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.