WikidataCon 2021

Wikidata And Minority Languages

This session will show participants how indigenous language communities can leverage the power of Wikidata to increase the visibility of their language on the internet.

What will the participants take away from this session?

After this session, participants will learn more about how they can contribute to other language Wikipedias through Wikidata. They will learn how to add databoxes from Wikidata and how they can add labels and descriptions to Wikidata items in their language.

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Sadik Shahadu

Sadik is a regional ambassador for indigenous communities at Art+Feminism. He is a Co-founder of the Dagbani Wikimedians User Group.