2025-08-06 –, NAIROBI (Ballroom 2) 🌐 💬
Language: English
Wikidata's data is made to be reused. We want people inside and outside the Wikimedia movement to use our data to build great applications and services that give more people more access to more knowledge. But do we really? Let's take a closer look together!
Wikidata's data is made to be reused. We want people inside and outside the Wikimedia movement to use our data to build great applications and services that give more people more access to more knowledge. But do we really? Sometimes we make it much harder for reusers to work with our data than we probably intend to. Let's take a closer look together at what's happening and why!
- How do you plan to deliver this session? You will be asked to confirm this closer to the date in case of changes to the format.
-
Onsite in Nairobi
- Should your session be selected for the program, do you agree to release your session and supporting materials on-wiki and on the eventyay platform under CC BY-SA 4.0?
-
I agree
- What other themes or topics does your session fit into? Please choose from the list of tags below.
-
Product development
- How does your session relate to the event theme: Wikimania@20: Inclusivity. Impact. Sustainability?
-
If we want to have impact in the world then the content of our projects needs to be accessible and reusable. In this session we want to look at some of the blockers that stand in the way of Wikidata having a larger impact through the reuse of its data.
- What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?
-
Average knowledge about Wikimedia projects or activities
Lydia Pintscher is the Portfolio Lead for Wikidata. She works at Wikimedia Deutschland and has supported the Wikidata Community since the beginning of Wikidata. In her free time she contributes to KDE, a free software community, as the vice-president of KDE e.V.