Conference: Celtic Knot 2024 (25-27 September 2024)
Session 1: Wikimedia’s new languages metrics as a resource for insights about minority languages
The presentation will begin with an overview of Celtic language representation across Wikimedia projects, including hosted projects, pre-hosted projects (i.e., test wikis), and multilingual projects. Then, an overview of the language metrics project will be provided. Attendees of the presentation will have the opportunity to ask questions about the language metrics and give suggestions. The second half of the presentation will be used for showcasing how to use the language metrics data to answer specific questions about specific Celtic languages. This portion of the presentation will include a live demo of the data, which will be interactive and tailored to the needs of the audience; attendees will be able to ask questions that can be answered using the language metrics data.
Tasks
- Prep slide deck
- Prep GUIs for live demo
- Solicit feedback
- Implement feedback
- Rerun notebooks to update stats in slides
Session 2: Future of Language Incubation
In this session, we'll discuss the current state and future of language incubation, sharing research findings and brainstorming ways to improve the experience. We will begin with an overview of language representation across Wikimedia projects. We'll then delve into the current status and the future direction of languages onboarding at Wikimedia. We'll share the latest updates and research findings related to Incubator and other test projects, and then engage in a collaborative brainstorming session on approaches for enhancing the language onboarding experience