*Denny, lapsus calami. On Thu, Sep 19, 2019, 19:34 Goran Milovanovic < goran.milovanovic_...@wikimedia.de> wrote:
> Rock'n'roll Danny. > May the Force be with you. > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2019, 19:32 Shani Evenstein <shani.e...@gmail.com> 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 <thadgui...@gmail.com> 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 <astin...@wikimedia.org> >>> 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 <vrande...@google.com> >>>> 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 >>>>> Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>> 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 >>>> Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikidata mailing list >>> Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata mailing list >> Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >> >
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