Wikidata talk:Eleventh Birthday
Wikidata birthday: join the festivities and prepare a birthday present! edit
Hello all,
As you may know, Wikidata was launched on October 29, 2012, and every year in October, we celebrate the anniversary of the project with birthday wishes, events and cake. As we will celebrate the 11th birthday of Wikidata this year, we wanted to share with you how you can get involved in this event!
1. Prepare a birthday present
Every year for the birthday, people prepare some presents for the Wikidata community. These presents can be useful, fun or interesting: a new Wikidata tool, a new WikiProject, a logo or another piece of art, a blog post, an important community discussion… They can be worked on alone or in collaboration with other people.
If you have ideas for a Wikidata birthday, now is the perfect time to start thinking about it, and finding other people to work with you! Once the present is ready to be announced, you can add it to the Presents page. If you’re looking for inspiration, you can check what was done for the previous anniversaries on the Eleventh birthday page.
2. Attend the WikidataCon 2023
The WikidataCon 2023 will take place on October 28-29 with a hybrid format: while people from Taiwan and the neighbouring regions can join the onsite event in Taipei, people from all around the world will participate online. Most sessions will be broadcasted and recorded, in English and Chinese.
If you would like to participate, you can register for the event, and check out the program.
3. Present your birthday gift during the WikidataCon 2023
You prepared a present for Wikidata's birthday and would like to present it to the community? You can sign up for the birthday presents lightning talks session that will take place online during the WikidataCon 2023, on Day 2.5, October 29, at 14:15 UTC.
To register for a slot, please read the instructions and add your project to this page.
Please make sure that you are registered for the WikidataCon 2023 in order to access the session.
4. Join or organize other events
You can also autonomously organize a distributed birthday event with your community or in your area: when your event is ready to be announced, please add details on the Distributed events page.
To connect with other people organizing Wikidata-related events, feel free to join the Wikidata Events Telegram group.
If you have any questions or need support, feel free to contact me or to write a message on this talk page.
Looking forward to interacting with you all around the Wikidata birthday!