Rock'n'roll Danny. May the Force be with you. On Thu, Sep 19, 2019, 19:32 Shani Evenstein <[email protected]> wrote:
> That is such great news, Danny! > I'm sure you'll do an amazing job at it, as always. We're lucky to have > you as our ambassador. > > All the best in your new role and looking forward to following your work, > Shani. > > ----------------------------------------------- > *Shani Evenstein Sigalov* > > * Lecturer, Tel Aviv University. > * EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler > School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. > * PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University. > * OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair > <https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, > Internationalization and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv > University <https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>. > > * Member of the Board of Trustees > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees>, > Wikimedia > Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>. > * Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society > <http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>. > * Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://bybe.benyehuda.org>. > > +972-525640648 > > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 8:19 PM Thad Guidry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is rather fantastic news for all the communities of Linked Data >> around the world. >> Glad its finally happening now and seeing Google seeing value well >> placed...this should have been what was done with you and TPT (and a few >> old Freebaser's) over 5 years ago! Oh well, that's in the past. :-) >> >> Thad >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/ >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:05 PM Alex Stinson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Congrats Denny! Looking forward to talking with you more as you are get >>> more involved in working with the movement :) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Alex >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:57 PM Denny Vrandečić <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> Over the last few years, more and more research teams all around the >>>> world have started to use Wikidata. Wikidata is becoming a fundamental >>>> resource [1]. That is also true for research at Google. One advantage of >>>> using Wikidata as a research resource is that it is available to everyone. >>>> Results can be reproduced and validated externally. Yay! >>>> >>>> I had used my 20% time to support such teams. The requests became more >>>> frequent, and now I am moving to a new role in Google Research, akin to a >>>> Wikimedian in Residence [2]: my role is to promote understanding of the >>>> Wikimedia projects within Google, work with Googlers to share more >>>> resources with the Wikimedia communities, and to facilitate the improvement >>>> of Wikimedia content by the Wikimedia communities, all with a strong focus >>>> on Wikidata. >>>> >>>> One deeply satisfying thing for me is that the goals of my new role and >>>> the goals of the communities are so well aligned: it is really about >>>> improving the coverage and quality of the content, and about pushing the >>>> projects closer towards letting everyone share in the sum of all knowledge. >>>> >>>> Expect to see more from me again - there are already a number of fun >>>> ideas in the pipeline, and I am looking forward to see them get out of the >>>> gates! I am looking forward to hearing your ideas and suggestions, and to >>>> continue contributing to the Wikimedia goals. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Denny >>>> >>>> P.S.: Which also means, incidentally, that my 20% time is opening for >>>> new shenanigans [3]. >>>> >>>> [1] https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=wikidata&sort=relevance >>>> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedian_in_residence >>>> [3] https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/vyf7ksah >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikidata mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Alex Stinson >>> Senior Program Strategist >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads >>> >>> Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and >>> other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: >>> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikidata mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >
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