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
>>>
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>>>
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