[Wikidata] Let's get serious about norms of behavior

2018-12-14 Thread Asaf Bartov
A. [1] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Behavior_norms -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.w

[Wikidata] Treating 'transgender female' as 'female' in gendered languages

2018-07-25 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hi. If your language has feminine and masculine forms for occupations, and your Wikipedia embeds occupations from Wikidata and applies the female label in case of P21 equalling 'female', please make sure your code also uses the feminine form for P21 equalling 'transgender female'. I just made

[Wikidata] SPARQL tutorial video (2 hours)

2018-07-06 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hullo. I recently recorded a video of my 2-hour SPARQL tutorial. It is better than the SPARQL section in my 3-hour Intro to Wikidata video from a couple of years ago, and is easier to follow, with the query screen fed directly rather than through the video camera. It is now available here:

[Wikidata] GerardM's made 2 *million* edits

2016-01-05 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hi there. I thought I'd take a moment to note our colleague GerardM has made his *2 millionth* edit to Wikidata some 9 edits ago. Congratulations, Gerard! Keep up the good work! :) A. -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> Imagine a

Re: [Wikidata] Announcing Wikidata Taxonomy Browser (beta)

2015-10-22 Thread Asaf Bartov
omy ;-), >> >> Markus >> >> >> [1] http://sergestratan.bitbucket.org >> >> -- >> Markus Kroetzsch >> Faculty of Computer Science >> Technische Universität Dresden >> +49 351 463 38486 >> http://korrekt.org/ >> >> ___

Re: [Wikidata-l] Birthday gift: Missing Wikipedia links (was Re: Wikidata turns two!)

2014-10-29 Thread Asaf Bartov
. ___ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org Imagine a world in which every single human being