"A Wikibase for what?" - diverse users at the edge of the graph

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2021-10-31 16:15–16:30, Room 1

While the world of Wikibase focuses mainly on institutional users, the increasing maturity of Docker-based distributions and availability of hosting platforms such as WBStack and Miraheze has led to a proliferation of individual and community use outside academia, as well as several independent research projects.

This overview of the field seeks commonalities in various examples, and briefly considers some of the challenges such users face.

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Link to notes:

https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WikidataCon2021-AWikibaseforwhat

What will the participants take away from this session?:

A better appreciation for the diverse uses to which Wikibase may be put; and, perhaps, inspiration for their own projects.

Language:

English

Recording:

Yes

Link to slides:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22A_Wikibase_for_What%3F%22_-_Diverse_users_at_the_edge_of_the_graph.pdf

Other links:

Wikibase installations of relevance to this session:
* FOMU Photographic Paper Collection
* FemiWiki 페미위키
* WikiBen
* NBDb
* WikiDP
* Beyond Notability
* Sweden Open Data
* WikiFCD
* IoT
* Cell Types
* School of Design
* T-Rex Taxonomy

Wikidata logo proposal by User:Benbois, CC-BY-SA 3.0

Laurence "GreenReaper" Parry

Laurence is founder and curator of WikiFur, the furry fandom encyclopedia, and primary contact of the Wikibase Community User Group.

This speaker also appears in:

• Wikibase Community User Group meeting and track roundup