Wikidata:Events
Do you want to meet other Wikidata editors, attend a workshop or organize one? Don't hesitate to add a section on this page or use the talk page to suggest ideas! To help us advertise the event, please consider adding it to the next issue of the weekly newsletter.
If you are planning a workshop for Wikidata editors, see Wikidata:Planning a Wikidata workshop. You can also join the Wikidata Events Telegram group.
Upcoming and ongoing events
If you're adding an event here, please consider adding it to the next issue of the newsletter as well!
Ongoing events
Ongoing events: Events that start before but continue within the selected dates
December 2025
- 27
WikiMaknyus Jambi
27 December 2025 – 3 January 2026
November 2025
- 24
Wikidata Awareness and Knowledge Access in Crisis-Prone in Nasarawa State
24 November 2025 – 24 January 2026 - 22
Wikidata Awareness and Knowledge Access in Crisis-Prone in Adamawa State
22 November 2025 – 22 February 2026
Upcoming events
Upcoming events: Events that start within the selected dates
January 2026
- 4
Swedish online editathon 280
4 January 2026 – 4 January 2026 - 5
Bengkel Wikipedia 2026 Gombak
5 January 2026 – 5 January 2026 - 9
WikiMUC/2026-01-09 Federation Workshop 2.0
9 January 2026 – 9 January 2026 - 9
Swánga̱lyiatwuki-WikiWoordenboek Joint Wiktionary Editing Part 3
9 January 2026 – 28 February 2026 - 15
WikiMaknyus Manado
15 January 2026 – 20 January 2026
Wikimania 2025
- The 20th Annual edition will take place online and on-site in Nairobi, Kenya from August 6 - 9, 2025. More information on the dedicated page.
- This year's themes are Inclusivity, Impact and Sustainability.
- Applications for program sessions are open until March 31, 2025 (Anywhere on Earth) Submit your proposals here!
WikidataCon 2025
- The WikidataCon conference dedicated to Wikidata and its community, will take place on October 31 - November 2, 2025.
- Register here to receive news, updates and information. This year's theme is about CONNECTIONS through Linked open Data.
- You can find more information on this page, and regular updates on the talk page.
5th Wikidata workshop at ISWC
- The Wikidata workshop, now in its 5th edition dedicated to Wikidata and its community, will be held on-site in Nara, Japan from November 2nd to 3rd, 2025.
- We invite you to contribute your work and join us for this exciting event! Paper submissions are due Saturday, 02 August 2025(Anywhere on Earth).
- All info is available at Workshop Web page. If you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact 5th-wikidata-workshop@googlegroups.com
Active regular meetups
- Wikidata workshops and meetings in Vienna. See the detailed program on Wikidata:Events/Vienna and Wikidata:Events/Vienna/WikidataWednesday
- Wikidata workshops and meetings in Taiwan. See the detailed program on meta:Wikidata Taiwan 2025 event and Wikidata:Events/Taiwan.
- Regular Wikidata Talks events in Istanbul. See the detailed program on Wikidata:Events/Istanbul.
- Weekly meetings in Swedish online. See the detailed program on Wikidata:Events/Swedish online editathon.
- Weekly online Wiki helpdesk in Belgium on Tuesday from 19:00-21:00 CET/CEST.
Other meetups
These groups may not be active, or maybe the pages are not up-to-date. Feel free to contact the editors to revive the meetups!
- Wikidata:Events/Paris held in Paris every third Friday of the month (see the detailed program) - Note: Inactive, last meeting took place in March 2020.
- Wikidata:Events/Kampala
- Wikidata meetup in Berlin - Note: Inactive, last meeting took place in September 2020.
- Regular Wikidata events are held in Tartu. See the detailed program on Wikidata:Events/Tartu.
- Events and workshops in Mexico on Wikidata:Events/Mexico
- Events and workshops in Argentina on Wikidata:Events/Argentina
Office hours
The Wikidata and Wikibase office hours are online events where the development team present what they have been working on over the past quarter, and the community is welcome to ask questions and discuss important issues related to the development of Wikidata and Wikibase.
They are announced on the Wikidata mailing list and in the Weekly Summary.
- Next: January 14th (1800 CEST)
- Where: Wikidata Telegram group
- Previous: October 15th (1800 CEST) (see also the list of all previous sessions and notes)
Wikidata bug triage hour
The bug triage hour is an online event where the product manager of Wikidata publicly works on triaging development tasks (typically on Phabricator), improving their descriptions, defining their priority, and collecting the wishes and needs from the Wikidata community. This experiment is part of the improvements on the support process, starting in February 2021.
The event is open to anyone who is interested in the development of Wikidata. When joining the event, the participants commit on following the Code of Conduct for technical spaces.
- Date and time: Monday, April 15, at 18:00 CET (16:00 UTC, see other time zones), during one hour
- Place: Jitsi Meet
- Topic: Mobile statement editing
- Speaker: Lydia Pintscher
- Moderation and time-keeping: Léa Lacroix, Mohammed Abdulai
- Language: English (German and French also possible)
- Preparation: bring your favorite Phabricator task related to mobile statement editing!
- Main rules: In order to keep the discussions easy to follow, please keep your microphone muted, and interact in the text chat.
- Recording and documentation: the event is not recorded, collaborative notes can be taken by participants here
This event is in an experimental phase: the format, tools used, and many other things are still going to evolve in the future. If you have ideas, suggestions or issues, feel free to contact Léa.
- Documentation of previous sessions: Etherpad
Past events
You can find a (probably incomplete) list of past events and office hours on the archive page.