Interesting project: "Wikidata now has up-to-date and consistent data on political position holders in current national legislatures for at least 39 countries <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/mySociety/EveryPolitician/Final#Targets>, thanks to work by volunteer community members on the Wikiproject every politician <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_every_politician>. There are many groups and individuals around the world who need this data for democratic and accountability initiatives.
Political research is often hampered by difficulties in getting access to accurate, complete, consistently formatted data in a timely manner. Now that this data is increasingly to be found in Wikidata, there is a real possibility for Wikidata to become the definitive source of data about democracies worldwide — but only if that data can be maintained sustainably." https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikidata_post-election_updating_toolkit *Edward Saperia* Dean of Newspeak House <http://www.nwspk.com> newsletter <http://www.tinyletter.com/edsaperia> • facebook <http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> • twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
