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[[:wikidata:|Wikidata]] is a free knowledge base that can be read and edited by humans and machines alike. It is for data what Wikimedia Commons is for media files: it centralises access to and management of structured data, such as interwiki references and statistical information. Wikidata contains data in every language supported by the MediaWiki software. It is a free, collaboratively edited knowledge base project operated by the Wikimedia Foundation.
[[:wm2014:|Wikimania]] was held in London in 2014 and we made sure that the opportunity this brought us was not wasted. Wikimania 2014 was not just about what happened at the main festival in August - throughout June and July there werw a series of events in the run up to the main festival:


Wikimedia UK is hosting a one day workshop on Saturday 26th April 2014 at [[Office|Development House]] in London for interested Wikimedians to learn about new developments in Wikidata, find out more about the "tools ecosystem", for new editors to find out what Wikidata is, and for everyone to try their hand at contributing to Wikidata.
* 7–8 June : [[:wm2014:Free Culture Weekend|Free Culture Weekend]]
* 21–22 June : [[:wm2014:Future of Education Workshop|Future of Education Workshop]]
* 5–6 July : [[:wm2014:Open Data Hack|Open Data Weekend]]
* 19–20 July : [[:wm2014:Open Scholarship Hack|Open Scholarship Weekend]]


The event will be led by [[:wikidata:User:Magnus Manske|Magnus Manske]] and [[:wikidata:User:Filceolaire|Joe Filceolaire]]. Magnus was the original author of the PHP script that evolved into MediaWiki, and is behind many popular scripts and tools used across Wikimedia projects, including [[:toollabs:reasonator|Reasonator]]. Joe has been an active Wikidata contributor since the project launch, with over 13,000 edits to date.
We also be ran an [https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=87 event for Wikimedian volunteers] on Saturday 12th July. This was a great opportunity for Wikimedians to participate in shaping Wikimedia UK's contribution to Wikimania 2014 and helped made it a true community event. There were also plenty of opportunities for Wikimedians to get involved in organising fringe events just before and after the main Wikimania Festival.  


Don't forget to book your place [https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=48 here].
 
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Barbican Foyer Area

Wikimania was held in London in 2014 and we made sure that the opportunity this brought us was not wasted. Wikimania 2014 was not just about what happened at the main festival in August - throughout June and July there werw a series of events in the run up to the main festival:

We also be ran an event for Wikimedian volunteers on Saturday 12th July. This was a great opportunity for Wikimedians to participate in shaping Wikimedia UK's contribution to Wikimania 2014 and helped made it a true community event. There were also plenty of opportunities for Wikimedians to get involved in organising fringe events just before and after the main Wikimania Festival.


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