Wikidata:Twelfth Birthday/Run an event/Schedule
This page explains how to schedule an event in the calendar, how to create documentation and advertise your event.
Prepare useful information
[edit]In order to communicate efficiently about your event, make sure that you have the following information ready:
- Name of your event
- Date, time, duration
- Short and catchy description to get people excited and tell them what to expect from the event
- Expected audience: is it open to beginners? are there any prerequisits to join?
- For an onsite event: Location, address, directions to arrive
- For an online event: Tools used, access links, requirements to join
- Registration form if any, open list of participants
- Place to ask questions or way to contact the organizers
Add your event to the calendar and the map
[edit]In order to add your event to the list that is displayed on the main page, here are the instructions to follow:
Step 1: Prepare all the information listed above.
Step 2: Open this page and add a line corresponding to your event, keeping the table ordered by day/time of start of the event. You can do it either using the visual editor, or the code editor, by adding this bit of code to the desired location:
{{Wikidata:Twelfth Birthday/Event
| event =
| time =
| organizer =
| languages =
| location =
| location item =
}}
Once you have saved the page with all of the relevant information, your event should appear both in the calendar and the map on the main page.
Create a wiki page for your event
[edit]On top of the calendar entry, we encourage you to create a wikipage for your event, so it is easier to edit by several organizers, or to add an open participants list for example. The link to this page should be added to the calendar.
If you already have a Wikiproject or a page on Wikidata or Meta where you describe the activities of your group: great, you can create a subpage or section for your event there!
Alternatively, you can create a subpage of Wikidata:Twelfth Birthday, for example Wikidata:Twelfth Birthday/Meetup in Kerala, India.
Don't forget to add the category [[Category:Wikidata birthday|12]] to your wiki page.
Other platforms to advertise your event
[edit]On top of having your event in the main 10th birthday calendar, you may want to advertise it on other platforms: Facebook event, your local open source events calendar, on social channels like Mastodon, Instagram, Whatsapp, Telegram, etc. You know your community, what tools they use and what is the best way to get them engaged.