You beat me to it, thanks! Let me fix the announcement link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia/June_2020_announcement
Hope this helps, On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 6:21 PM Tito Dutta <[email protected]> wrote: > This new project has been announced. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Katherine Maher <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, Jul 2, 2020, 9:34 PM > Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: > Abstract Wikipedia > To: wikimediaannounce-l <[email protected]> > Cc: Denny Vrandečić <[email protected]> > > > (A translatable version of this announcement can be found on Meta [1]) > > Hi all, > > It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia [1], a new project that has > been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. > Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline encyclopedic > content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and more > readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach that > aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects, increase the > sustainability of our movement through expanding access to participation, > improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and innovate in > free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to > create something new. > > This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract Wikipedia was > submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May of 2020 [2] after > years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and lively > discussions in the Wikimedia communities. We know that the energy and the > creativity of the community often runs up against language barriers, and > information that is available in one language may not make it to other > language Wikipedias. Abstract Wikipedia intends to look and feel like a > Wikipedia, but build on the powerful, language-independent conceptual > models of Wikidata, with the goal of letting volunteers create and maintain > Wikipedia articles across our polyglot Wikimedia world. > > The project will allow volunteers to assemble the fundamentals of an > article using words and entities from Wikidata. Because Wikidata uses > conceptual models that are meant to be universal across languages, it > should be possible to use and extend these building blocks of knowledge to > create models for articles that also have universal value. Using code, > volunteers will be able to translate these abstract “articles” into their > own languages. If successful, this could eventually allow everyone to read > about any topic in Wikidata in their own language. > > As you can imagine, this work will require a lot of software development, > and a lot of cooperation among Wikimedians. In order to make this effort > possible, Denny will join the Foundation as a staff member in July and lead > this initiative. You may know Denny as the creator of Wikidata, a long-time > community member, a former staff member at Wikimedia Deutschland, and a > former Trustee at the Wikimedia Foundation[3]. We are very excited that > Denny will bring his skills and expertise to work on this project alongside > the Foundation’s product, technology, and community liaison teams. > > It is important to acknowledge that this is an experimental project and > that every Wikipedia community has different needs. This project may offer > some communities great advantages. Other communities may engage less. Every > language Wikipedia community will be free to choose and moderate whether or > how they would use content from this project. > > We are excited that this new wiki-project has the possibility to advance > knowledge equity through increased access to knowledge. It also invites us > to consider and engage with critical questions about how and by whom > knowledge is constructed. We look forward to working in cooperation with > the communities to think through these important questions. > > There is much to do as we begin designing a plan for Abstract Wikipedia in > close collaboration with our communities. I encourage you to get involved > by going to the project page and joining the new mailing list[4]. We > recognize that Abstract Wikipedia is ambitious, but we also recognize its > potential. We invite you all to join us on a new, unexplored path. > > Yours, > Katherine Maher > > Executive Director, > Wikimedia Foundation > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract > Wikipedia/June 2020 announcement > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Denny > [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia > -- > > Katherine Maher (she/her) > > Executive Director > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > _______________________________________________ > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia > community. 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