Hello all,
As every year, the end of October is the moment where we celebrate Wikidata's
anniversary <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday>, the
work of the contributors and get together as a community :)
Some people are already planning *birthday events* (most of them taking
place online). If you're interested in organizing a meetup, live-stream,
etc. feel free to have a look at the details here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Organise>, and to
add the event into the calendar
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday>. We will run a meetup
for organizers
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Organise#Connect_with_other_organizers>,
we provide a digital communication kit
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Organise#Communication_kit>
(including a cool CC0 logo generator <https://wikidata8.bleeptrack.de/>)
and you can also find information about funding
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Organise#Funding>.
We are also running an experiment with a 24-hours call
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/24-hours_meetup> where
people can join at any time that is convenient for them in their own time
zone.
The Wikidata birthday is also the occasion to prepare *presents*, for
example new tools, scripts, improvements on an existing project, but also
non-code gifts. These will be added there
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Presents>, and you
can get inspired by the previous years: 2019
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Seventh_Birthday/Presents>, 2018
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Sixth_Birthday/Presents>, 2017
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Fifth_Birthday/Presents>, 2016
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Fourth_Birthday/Presents>...
If you have any questions regarding the Wikidata birthday and especially
distributed events, feel free to contact me.
Cheers,
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
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