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Date Activity
10/2024 As part of Wikidata's 12th birthday celebrations, the Wikidata Software Collaboration Team (Indonesia) has released the lexeme micro-contribution tool, Lexica, and its project page.
The Wikidata 'One Click Info' Extension's team released the One Click Info browser extension for Firefox and Chrome as part of Wikidata's 12th birthday celebrations.
10/2024 Wiki Movimento Brasil's QuickStatements 3.0 has created a page on meta where the status of the project can be followed.
08/2024 Arcadia has confirmed that the project will receive a second 6-month non-cost extension. The project will now continue until June 2025.
08/2024 Two representatives of the Wikidata Software Collaboration Team (Indonesia) visited Berlin for a three day workshop with Wikimedia Deutschland.
08/2024 The Wikidata Software Collaboration Team (Indonesia) hired Community Communication staff.
07/2024 The Wikidata 'One Click Info' Extension's team create a page on meta where the project's status can be followed.
07/2024 Benedict Udeh from the Igbo User Group and Raisha Abdillah from the Wikidata Software Collaboration Team (Indonesia) talk about building capacity for tech development in the most recent episode (#21) of the WIKIMOVE podcast.
07/2024 Out of 15 applications submitted to the Call for Software Contributions, Wikimedia Deutschland chose two promising projects to be developed by December 2024. Read the full statement here and learn more about the new project partners, Wiki Movement Brazil User Group and the Wikidata 'One Click Info' Extension's team, here.
06/2024 Together with Wikimedia Deutschland, the Wikidata Software Collaboration Team (Indonesia) co-hosted Lexicodays, a three-day online event for the global Wikidata community about Lexicografical data.
06/2024 The Wikidata Software Collaboration Team (Indonesia) has hired and onboarded two engineers to be part of their team. Both will be working with the team until the end of the project period (December 2024).
04/2024 The call has been closed. Brief summaries of all submitted proposals are available.
03/2024 Wikimedia Deutschland publishes a Call for Software Contributions, open to all Wikimedia affiliates.

2023

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11/2023 Wikimedia Deutschland meets with the community of Igbo Wikidata User Group and Wiki Mentor Afrika at Wiki Indaba.
10/2023 Wikimedia Deutschland and Wikimedia Indonesia dissolved the partnership. Read the joint statement by WMID and WMDE on the Activities page. Together with a freelance software team as part of the joint software collaboration, WMDE continues supporting their work on lexicographical data in Wikidata.
09/2023 The Igbo Usergroup attended the wiki conference Francophone 23 where they introduced a lot of the francophone communities to Wiki Mentor Africa.
08/2023 Lightning talk at Wikimania 2023.
08/2023 Wikimedia Deutschland visited Wikimedia Indonesia in Jakarta.
06/2023 Wikimedia Deutschland's Wikimania submission was accepted.
05-12/2023 The second cycle for Wiki Mentor Africa has been confirmed, as well as a new funding agreement.
04/2023 Wikimedia Indonesia has outlined a new roadmap with Wikimedia Deutschland.
03/2023 Arcadia has confirmed that the project will receive a 6-month non-cost extension. The project will now continue until December 2024.
03/2023 Planning for a trip to Indonesia, sometime after Wikimania, is taking place.
01/2023 The User Group has entered talks for new funding agreements and the second cycle of Wiki Mentor Africa.

2022

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12/2022 Several review formats for an upcoming process description for future projects have taken place, with both partners giving feedback on orientation sessions and the partnership in general.
12/2022 Wikimedia Indonesia finished their user research and built the profile of Indonesian Wikidata users. The reports can be accessed here.
12/2022 The funding agreement for the second installment was signed with Wikimedia Indonesia.
10/2022 Wikimedia Indonesia celebrating the 10th birthday of Wikidata by holding an introduction session related to Wikidata Lexeme. The presentation can be accessed here and recording of the presentation session can be accessed here
10/2022 The funding agreement was signed with the Igbo Wikimedians User Group.
09/2022 Wikimedia Indonesia visited Berlin for a few days to joined us in a workshop.
08/2022 Wikimedia Indonesia started their user research.
08/2022 The project was presented during a Wikimania session.
06-10/2022 The new staff has been onboarding.
06/2022 WMID has hired a Product Manager, an UX Designer, a Project Support and Community Staff.
06/2022 WMDE has submitted a presentation for Wikimania.
06/2022 WMDE is continuing working on Wiki Mentor Africa with Igbo Wikimedians User Group.
06/2022 WMDE submitted the first yearly report to Arcadia.
04/2022 WMDE has had further internal discussions with aboutthe future of the project and prospective scenarios.
03/2022 The potential movement partners had the chance to meet the product managers and learn more about Lexicographical Data.
03/2022 WMDE consulted with WMF members who previously worked with the possible partners and they shared their perspectives and experiences on working with these groups.
01/2022 WMDE met with the potential movement partners to discuss guidelines and answer some early questions.
01/2022 WMDE handed in a submission at the WikiMeet India 2022 to discuss the project with communities further.
01/2022 WMDE is preparing updates for the movement on various challenges on this project and are having first talks with groups and people who are interested in being a part of this partnership.
01/2022 The internal consultations at WMDE were completed. We now have a better understanding of what is important to us in this future collaboration and what kind of values and visions we are following in this project.

2021

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10/2021 WMDE has talked to the Wikidata community at the WikidataCon to ensure we hear their feedback on this collaboration. Watch the session here.
10/2021 Project Page goes live on Meta: Software Collaboration for Wikidata.
10/2021 The submission for WikidataCon to discuss the upcoming partnership with the community has been accepted.
09/2021 Consultation with members of the movement has started.