Wikidata:WikiProject Linked Data for Production/Practical Wikidata for Librarians/Communication

Project Chat

Wikidata:Project_chat

Shortcuts: WD:PC, WD:CHAT, WD:?

Project Chat Archive can be searched to see if what you are looking for has been discussed before

Talk Pages

Every wiki page has a talk page to use for discussion

Documentation with editing conventions: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages

User talk pages

• Communicate directly with a user

• Example: User_talk:Chicagohil

Project talk pages

• Ask a question or start a discussion about a topic related to a project; Project Chat may be the better option if there hasn’t been active discussion recently

• Example: WikiProject Books: Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Books

Item/property talk pages

• Ask a question or start a discussion related to a specific item or property

• Property talk pages tend to have more discussion than items; Project Chat may be the better option to get a response, if there hasn’t been active discussion recently

• Example: significant event: Property_talk:P793

Telegram

Instant messaging service where Wikimedians can go to chat

Possibility of real-time answers to questions

• Wikidata Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/AZriqUj5Uag92TB4U9eBdQ

• List of Wikimedia Telegram Groups: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Telegram

• Telegram: https://telegram.org/

Slack

Open Slack channel in LD4 Slack space – #wikidata and #practical-wikidata

Join at http://bit.ly/ld4slack

Facebook Groups

Space to share news and events and ask questions

• Wikidata Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/

• Wikidata + GLAM: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Wikidata.GLAM/

• GLAM-Wiki Global: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GLAMWikiGlobal/

• Wikimedia + Libraries: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikiLibrary/

Mailing Lists

Share news and events, ask questions, notifications of upcoming technical changes

Possible to view archives without subscribing

• Wikidata: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata

• Wikidata Status Update sent out each week to this list

• Libraries: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries
• GLAM: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam

• Wikicite: https://groups.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/forum/#!forum/wikicite-discuss

• Wikibase Community User Group: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibaseug

Newsletters

Space to learn about projects, updates, what is going on in other parts of the world, links to articles in journals and the media

Can have them delivered to your talk page or via email

• List of Wikimedia Newsletters: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Newsletters

• Wikidata Status Updates: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates (Also delivered every week via the Wikidata Mailing List)

• GLAM: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter

• Libraries: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter

Twitter

News, links to papers and presentations, blog posts, events, etc.

• Wikidata: https://twitter.com/wikidata

• WikidataFacts: https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts

• WikiResearch: https://twitter.com/WikiResearch

• WikiCite: https://twitter.com/Wikicite

User Groups

Affiliate groups with less formal requirements than chapters and thematic organizations

Open membership

Offer a space to contribute to the Wikimedia movement in a specific area

Often maintain a mailing list or publish a newsletter

• List of user groups: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_groups

• Wikimedia and Libraries User Group: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_and_Libraries_User_Group

• Wikibase Community User Group: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibase_Community_User_Group

Code of Conduct

Code of conduct for Wikimedia technical spaces: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_Conduct

Applies to physical and virtual spaces

Outlines unacceptable behavior and how to report a problem