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Wikidata and Life Writing

Event details
Date:	Thursday 15 October 2020
Time	9:30am
Where:	🐹
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The University of Virginia Humanities Informatics Lab presents Wikidata and Life Writing, a presentation of how Wikipedia as platform influences how people interpret seemingly objective information. Attendees of this event will see how media moves from any media source into Wikipedia, then to Wikidata, and then into the global media environment.

Agenda

0:00-0:05 Welcome and intro to Wikipedia

0:05-0:10 Wikipedia and biographies

0:10-0:15 Wikidata and Web 3.0

0:15-0:25 Social and ethical issues

0:25-0:50 Demos and discussion

Support

Community organizations contributing to the success and fun of this presentation include the following:

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  Wikimedia LGBT+
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  AfroCROWD
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  Wikimedia New York City
• 
  Wiki Project Med
• 
  Wiki Education Foundation
• 
  University of Virginia

Thanks to...

• Wikimedia LGBT+ for organizing discussions on publishing personal details
• AfroCROWD for advocating for diversity in policy development
• Wikimedia New York City for outreach and education materials to teach data publishing ethics
• Wiki Project Med for getting consensus for publishing data on medical issues
• Wiki Education Foundation for assistance with Wikipedia university programs
• University of Virginia, and especially the Humanities Informatics Lab, School of Data Science, and Library, for encouraging the development of Wikipedia for academia