A podcast about the people and ideas behind the MediaWiki software. Interviews with developers and users of MediaWiki, both for Wikimedia sites (Wikipedia, Wikidata, etc.) and the many uses of MediaWiki in companies, organizations, government agencies, etc.
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episode 155: Alan Ang and Kris Litson
???? 1 hour 13 minutes
Alan Ang and Kris Litson (pictured, left to right) are both employees at Wikimedia Deutschland, the German Wikimedia chapter: Alan is a partner manager for Wikidata, while Kris is head of software communications. The two are both involved in evangelism for both Wikidata and its backend software, Wikibase.
Links for some of the topics discussed:
- Wikidata
- Wikibase
- Wikibase Cloud
- Wikimedia Deutschland data partnerships (includes contact email address)
- List of some current partners
- Wikidata entries tagged as "big city"