*(Cross-posting from Wikimedia-l, Wikitech-l, langdivhub-com)*
Hello everyone!
We're excited to announce that the next *Language Community Meeting* is
happening soon, *May 30th at 15:00 UTC*! If you’d like to join, simply *sign
up on the wiki page*
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Language_and_Product_Localization/…>
.
This is a participant-driven meeting where we share updates on
language-related projects, discuss technical challenges in …
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and collaborate on solutions. In our upcoming meeting, we plan to cover
results from a recent language onboarding experiment and hear experiences
from a Nigerian contributor who contributes to the Obolo wiki, which was
part of this experiment.
*Got a topic to share?* Whether it’s a technical update from your project,
a challenge you need help with, or a request for interpretation support,
we’d love to hear from you! Feel free to reply to this message or add
agenda items to *the document here*
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/language-community-meeting-may-2025>.
Also, we wanted to highlight that the 7th edition of the *Language &
Internationalization newsletter (April 2025)* is available here: *Wikimedia
Language and Product Localization/Newsletter/2025/April*
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Language_and_Pr…>.
This newsletter provides updates from the January–March 2025 quarter on new
feature development, improvements in various language-related technical
projects and support efforts, details about community meetings, and ideas
for contributing to projects. To stay updated, you can subscribe to the
newsletter on its wiki page: *Wikimedia Language and Product
Localization/Newsletter*
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Newsletter:Language_and_I…>
.
Would you be interested in contributing to the technical workaround
language development? There is a newcomer-friendly core namespace-related
task waiting for your contribution: *T391725*
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T391725>.
We look forward to your ideas and participation at the Language Community
Meeting, see you there!
Cheers,
Srishti
*Srishti Sethi*
Senior Developer Advocate
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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Dear All,
We are writing to you as researchers from the University of Regina in Regina, Canada who are studying open data. We invite you to participate in the Open Data Community Survey 2025 if you use or provide open data or FAIR data or if you are interested in using semantic metadata to improve the usability of your data.
The survey is estimated to take 15-20 minutes to complete, and it is available at the following link:https://uregina.eu.qualtrics.com/…
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Your responses will provide invaluable insights into the state of the open data community in 2025. You may choose to answer as open data user or provider if one of those roles dominates your time or both if they make equal demands of your attention. Please help to improve the power of the survey by sharing this invitation to participate widely within your networks. However, there is no obligation for you to pass along this invitation, and there will be no penalty to you if you do not share it.
You can read more about the survey at: https://www2.cs.uregina.ca/~hepting/projects/open-data/community-survey-202…
Data from the study will be posted as open data at these locations:
* https://<https://www2.cs.uregina.ca/~hepting/projects/open-data/community-survey-202…>www2.cs.uregina.ca/~hepting/projects/open-data/community-survey-2025<https://www2.cs.uregina.ca/~hepting/projects/open-data/community-survey-202…>
* https://borealisdata.ca/dataverse/heptingd<https://www2.cs.uregina.ca/~hepting/projects/open-data/community-survey-202…>/
The survey has been approved by the Research Ethics Board at the University of Regina in Regina, Canada. Funding for this survey has been provided by the DDI (Data Documentation Initiative) Alliance, an international collaboration dedicated to developing metadata standards and semantic products for describing social science data, data covering human activity, and other data based on observational methods.
Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
Please note that there are inherent security issues when using email as a communication tool. By default, emails are not encrypted and are vulnerable to interception by outside sources or someone may see that you are involved in this research if you leave your browser open. We will use the phrase “Meeting Reminder” in the subject-line of all email correspondence so you will know the email is from us and recommend you submit any email queries using the same term.
Daryl Hepting, Ph.D.
daryl.hepting(a)uregina.ca<mailto:daryl.hepting@uregina.ca>
Alain Maubert Crotte
alain.maubertcrotte(a)uregina.ca<mailto:alain.maubertcrotte@uregina.ca>
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Hello everyone,
This is a breaking change announcement relevant for Wikidata users working
with RDF output.
This update will affect the way EntitySchema values are represented in
Wikidata’s RDF output. To align with the naming conventions used for other
entity type references, we are updating the wikibase:propertyType value for
properties with data type EntitySchema from:
http://wikiba.se/ontology#EntitySchema
to
http://…
[View More]wikiba.se/ontology#WikibaseEntitySchema
The former URI may one day be reused as the rdf:type of EntitySchema
entities when they are exported to RDF. (Compare, for example, wd:Q42 a
wikibase:Item vs. wd:P31 wikibase:propertyType wikibase:WikibaseItem)
Additionally, the EntitySchema property type URI will now be defined in the
Wikibase ontology at http://wikiba.se/ontology. This change brings
consistency with other entity types (Items, Properties, Lexemes, etc.) and
will simplify query writing and RDF processing.
Rollout Timeline:
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Test Wikidata: The updated configuration is now deployed on Test
Wikidata.
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Full Rollout on Wikidata: The change will go live on Wikidata on 24
April 2025 following the two-week advance notice as required by our Stable
Interface Policy.
Impact:
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Users who get the data type of properties via RDF, or who filter for
EntitySchema-type properties in SPARQL queries, will need to change the
value they look for.
If you have any questions or concerns about this change, please don’t
hesitate to reach out to us in this ticket (T371196
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T371196>).
Cheers,
--
Zita U. Zage
Intern, Wikidata Software Communication Team
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 30 577 116 2466
https://wikimedia.de
Grab a spot in my calendar for a chat: cal.com/zuz
<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=eml0YS56YWdlQHdpa2ltZWRpYS5kZQ>.
A lot is happening around Wikidata - Keep up to date!
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates> Current news and
exciting stories about Wikimedia, Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our
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Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision!
https://spenden.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Charlottenburg, VR 23855 B.
Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin,
Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende Vorstände: Franziska Heine,
Dr. Christian Humborg
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*Registration for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon is now open! *
*(with apologies for cross-posting)*
The annual Wikimedia Hackathon
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2025> is organized by
the Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> in
collaboration with Wikimedia User Group Turkey (WMTR)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/…
[View More]Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Turkey> and
will be taking place in Istanbul, Turkey, from May 2nd through May 4th,
2025 at the Renaissance Polat Istanbul Hotel
<https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/istrn-renaissance-polat-istanbul-hote…>
.
The Hackathon is an on-site, in-person event. Those people who cannot
attend the Hackathon in-person will be able to follow some of the program
content online, but should not register using the link provided below. More
information will be provided closer to the event on how to participate
remotely. Registration will be open until mid April 2025, or until we reach
event capacity.
The Hackathon event is free for all* to attend *and each person that
attends the Hackathon is required to register.
- Catering (lunch, dinner, snacks, and drinks) will be provided during the
event.
- Covid-related equipment will also be available upon request (e.g. self
test kits and masks).
- We’ll have discounted room codes for those that want to stay at the hotel
venue, to be announced in the coming weeks.
- Check if your passport is up to date and if you will need a visa (or an
e-visa) to travel to Turkey, citizens of most countries can apply for an e-visa
online <https://www.mfa.gov.tr/visa-information-for-foreigners.en.mfa>.
Participants are expected to book their own travel arrangements and
accommodation. However, the Wikimedia Foundation is offering to take care
of travel and accommodation for a limited number of scholars and you will
be able to apply for a scholarship during the registration process.
Scholarship applicants - please note:
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*Scholarship application and Wikimedia Foundation staff sponsorship will
only be available to request until December 10th, 2024. *
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Priority will be given to scholars who can mentor or support in areas
of high demand and staff with ambitious or impactful projects.
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Those that have requested a scholarship or sponsorship will be notified
by mid to late December 2024 about the status of their application.
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All scholarships provided will adhere to the WMF travel policy
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Scholarship_travel_policy>
guidelines.
*Scholarship to this event will cover:*
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Roundtrip airfare between your city of residence and Istanbul, Turkey -
arriving on May 1, 2025 and departing on May 5, 2025.
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Private accommodation at the conference hotel for up to 4 nights
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Medical Insurance Coverage for any scholars traveling outside of their
home country. (Scholars local to Turkey will need to use their regular
insurance coverage.).
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Airport transfers between the Istanbul Airport (IST) and the conference
hotel.
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All meals will be provided for the duration of the event (lunch, drinks,
snacks, and dinner will be provided on event days; breakfast will be
provided by the hotel for guests staying there). In addition, dinner will
be provided on Thursday before the Hackathon officially kicks off.
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Fees associated with obtaining a visa to travel to Turkey (visa
application fees, and travel to in-person travel visa appointment (if
needed)).
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Citizens of most countries can apply for an e-visa online
<https://www.mfa.gov.tr/visa-information-for-foreigners.en.mfa>.
*Scholarship to this event will not cover:*
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Per diem costs on travel days.
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Ground transportation costs between your residence and home airport.
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Insurance for your personal possessions.
The Hackathon registration form runs on Pretix (a free, open-sourced
third-party platform that helps organize and manage events) which may
subject your data to additional terms <https://pretix.eu/about/en/privacy>.
For more information on WMF’s privacy and data-handling for the Hackathon,
please read the privacy statement
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Wikimedia_Hackathon_Privacy_Sta…>
.
<https://pretix.eu/wikimedia/hackathon2025>
If you encounter any issues while registering, or have questions about the
registration process, feel free to contact the coordination team at
hackathon(a)wikimedia.org.
Cheers,
Deb
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deb tankersley (she/her)
developer outreach program management
Wikimedia Foundation
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