Thanks Lea! Will do, next week when I take a good look at which sessions I want to attend and which I can spare.
Looking forward to seeing you at Wikimania... at the Wikidata booth :) On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 4:11 PM, Léa Lacroix <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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