we explain how data donations to wiki
data work this is Rachel she works at a
museum and loves her job because it
means bringing knowledge to people
however the museum is limited to one
city shouldn't the knowledge collected
in museums and Archives be accessible to
people all over the world Rachel heard
about wiki data a multilingual free
knowledge base that can be read and
edited by humans and the teams alike
cold whiskey data contains millions of
items each representing different
information a person a place or a piece
of art the community of volunteers
maintains this data but the information
has to be contributed like many other
galleries libraries and Archives Rachel
decides to contribute to wiki data first
she collects cleans and prepares the
data for digitizing then Rachel talks to
the contributors of wiki data that take
care of data uploads with their help
Rachel can now add her museums treasure
chest of data to wiki data data Sheridan
wiki data becomes free knowledge
released into the public domain others
can query wiki data and build upon it
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wiki data is your schedule Wikimedia
projects such as Wikipedia and also by
many other websites and applications
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like a mobile app that can give
information on pieces of art around the
user because Rachel likes to see the
different ways her uploaded data is used
she regularly checks the data and
updates it if necessary rachel is happy
the knowledge that her museum offers is
now available worldwide in almost 300
languages ready to be used by anyone by
donating data to wiki data has helped to
give more people more access to more
knowledge the museum is now much larger
than the city it is located in if you
also want to learn how to contribute and
donate your data visit w mde org slash
data donation
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