This is truly impressive! Thanks for bringing all of these initiatives and
content together <3

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As a reminder for all, the 8th birthday schedule:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday
Resources to help you organising and scheduling an event:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Organise

On Tue, 15 Sep 2020 at 17:10, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I am happy to inform you all that we are organizing a series of events on
> the occasion of the 8th birthday of Wikidata
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday> on behalf of Wikidata
> WikiProject India
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India> in the form of
> webinars, datathon and merchandise distribution.
>
> *Details of the events* can be found here -
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India
>
> 1) *Webinars* - 3 sessions on 3 very interesting topics will be conducted
> as follows. The sessions will be open for all.
>
>    1. October 11 2020, 6 pm IST
>    <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1602419427>:- Jane Darnell
>    <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jane023> will talk about Sum of
>    all Paintings <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SOAP>, describe
>    and demonstrate the workflow on improving data about paintings on Wikidata.
>    A data-thon on Indian paintings will follow for the next 16 days (See 2.1
>    below).
>    2. October 17 2020, 7 pm IST
>    <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1602941421>:- Denny Vrandecic
>    <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:DVrandecic_(WMF)> will be
>    introducing the newest sister project of the Wikimedia universe, the 
> Abstract
>    Wikipedia and WikiLambda
>    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia> to the Indian
>    community and how as a community, we need to be prepared for this upcoming
>    exciting and ambitious project.
>    3. October 18 2020, 7 pm IST
>    <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1603027843>:- Mahir Morshed
>    <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mahir256> will conduct a session
>    on the Wikidata Lexeme <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexemes>
>    . He will explain the importance of lexicographical data and
>    demonstrate the workflow.
>
> 2) *Datathon* -
>
>    - *October 12 to October 28, 2020*:- A 16-days long online datathon
>    
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India/Datathon/Sum_of_all_Indian_paintings>
>    will be conducted on Indian paintings. The output of the datathon will be
>    given as a birthday gift
>    <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Presents> to
>    WIkidata on October 29.
>
> 3) *Merchandise distribution*-
>
>    - During the month of October, CIS-A2K
>    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K> will be sending Wikidata
>    special merchandise to *Indian affiliates and communities* upon
>    request as well as *active contributors* of Wikidata *residing in
>    India*.
>
>
>    - Details on how to request merchandise can be found here in *this
>    link* -
>    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India#Merchandise
>
>
>    - Please note, due to COVID-19 pandemic or postal delay, merchandise
>    might arrive late despite best efforts from CIS-A2K officials.
>
> The above mentioned activities are already finalised. If any of the Indian
> communities or affiliates are planning activities on the occasion of
> Wikidata's 8th birthday, please feel free to enlist them here
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India>.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> Wikidata Co-ordinator, CIS-A2K
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