Martin, agreed. I am attending because while I evangelise about Wikidata, fielding the questions about it is very theoretical for me and sometimes lacks context. The more experience I get, the better I can push this.
S On 24 March 2014 15:51, Martin Poulter <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd highly recommend other volunteers attend this. Wikidata's a very > exciting project and it's evolving rapidly, but the interface is different > from other Wikimedia wikis. Not harder, just different. Even if you're > familiar with both wiki editing and databases, there are new skills to > learn. Then again, because it's a different interface, it puts newcomers > and experienced wiki contributors on a more equal footing. > > Since attending last year's workshop I've made some, but not a lot of, > edits to Wikidata, but I am in a much better position to explain and > evangelise Wikidata to researchers, librarians and academics. > > To those of us involved with it professionally, it's obvious that > machine-readable linked data is centrality to what the web is meant to be > (including in Sir Tim's design), and plays an central role in making > knowledge *freely* available, including freeing up knowledge in other > databases. This isn't at all clear, though, to the vast majority of the > population who don't have those nerdy jobs, and that includes the vast > majority of Wikipedians. So I think it's good for Wikipedians to > familiarise themselves with Wikidata (or DBPedia) as a concrete example of > what the semantic, machine-readable web can be: to think of the web as > interlinked data, not just interlinked documents. > > Magnus' Reasonator is a thing of beauty and an educational joy - it's > definitely worth spend some time playing with it. Even better to speak to > the man himself! > > > On 24 March 2014 15:26, Katie Chan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Do you want to learn more about Wikidata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/>? >> On Saturday 26 April, Wikimedia UK is organising a one day workshop >> focusing on Wikidata, its tools ecosystem, and what you can do with it. >> More details and registration can be found at < >> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikidata_workshop_2014>. >> >> Regards, >> >> Katie >> >> >> -- >> Katie Chan >> Volunteer Support Organiser >> Wikimedia UK >> +44 (0) 20 7065 0990 >> +44 (0) 7885 980 534 >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales. >> Registered Company No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. >> Registered Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, >> London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. >> Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The >> Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate >> Wikipedia, amongst other projects). >> >> Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control >> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> > > > > -- > Dr Martin L Poulter > Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador, July 2013 - April 2014 > Wikipedia contributor http://enwp.org/User:MartinPoulter > Volunteer, Wikimedia UK > http://wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter<http://uk.wikimedia.org/> > Musician http://soundcloud.com/martin-poulter > http://myspace.com/comapilot > Person http://infobomb.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > -- *Stuart Prior* *Wikimania Liaison* *Wikimedia UK* +44 20 7065 0990 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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