This is indeed a great opportunity to develop structured environment in Commons as well as its allied projects!
Regards, Tanweer On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 1:49 AM, Andrea Zanni <[email protected]> wrote: > This is great news. > Very excited for the future :-) > > Thanks! > > Aubrey > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 8:48 PM, Wes Moran <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello Wikimedia community, > > > > It’s our delight to inform you that we received a US$3,015,000 grant from > > the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation> [1] to > expedite > > development of structured data on Commons. The grant will be given over > the > > course of three years, and will allow us to develop a team, in > > collaboration with the Wikidata team at Wikimedia Deutschland, that can > > focus on integrating the structured data features of Wikidata into > > describing the media files on Commons. > > > > This work will allow us to expedite features both on the Wikidata > > development roadmap, and in other products supported by the Wikimedia > > Foundation. The grant also provides funding to ensure that movement > > stakeholders, like Wiki Loves Monuments and GLAM-Wiki program leaders, > and > > external partners who contribute heavily to Commons, such as GLAMs, can > be > > involved in the development. > > > > We have drafted a high level overview of the grant and its scope, > available > > on Commons > > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Sloan_Grant> > > [2]. A blog post about the grant is also available on the Wikimedia blog > > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/01/09/sloan-foundation-structured-data> > > [3]. > > > > We are currently in the process of identifying the technical lead for the > > project. If you have questions, Alex Stinson, the Foundation’s GLAM-Wiki > > strategist, will be leading the community engagement and communications > for > > the project until we hire a community liaison as part of the grant. Stay > > tuned for more details about the project in the coming months. > > > > We’re excited to be able to support this project, and look forward to > your > > participation in its development. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Wes Moran and Maggie Dennis > > > > *Wes Moran, Vice President of Product* > > *Maggie Dennis, Interim Chief of Community Engagement * > > *Wikimedia Foundation* > > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation > > [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/ > Sloan_Grant > > [3] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/01/09/sloan-foundation- > structured-data > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
