WikiProject remote event participation/Documentation/Livestreaming editing Wikidata

• Title of the event: Livestreaming editing Wikidata
• Date: several
• Organizers: Ainali and Abbe98

Format of the event

Main format

live editing of Wikidata

Duration

about one hour per session, which more or less means 30 minutes of planned editing each

Main goal

share knowledge about various Wikidata related forkflows

Main target audience

English speaking Wikidataians

Total number of participants

Number of organizers

2

Language(s) spoken during the event

English

Tools used

Streamyard, laptops, headsets, webcams

Methods used

I usually contact Albin a few days ahead when I have some time, and i that suits him, we'll do a session. I make some graphics to use as cover image for the stream in 1920x1080 pixels. Then I usually just copy the details from the last session and set up a new broadcast in Streamyard. Since I have pro account (thanks to WMSE grants) we stream to several destinations, including the Wikipedia Weekly Network. On the day of the stream, I'll go online about 15 minutes before to be ready when the time comes up.

Communication

Creating the events early gives subscribers on Youtube and people in the Facebook group a heads up of the sessions. We usually tweet about it as well. Sometimes we remember to also post a link in the Wikidata telegram group.

Lessons learned

Success

We have fun doing it.

Challenges

Not many.

Recommendations

Do something that you enjoy doing even when not streaming.

Documentation

• Link to videos, slides, etc.
  • Facebook: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6
  • Youtube: #1,#2, #3, #4, #5, #6
• Notes of the event
• Link to the structure/schedule

Questions & discussions

If you want to talk to the the organizers, ask further questions, feel free to use the talk page.