Celtic Knot 2017 keynote presentation - Jason Evans (Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Wales)

Welsh Wicipedia – Thinking big
Jason Evans will discuss his strategy for working with the National Library of Wales, Wikimedia UK and the Welsh Government to develop the Welsh language Wicipedia using a combination of community engagement, data manipulation and the implementation of Open Access policies. Jason will discuss how this strategy was implemented as part of the recent Wicipop project, which saw the creation of nearly 800 new Welsh Wicipedia articles in 3 months. The talk will also explore the growing importance of open data in the development of the Welsh Wicipedia, and how this may hold the key to the sustainability of smaller and native language Wikipedias.

The Celtic Knot Conference 2017 was the first Wikipedia Language conference organised in collaboration between the University of Edinburgh and Wikimedia UK focusing on supporting Celtic & Indigenous Languages. Watch this 3 minute video to find out what the Celtic Knot is all about. It took place on 6 July 2017 at the University of Edinburgh Business School.

The main objective for Celtic Knot 2017 was the coming together of people working to support language communities in the same room at same time; strengthening the bonds into a 'knot' and leading into action.