WikiProject remote event participation/Documentation/Livestreaming editing Wikidata

  • Title of the event: Livestreaming editing Wikidata
  • Date: several
  • Organizers: Ainali and Abbe98

Format of the event edit

Main format
live editing of Wikidata
Duration
about one hour per session, which more or less means 30 minutes of planned editing each
Main goal
share knowledge about various Wikidata related forkflows
Main target audience
English speaking Wikidataians
Total number of participants
Number of organizers
2
Language(s) spoken during the event
English
Tools used
Streamyard, laptops, headsets, webcams
Methods used

I usually contact Albin a few days ahead when I have some time, and i that suits him, we'll do a session. I make some graphics to use as cover image for the stream in 1920x1080 pixels. Then I usually just copy the details from the last session and set up a new broadcast in Streamyard. Since I have pro account (thanks to WMSE grants) we stream to several destinations, including the Wikipedia Weekly Network. On the day of the stream, I'll go online about 15 minutes before to be ready when the time comes up.

Communication
Creating the events early gives subscribers on Youtube and people in the Facebook group a heads up of the sessions. We usually tweet about it as well. Sometimes we remember to also post a link in the Wikidata telegram group.

Lessons learned edit

Success edit

We have fun doing it.

Challenges edit

Not many.

Possible improvements edit

Recommendations edit

Do something that you enjoy doing even when not streaming.

Other comments edit

Documentation edit

  • Link to videos, slides, etc.
  • Notes of the event
  • Link to the structure/schedule

Questions & discussions edit

If you want to talk to the the organizers, ask further questions, feel free to use the talk page.