Wikidata:WikidataCon 2017/Submissions/Languages in Wikidata

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Submission no. 38
Title of the submission
Languages in Wikidata

Author(s) of the submission
Lucie-Aimée Kaffe (User:Frimelle)
E-mail address
kaffee@soton.ac.uk
Country of origin
Germany/UK
Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)
University of Southampton

Type of session
Discussion
Length of session
30min
Ideal number of attendees
> 5
EtherPad for documentation
https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WikidataCon-38

Abstract

Wikidata has the ability to serve the needs of many language communities and could change the way computers interact with language online completely - that all depends on the community though.

Therefore, I would like to give an introduction in the state of multilingualism, languages and their interconnectedness in Wikidata to understand where we are now and to draw a plan where we want to go. The main part, however, should be an active discussion on what is needed to add more language labels- do we need different tools? Do we need to include more small language communities? And how can we approach that?

All those questions are things we should discuss in order to understand where we want to continue and how to improve Wikidata.


What will attendees take away from this session?
  1. Understanding of the state of languages in Wikidata
  2. An idea of the research done in this field
  3. Ideas for possible improvements
Slides or further information
Special requests

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