WikiConference India 2023/Submissions/Submitted/How Data donation to Wikidata helps Wikimedia projects

How Data donation to Wikidata helps Wikimedia projects

Abstract/description of your session

Wikidata is a multilingual free knowledge base that can be read and edited by humans were the data is added by a community of volunteers both manually and by using software, much like other Wikimedia projects including Wikipedia. Data from Wikidata is used by many websites including Wikipedia. Institutions, organizations, and individuals who are interested in adding data to Wikidata can donate the data to WIkidata.

How does it connect with the WCI 2023 theme/focus

Share the ideas and experiences with each other how contributing to Wikidata helps other Wikimedia projects and communities.

Speaker name/s or username/s

• Gnoeee

Community/Organization

Wikimedians of Kerala User Group / Open Data Kerala

Contact details (optional)

E-mail

Language of the session

English

Session type

lecture (15 mins)/lightning talk (5 mins)

Session outcomes

At the end of the session, the participants would learn how their contribution to Wikidata helps other Wikimedia projects and bridge the gaps between these Wikimedia projects. This knowledge could be useful for the participants to contribute to Wikidata and apply use cases in their local/home Wikiprojects.

Consent for recording

Yes