Translating labels and descriptions is great and very useful! The booth is open to all people who edit or use Wikidata. Feel free to sign up in the table :)
On 4 July 2018 at 15:04, Mina Theofilatou <[email protected]> wrote: > The only thing I have done on Wikidata is to translate labels and > descriptions... but I've done A LOT of it. I've been using it lately in the > context of a MOOC delivered in English (I translate Neuroscience items into > Greek). It's a value-adding process that works at three levels: enriching > Wikidata (of course), consolidating the term in another language > (especially useful for bilinguals such as myself), building a knowledge > "repository" in scientific fields that are not always "popular" or easy > (especially useful for languages that are lagging way behind in the > Wikimedia projects, such as Greek). I would be happy to contribute if you > find that my experience may be useful or inspiring for newcomers... one > thing for sure is that it's probably the easiest way to break into Wikidata > :) (I will be talking about this in the Wikiproject Med session on > Saturday). > > Best, > Mina > > On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 12:20 PM, Léa Lacroix <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello all, >> *(sorry for crost-posting)* >> >> If you're into Wikidata and attending Wikimania 2018 in Cape Town, you'll >> probably be interested in the Wikidata booth! >> >> Located in the core of the conference venue[0], this table will be >> dedicated to the Wikidata community, and an information point for anyone >> wanting to learn more about Wikidata. >> >> This booth being community-driven, we need help from everyone to take >> care of this space, make it friendly and animated, and engage with the >> participants! >> To take a shift, you don't need to know everything about Wikidata, you >> should mostly be able to answer simple questions, be friendly with people, >> and redirect them to volunteers or employees if necessary. >> >> If you're willing to take a shift, or organize something special with the >> other community members, please register on this page: >> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimania_2018#Wikida >> ta_community_booth >> If you have any question or idea, feel free to contact me. >> >> Cheers, Léa >> >> [0] more details about the exact location to come >> >> -- >> Léa Lacroix >> Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata >> >> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. >> Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 >> 10963 Berlin >> www.wikimedia.de >> >> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. >> >> Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg >> unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt >> für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > -- Léa Lacroix Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
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