Celtic Knot Conference 2020/Submissions/Three million infoboxes in your language

Submission no.
Title of the submission

Three million infoboxes in your language

Type of submission

Any of these would work:

  • Presentation (20-30min, live or pre-recorded)
  • Lightning talk (5min, pre-recorded only)
  • Workshop (live-stream with option to interact with participants)
  • Help desk (discussion channel)
Author of the submission

User:Mike Peel

Language of presentation

English

E-mail address

Special:EmailUser/Mike_Peel

Country of origin

UK

Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)

Grupo de usuários Wiki Movimento Brasil

Personal homepage or blog

http://www.mikepeel.net/

Abstract (up to 300 words to describe your proposal)

Wikidata infoboxes are already live and working on Wikimedia projects: you can find nearly 3 million of them in use right now in categories on Wikimedia Commons. As they are inherently multilingual and powered by Wikidata, you can use and expand them in your language! This session will explain how they work, and why they are a significant step forward on static/monolingual infoboxes. It will also cover how you can expand them, and how you can install the code on your favourite Wikimedia project and start using it (if your community permits it!).

What will attendees take away from this session?

The pros and cons of Wikidata infoboxes from practical experience; how you can correct and expand the existing ones; and how you can set them up on your language wiki.

Theme of session
  • Wikidata
  • Empowering wiki communities
Slides or further information (optional)

To come

Special requests

None

Is this Submission a Draft or Final?

Draft, feedback and collaboration from others is welcome.

Interested attendees

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  1. Joalpe (talk) 19:25, 25 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]