[Sociam-soton] Wikidata thoughts

[Markus Luczak-Rösch]

Hi all.

Just because Wikidata was brought up during the meeting a few minutes ago I
want to add some thoughts from my perspective which may stimulate
discussions.

My first (very concrete) point is that you may take into account that I am
around in Berlin (where the Wikidata office is too) for a couple of months
regularly and if there is any qualitative study or investigation that needs
to be performed in a face to face fashion with the Wikidata team, I would be
happy to help.

Specifically I think that it is interesting to understand the development
process of Wikidata. How do they link the development with the various
target groups and users and how do the developers perceive this? Do they
follow a dedicated spin-off strategy starting with specific groups or users
they communicate with and add further people and groups in an evolutionary
fashion? Which user-centric means successfully support the development and
outreach which means constrain it? Does the development meet any
socio-technical issues already or is it still technology-oriented?

In my opinion this can provide insight into the successful or failing
actions and decisions as well as decisive points in the development process
of a Social Machine.

I am happy about any feedback or discussions on this.

Best regards from Berlin,
Markus

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