikipedia was
submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May of 2020 [2] after
years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and lively
discussions in the Wikimedia communities. We know that the energy and the
creativity of the community often runs up against language barriers, and
information that is available in one language may not make it to other
language Wikipedias. Abstract Wikipedia intends to look and feel like a
Wikipedia, but build on the powerful, language-independent conceptual
models of Wikidata, with the goal of letting volunteers create and maintain
Wikipedia articles across our polyglot Wikimedia world.

The project will allow volunteers to assemble the fundamentals of an
article using words and entities from Wikidata. Because Wikidata uses
conceptual models that are meant to be universal across languages, it
should be possible to use and extend these building blocks of knowledge to
create models for articles that also have universal value. Using code,
volunteers will be able to translate these abstract “articles” into their
own languages. If successful, this could eventually allow everyone to read
about any topic in Wikidata in their own language.

As you can imagine, this work will require a lot of software development,
and a lot of cooperation among Wikimedians. In order to make this effort
possible, Denny will join the Foundation as a staff member in July and lead
this initiative. You may know Denny as the creator of Wikidata, a long-time
community member, a former staff member at Wikimedia Deutschland, and a
former Trustee at the Wikimedia Foundation[3]. We are very excited that
Denny will bring his skills and expertise to work on this project alongside
the Foundation’s product, technology, and community liaison teams.

It is important to acknowledge that this is an experimental project and
that every Wikipedia community has different needs. This project may offer
some communities great advantages. Other communities may engage less. Every
language Wikipedia community will be free to choose and moderate whether or
how they would use content from this project.

We are excited that this new wiki-project has the possibility to advance
knowledge equity through increased access to knowledge. It also invites us
to consider and engage with critical questions about how and by whom
knowledge is constructed. We look forward to working in cooperation with
the communities to think through these important questions.

There is much to do as we begin designing a plan for Abstract Wikipedia in
close collaboration with our communities. I encourage you to get involved
by going to the project page and joining the new mailing list[4]. We
recognize that Abstract Wikipedia is ambitious, but we also recognize its
potential. We invite you all to join us on a new, unexplored path.

Yours,
Katherine Maher

Executive Director,
Wikimedia Foundation

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract
Wikipedia/June 2020 announcement
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Denny
[4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia
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Katherine Maher (she/her)

Executive Director

Wikimedia Foundation 
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