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From the perspective of teams at WMDE and WMF who are involved in the development of Wikidata, the WikidataCon was a unique opportunity to have a lot of core community members and potential partners in the same place. We have been able to gather feedback, ideas, as well as testing and getting feedback on new or upcoming features. The UX Design team from WMDE’s software department have been running interviews and usability tests with editors, especially about the currently developed Wikidata Bridge feature, traceability of edits on Wikidata and building lists and queries. These face-to-face discussions are very useful for them to better understand the needs of the editors and how they react to new features.
From the Structured Data on Commons side, the WikidataCon gave the team the opportunity to feel the excitement about the project they are developing. They could see the new tools based on the features that were presented during various sessions. They also met key contacts from cultural institutions who will play a role in the development of structured data on Commons, and gathered useful feedback from users for the next steps of the project.
More generally, for the members of chapters and user groups who attended the conference, it has been an opportunity to meet active Wikidata and Wikibase contributors, to understand better what they are doing and the projects they are working on, and to get in touch with potential partners or organizations for future collaboration.