Love Data Week - My Kind of Data

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| date = 2024-02-12
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| author = Ali Smith
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| keywords = wikidata; Love Data Week
| description = Data is personal
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This year the theme of Love Data Week 2024 is “My Kind of Data.” Data is personal. 

Join International Love Data Week February 12-16, 2024, to learn about data equity and inclusion, disciplinary communities, and creating a kinder world through data.

Here are a few ideas:
* [[File:1967 data of Australia.jpg|thumb|Australian maps and graphics from 1967 showing agriculture, population, geology, vegetation, soils, climate, etc. from the David Rumsey Map Collection. Polish Army Topography Service [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons]]Brush up on your [[d:Wikidata:Main Page|Wikidata]] skills [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4-2mniUPUI with this presentation] from Alex Lum & Mike Dickison
* [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/training/wikidata Wikidata Training on WMF Labs] - This set of modules covers the basics of contributing to Wikidata through slides and interactive tasks.
* Write a blog post about how you’ve used data in a Wiki environment and include the hashtag #LoveData2024
* [https://www.learnwikidata.net/ Learn Wikidata: An Interactive Course] - Aimed at librarians, these videos teach Wikidata basics and also include how to edit bibliographic information on Wikidata.
* [[d:Help:Contents|Wikidata's Help page]] - With resources for all levels
* [https://wdqs-tutorial.toolforge.org/ Wikidata Query Service Tutorial] - Learn how to visualise Wikidata.
* Work with other volunteers on a subject that interests you: [[d:Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects|join a WikiProject]].

Did you know that individuals and organizations can also [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Data_donation donate data]? Contact us to talk through the possibilities!