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FYI -- applications close in just two days, but if you are interested in how citations are represented in the Wikimedia universe and beyond, or if you are really fond of structured data and wikidata, now is your chance to hang out with people thinking about the same things. -- Phoebe ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dario Taraborelli <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 12:01 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Applications for WikiCite 2017 (Vienna, May 23-25, 2017) close in 5 days To: wikicite-discuss <[log in to unmask]>, "Discussion list for the Wikidata project." <[log in to unmask]>, Wikimedia Mailing List <[log in to unmask]>, Research into Wikimedia content and communities <[log in to unmask]>, Wikimedia developers < [log in to unmask]> A reminder that applications to attend WikiCite 2017 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite_2017> close on *February 27, 2017* . Please consider applying <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScWnCLfAt88cUWKSu_E-lU8m3te_ r4P3ngJtCaPs7cewSwkew/viewform> if you work on sources and citations (or related tools) in Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikisource or other Wikimedia projects. If there are other people in your network we should consider inviting to the event, please let us know. You can contact the organizing committee at: [log in to unmask] Best, Dario -- on behalf of the organizers On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 3:44 PM, Dario Taraborelli < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I am happy to announce that applications to attend WikiCite ‘17 officially open > today <https://goo.gl/forms/Kb9Wl6Xfw2EmFqEr2>. > > About the event > > WikiCite 2017 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite_2017> is a 3-day > conference, summit and hack day to be hosted in Vienna, Austria, on May > 23-25, 2017. It expands on efforts started last year at WikiCite 2016 > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite_2016/Report> to design a > central bibliographic repository, as well as tools and strategies to > improve information quality and verifiability in Wikimedia projects. > > Our goal is to bring together Wikimedia contributors, data modelers, > information and library science experts, software engineers, designers and > academic researchers who have experience working with Wikipedia's citations > and bibliographic data. > > WikiCite 2017 will be a venue to: > > - > > Day 1. (Conference) – present progress on existing work and > initiatives for citations and bibliographic data across Wikimedia projects > - > > Day 2. (Summit) – discuss technical, social, outreach and policy > directions > - > > Day 3. (Hack) – get together to build, based on new ideas and > applications > > > > More information on the event can be found here > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite_2017>: > > How to apply > > Participation for this year's event is limited to 100 individuals. In > order to be considered for participation, please fill out the following > form <https://goo.gl/forms/Kb9Wl6Xfw2EmFqEr2> and provide us with some > information about yourself, your interests, and expected contribution. > PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT THE FINAL REGISTRATION FORM. Your application will > be reviewed and the organizing committee will extend an invitation by March > 10, 2017. This application form is to determine the best mix of > attendees. Not everyone who applies will receive an invitation, but there > will be a waitlist. > > Important dates > > > - > > February 9, 2017: applications open > - > > February 27, 2017: applications close, waitlist opens > - > > March 10, 2017: all final notifications of acceptance are issued, > waitlist processing begins > - > > March 31, 2017: attendee list is finalized > > > Travel support > > > Like last year, limited funding to cover travel costs of prospective > participants will be available. Requests for travel support should be > submitted via the application form > <https://goo.gl/forms/Kb9Wl6Xfw2EmFqEr2>. We will confirm by March 10, if > we can provide you with travel support. > > Contact > > For any question, you can contact the organizing committee via: > [log in to unmask] > > We look forward to seeing you in Vienna! > > The WikiCite 2017 organizing committee > > Dario Taraborelli > > Jonathan Dugan > > Lydia Pintscher > > Daniel Mietchen > > Cameron Neylon > > > > *Dario Taraborelli *Director, Head of Research, Wikimedia Foundation > wikimediafoundation.org • nitens.org • @readermeter > <http://twitter.com/readermeter> > -- *Dario Taraborelli *Director, Head of Research, Wikimedia Foundation wikimediafoundation.org • nitens.org • @readermeter <http://twitter.com/readermeter> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik i/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [log in to unmask] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[log in to unmask]> -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers <at> gmail.com *