Abstract Wikipedia/Papers, press, and videos

Papers and writings

2018

• (English) Capturing meaning: Toward an abstract Wikipedia (short intro). International Semantic Web Conference 2018. 2018.
  • CCC Blue Sky award for the paper (it won both the Jury and Audience awards).

2020

• (English) Architecture for a multilingual Wikipedia (technical aspects). Arxiv.org. 2020-04.
  • Twitter thread about the paper.
  • Neowin news article on the proposal (see Press section below).
• (English) Collaborating on the sum of all knowledge across languages (social aspects). Wikipedia @ 20. Stories of an Incomplete Revolution. 2020.

2021

• (English) Building a Multilingual Wikipedia. Communications of the ACM. 2021-04.

Videos, presentations, and podcasts

2019

• (English) Short intro to Wikidata and Abstract Wikipedia idea (New York, 2019) (18 min). 2019-06-10.
• (English) Keynote at SWAT4HCLS (Edinburgh, 2019) (56 min). 2019-12.
• (English) Keynote at EMWCon (Daly City, 2019) (62 min). 2019-04-05.
• (English) “Between the Brackets”, episode 25: Denny Vrandečić (80 min). 2019-01-08.

2020

• (English) “Between the Brackets“, interview with Amir Aharoni (100 min) discussing Wikilambda and many related topics. 2020-05-12.
• (English) Interview on Wikilambda (70 min) between Shani Evenstein Sigalov and Denny Vrandečić. 2020-06-16.
• (English) Abstract Wikipedia (85 min) at the Wikidata Eighth Birthday event organized by WikiProject:India. 2020-10-17.
• (English) Presented Abstract Wikipedia (50 min) at the Wikimedia Ukraine 2020 conference. 2020-12.
• (English) Keynote talk at SMWCon (55 min). 2020-12.
• (English) “Knowledge Graph research and the role of SMW” panel talk (70 min) at SMWCON. 2020-12.

2021

• (English) Presentation (60 min) at the NSF Convergence Accelerator Series. 2021-02-03.
• (English) Presentation (40 min) at the Graph Technologies in the Humanities: 2021 Virtual Symposium. 2021-02-09.
• (English) "Towards Knowledge Equity" (30 min) keynote about Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions at The Web Conference. 2021-04-28.
• (English) “Abstract Wikipedia, WikiFunctions & WikiLambda - A talk with Denny Vrandečić” (75 min) interview by Shani Evenstein Sigalov. 2021-05-31.
• (English) "#06 - Knowledge democratization & Abstract Wikipedia - Denny Vrandečić" (60 min) interview with the Chaos Orchestra podcast. 2021-06-03.
• (English) Keynote: Abstract Wikipedia (60 min) at Arctic Knot Conference 2021
• (English) Wikifunctions and Abstract Wikipedia - Questions and Answers (90 min) at Wikimania 2021
  • (English) (has translatable closed-captions) introductory video on Wikifunctions and Abstract Wikipedia (12 min) shown at the beginning
• (English) "27th Grammatical Framework Summer School - Denny Vrandečić - Abstract Wikipedia" (150 min) More info. 2021-07-27.
• (English) "Wikipedia’s efforts to get its 300 language versions on the same page" (5 min) a (highly-edited) interview with The World podcast. 2021-09-07.
• (English + Russian) Wikifunctions and Abstract Wikipedia (35 min) at the Russian Wiki-Conference. 2021-09-25.
• (English) Structured Data in 2021 and Beyond (80 min) panel discussion with Denny Vrandečić, Heather Hedden, and Karen Lopez, at the Data Con LA 2021 conference. 2021-09-29.
• (English) Episode 154 – Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions (30 min) (also on Commons) a podcast discussion with Jan Ainali and Denny Vrandečić. 2021-10-29.
• (English + Brazilian Portuguese) Igbo and Abstract Wikipedia - a conversation (60 min) at WikidataCon 2021. Also available with Brazilian Portuguese subtitles. 2021-10-29
• (English) Introducing Wikifunctions and Abstract Wikipedia – a talk at WikidataCon 2021 by Houcemeddin Turki - Slides. 2021-10-30.
• (English) Closing Keynote: Abstract Wikipedia – Sharing more knowledge in more languages (30 min), a presentation and discussion at the IndicWiki Wikimedia Technology Summit 2021 hosted by IIIT-H. 2021-11-19.

2022

• (English) "Between the Brackets, interview with Adam Baso and Julia Kieserman" (73 min). 2022-07-05.
• (English) Wikifunctions: A new Wikimedia project (30 min) at Wikimania 2022 . 2022-08-14.
  • Full session with discussion (50 min)
• (English) Presentation about Abstract Wikipedia (slides) given at Wikidata Day NYC 2022. 2022-10-29.
• (English) Presentation about Wikifunctions (45 min) given at WikiConference North America 2022. 2022-11-12.

2023

• (English) "Between the Brackets, interview with Ariel Gutman" (93 min). 2023-01-17.
  • Notes on the episode, by Waldyrious
• (English) Creating the first function on Wikifunctions (14 min). 2023-07-27.
• (English) Wikifunctions is here (60 min) at Wikimania 2023 . 2023-08-17.
• (English) First steps with Wikifunctions (25 min) at Wikimania 2023 . 2023-08-18.
• (German) Wikifunctions – Ein neues Wikimedia Projekt (40 min) at WikiCon 2023. Slides. 2023-09-29.
• (English) Wikifunctions: fulfilling one of Wikidata's missing promises? (30 min) at WikidataCon 2023. 2023-10-28.

Press and articles

2020

• (English) Wikidata founder floats idea for balanced multilingual Wikipedia. Neowin. 2020-04-13.
• (German) “Abstract Wikipedia”: Neues Projekt soll Wissen in alle Sprachen übersetzen. RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland. 2020-06-07.
• (Vietnamese) Dự án bách khoa toàn thư đa ngôn ngữ Abstract Wikipedia. báo Thái Bình. 2020-06-07.
• (English) New wiki project - Abstract Wikipedia - will boost content across languages. Neowin. 2020-07-02.
• (Spanish) Abstract Wikipedia, el nuevo proyecto de la Fundación Wikimedia. Wwwhat's New. 2020-07-03.
• (Polish) Abstract Wikipedia – nowy projekt może w przyszłości stać się lepszą Wikipedią. Komputer Świat. 2020-07-03.
• (French) Abstract Wikipedia: un projet de traductions de l’encyclopédie depuis sa base de données. ZDNet France. 2020-07-05.
• (Vietnamese) Dự án bách khoa toàn thư đa ngôn ngữ Abstract Wikipedia. Thanh Niên. 2020-07-05.
• (German) Abstract Wikipedia: Wie das Online-Lexikon eines seiner größten Probleme lösen will. t3n. 2020-07-06.
• (French) Abstract Wikipédia. LinuxFr. 2020-09-05.
• (English) Developing for the Semantic Web. Smashing Magazine. 2020-10-07.
• (English) Automated Facts, Data Contextualization and Knowledge Colonialism: A Conversation Between Denny Vrandečić and Heather Ford on Wikipedia’s 20th Anniversary. Big Data and Society. 2020-12-10.

2021

• (English) Issue 322 of the Tool Box Journal: A Computer Journal For Translation Professionals, available to subscribers. 2021-02.
• (German) an interview with Denny in Der Spiegel. 2021-01-17.
  • a more detailed article in their print edition, available to subscribers. 2021-01-15.
• (Spanish) El nuevo reto de Wikipedia: crear un idioma universal. XLSemanal. 2021-02-25.
• (English) Wikipedia Is Trying to Transcend the Limits of Human Language. Slate. 2021-09-01.