Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Wikidata Query Service Tutorial

[Samuel Klein]

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On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 1:33 PM Revital Poleg 
wrote:

>  Dear all,
>
> Just a quick update to last week's message: We are delighted by the
> response to our announcement about the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS)
> tutorial <https://wdqs-tutorial.toolforge.org/>. We already received
> requests for collaboration to translate the tutorial into Italian,
> Macedonian  and Indonesian!
>
> If you want to know what is required to create the tutorial website in
> your language please contact Dr. Keren Shatzman ,
> WMIL's project coordinator, who leads this project.
>
>
> You can also read about the background and context in which the tutorial
> was developed in an interview with Dr. Shatzman, featured on the Wikimedia
> Foundation blog
> <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/10/21/the-query-service-tutorial-for-wikidata-an-interview-with-dr-keren-shatzman-from-wikimedia-israel/>
> .
>
>
> Happy Wikidata Birthday  
>
>
> Revital Poleg
>
> Executive Director, WMIL
>
>
>
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>> (WMPL) a nie TOR.
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>> In 2019 Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) decided to develop instructional material
>> for the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS). The background for this decision
>> was
>> that we see audiences to whom we introduce Wikidata become especially
>> enthusiastic when we present the *Wikidata query service tutorial
>> <https://wdqs-tutorial.toolforge.org/> *, which offers quite a
>> unique feature within the landscape of information services available
>> today. This enthusiasm often dampens when audiences discover that querying
>> is not done using natural language but rather requires learning SPARQL.
>>
>> We believe learning SPARQL is not rocket science, even for audiences with
>> no programming background. We created a step-by-step tutorial website to
>> give users an introduction and some basic lessons on how to use the query
>> service. While WDQS has a great Help section, this section might not be so
>> helpful to users who are new to Wikimedia platforms. We therefore built
>> the
>> tutorial website on the WordPress platform which has a more familiar
>> design
>> to most users. We believe this website will make the WDQS more accessible,
>> and hope this will be a way to expand Wikidata to new audiences.
>> Currently the site is in English but we are open for collaborations to add
>> the tutorial in other languages.
>> We are also keen to hear feedback from those involved in Wikidata
>> Outreach.
>>
>> We hope you'll find i

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Wikidata Query Service Tutorial

[Revital Poleg]

 Dear all,

Just a quick update to last week's message: We are delighted by the
response to our announcement about the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS)
tutorial <https://wdqs-tutorial.toolforge.org/>. We already received
requests for collaboration to translate the tutorial into Italian,
Macedonian  and Indonesian!

If you want to know what is required to create the tutorial website in your
language please contact Dr. Keren Shatzman , WMIL's
project coordinator, who leads this project.


You can also read about the background and context in which the tutorial
was developed in an interview with Dr. Shatzman, featured on the Wikimedia
Foundation blog
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/10/21/the-query-service-tutorial-for-wikidata-an-interview-with-dr-keren-shatzman-from-wikimedia-israel/>
.


Happy Wikidata Birthday  


Revital Poleg

Executive Director, WMIL



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>2. Announcing the Wikidata Query Service Tutorial (Revital Poleg)
>3. Re: Announcing the Wikidata Query Service Tutorial
>   (Shani Evenstein)
>4. Re: Announcing the Wikidata Query Service Tutorial (Asaf Bartov)
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> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] TOR- vs. ?ukaszGarczewski (WMPL)
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> ?ukasz,
> my?l?, ze warto by by?o, ?eby? edytowa?, w zakresie dyrektorskim, z
> konta s?u?bowego, tak jak pracownicy czyli jednak ?ukasz Garczewski
> (WMPL) a nie TOR.
>
> Starzy wikipedysci wiedz?, ale dla czysto?ci edycji my?l?, ?e warto
> zmieni?.
>
> masti
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 22:43:35 +0300
> From: Revital Poleg 
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Wikidata Query Service Tutorial
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>
> In 2019 Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) decided to develop instructional material
> for the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS). The background for this decision was
> that we see audiences to whom we introduce Wikidata become especially
> enthusiastic when we present the *Wikidata query service tutorial
> <https://wdqs-tutorial.toolforge.org/> *, which offers quite a
> unique feature within the landscape of information services available
> today. This enthusiasm often dampens when audiences discover that querying
> is not done using natural language but rather requires learning SPARQL.
>
> We believe learning SPARQL is not rocket science, even for audiences with
> no programming background. We created a step-by-step tutorial website to
> give users an introduction and some basic lessons on how to use the query
> service. While WDQS has a great Help section, this section might not be so
> helpful to users who are new to Wikimedia platforms. We therefore built the
> tutorial website on the WordPress platform which has a more familiar design
> to most users. We believe this website will make the WDQS more accessible,
> and hope this will be a way to expand Wikidata to new audiences.
> Currently the site is in English but we are open for collaborations to add
> the tutorial in other languages.
> We are also keen to hear feedback from those involved in Wikidata Outreach.
>
> We hope you'll find it useful.
> All the Best
> Revital Poleg
> Executive Director, WMIL
>
> Revital Poleg
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Wikidata Query Service Tutorial

[Camelia Boban]

Hi Revital,
congratulations, great work.
As a developer in love with SPARQL and seeing that WikiDonne uses Wikidata,
creating lists of missing women biographies
 &
some query examples
, we are
interested in translating this tool into Italian. Can you please indicate a
way to contact you and your team?

Thank you,
Camelia


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Il giorno mer 21 ott 2020 alle ore 23:17 Alex Stinson <
astin...@wikimedia.org> ha scritto:

> Wow! So cool -- there have been so many different trainings on the query
> service -- its great to see such a large set of documentation.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 6:06 PM Toni Ristovski 
> wrote:
>
>> Wow, impressive. Thank you for sharing this.
>>
>> Additionally, I'm very interested to translate this into Macedonian.
>> Please share details about translation.
>>
>> This will be very helpful and useful for smaller wikis as we have many
>> members with little knowledge into Wikidata.
>>
>> Best,
>> Toni
>> Shared Knowledge
>>
>> On Wed, 21 Oct 2020, 21:59 Asaf Bartov,  wrote:
>>
>>> Wow, what an excellent tutorial!  The detailed outline is really helpful
>>> for people who just want a reminder of syntax, and the embedded queries are
>>> great for trial and error.
>>>
>>> I encourage everyone who hasn't yet learned how to query Wikidata to
>>> give this tool a try, and if you speak a language other than English or
>>> Hebrew, to contribute to translating this excellent resource!
>>>
>>> Kudos to Wikimedia Israel for the initiative and execution!
>>>
>>>A.
>>>
>>> Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
>>>
>>> Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
>>>
>>> Wikimedia Foundation 
>>>
>>> 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.wikimedia.org
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 10:44 PM Revital Poleg 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 In 2019 Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) decided to develop instructional
 material for the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS). The background for this
 decision was that we see audiences to whom we introduce Wikidata become
 especially enthusiastic when we present the *Wikidata query service
 tutorial  *, which offers quite
 a unique feature within the landscape of information services available
 today. This enthusiasm often dampens when audiences discover that querying
 is not done using natural language but rather requires learning SPARQL.

 We believe learning SPARQL is not rocket science, even for audiences
 with no programming background. We created a step-by-step tutorial website
 to give users an introduction and some basic lessons on how to use the
 query service. While WDQS has a great Help section, this section might not
 be so helpful to users who are new to Wikimedia platforms. We therefore
 built the tutorial website on the WordPress platform which has a more
 familiar design to most users. We believe this website will make the WDQS
 more accessible, and hope this will be a way to expand Wikidata to new
 audiences.
 Currently the site is in English but we are open for collaborations to
 add the tutorial in other languages.
 We are also keen to hear feedback from those involved in Wikidata
 Outreach.

 We hope you'll find it useful.
 All the Best
 Revital Poleg
 Executive Director, WMIL

 Revital Poleg

 Executive Director, WMIL




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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Wikidata Query Service Tutorial

[Alex Stinson]

Wow! So cool -- there have been so many different trainings on the query
service -- its great to see such a large set of documentation.

Cheers,

Alex

On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 6:06 PM Toni Ristovski 
wrote:

> Wow, impressive. Thank you for sharing this.
>
> Additionally, I'm very interested to translate this into Macedonian.
> Please share details about translation.
>
> This will be very helpful and useful for smaller wikis as we have many
> members with little knowledge into Wikidata.
>
> Best,
> Toni
> Shared Knowledge
>
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2020, 21:59 Asaf Bartov,  wrote:
>
>> Wow, what an excellent tutorial!  The detailed outline is really helpful
>> for people who just want a reminder of syntax, and the embedded queries are
>> great for trial and error.
>>
>> I encourage everyone who hasn't yet learned how to query Wikidata to give
>> this tool a try, and if you speak a language other than English or Hebrew,
>> to contribute to translating this excellent resource!
>>
>> Kudos to Wikimedia Israel for the initiative and execution!
>>
>>A.
>>
>> Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
>>
>> Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
>>
>> Wikimedia Foundation 
>>
>> 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.wikimedia.org
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 10:44 PM Revital Poleg 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In 2019 Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) decided to develop instructional
>>> material for the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS). The background for this
>>> decision was that we see audiences to whom we introduce Wikidata become
>>> especially enthusiastic when we present the *Wikidata query service
>>> tutorial  *, which offers quite a
>>> unique feature within the landscape of information services available
>>> today. This enthusiasm often dampens when audiences discover that querying
>>> is not done using natural language but rather requires learning SPARQL.
>>>
>>> We believe learning SPARQL is not rocket science, even for audiences
>>> with no programming background. We created a step-by-step tutorial website
>>> to give users an introduction and some basic lessons on how to use the
>>> query service. While WDQS has a great Help section, this section might not
>>> be so helpful to users who are new to Wikimedia platforms. We therefore
>>> built the tutorial website on the WordPress platform which has a more
>>> familiar design to most users. We believe this website will make the WDQS
>>> more accessible, and hope this will be a way to expand Wikidata to new
>>> audiences.
>>> Currently the site is in English but we are open for collaborations to
>>> add the tutorial in other languages.
>>> We are also keen to hear feedback from those involved in Wikidata
>>> Outreach.
>>>
>>> We hope you'll find it useful.
>>> All the Best
>>> Revital Poleg
>>> Executive Director, WMIL
>>>
>>> Revital Poleg
>>>
>>> Executive Director, WMIL
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Wikidata Query Service Tutorial

[Toni Ristovski]

Wow, impressive. Thank you for sharing this.

Additionally, I'm very interested to translate this into Macedonian. Please
share details about translation.

This will be very helpful and useful for smaller wikis as we have many
members with little knowledge into Wikidata.

Best,
Toni
Shared Knowledge

On Wed, 21 Oct 2020, 21:59 Asaf Bartov,  wrote:

> Wow, what an excellent tutorial!  The detailed outline is really helpful
> for people who just want a reminder of syntax, and the embedded queries are
> great for trial and error.
>
> I encourage everyone who hasn't yet learned how to query Wikidata to give
> this tool a try, and if you speak a language other than English or Hebrew,
> to contribute to translating this excellent resource!
>
> Kudos to Wikimedia Israel for the initiative and execution!
>
>A.
>
> Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
>
> Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
>
> Wikimedia Foundation 
>
> 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.wikimedia.org
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 10:44 PM Revital Poleg 
> wrote:
>
>> In 2019 Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) decided to develop instructional material
>> for the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS). The background for this decision was
>> that we see audiences to whom we introduce Wikidata become especially
>> enthusiastic when we present the *Wikidata query service tutorial
>>  *, which offers quite a
>> unique feature within the landscape of information services available
>> today. This enthusiasm often dampens when audiences discover that querying
>> is not done using natural language but rather requires learning SPARQL.
>>
>> We believe learning SPARQL is not rocket science, even for audiences with
>> no programming background. We created a step-by-step tutorial website to
>> give users an introduction and some basic lessons on how to use the query
>> service. While WDQS has a great Help section, this section might not be so
>> helpful to users who are new to Wikimedia platforms. We therefore built the
>> tutorial website on the WordPress platform which has a more familiar design
>> to most users. We believe this website will make the WDQS more accessible,
>> and hope this will be a way to expand Wikidata to new audiences.
>> Currently the site is in English but we are open for collaborations to
>> add the tutorial in other languages.
>> We are also keen to hear feedback from those involved in Wikidata
>> Outreach.
>>
>> We hope you'll find it useful.
>> All the Best
>> Revital Poleg
>> Executive Director, WMIL
>>
>> Revital Poleg
>>
>> Executive Director, WMIL
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Wikidata Query Service Tutorial

[Asaf Bartov]

Wow, what an excellent tutorial!  The detailed outline is really helpful
for people who just want a reminder of syntax, and the embedded queries are
great for trial and error.

I encourage everyone who hasn't yet learned how to query Wikidata to give
this tool a try, and if you speak a language other than English or Hebrew,
to contribute to translating this excellent resource!

Kudos to Wikimedia Israel for the initiative and execution!

   A.

Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)

Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities

Wikimedia Foundation 

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.wikimedia.org


On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 10:44 PM Revital Poleg 
wrote:

> In 2019 Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) decided to develop instructional material
> for the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS). The background for this decision was
> that we see audiences to whom we introduce Wikidata become especially
> enthusiastic when we present the *Wikidata query service tutorial
>  *, which offers quite a
> unique feature within the landscape of information services available
> today. This enthusiasm often dampens when audiences discover that querying
> is not done using natural language but rather requires learning SPARQL.
>
> We believe learning SPARQL is not rocket science, even for audiences with
> no programming background. We created a step-by-step tutorial website to
> give users an introduction and some basic lessons on how to use the query
> service. While WDQS has a great Help section, this section might not be so
> helpful to users who are new to Wikimedia platforms. We therefore built the
> tutorial website on the WordPress platform which has a more familiar design
> to most users. We believe this website will make the WDQS more accessible,
> and hope this will be a way to expand Wikidata to new audiences.
> Currently the site is in English but we are open for collaborations to add
> the tutorial in other languages.
> We are also keen to hear feedback from those involved in Wikidata
> Outreach.
>
> We hope you'll find it useful.
> All the Best
> Revital Poleg
> Executive Director, WMIL
>
> Revital Poleg
>
> Executive Director, WMIL
>
>
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Wikidata Query Service Tutorial

[Shani Evenstein]

Congrats, WM-IL! And right on time for Wikidata's 8th Birthday celebrarions!
Looking forward to integrating this tool in my academic courses this year.

Shani


On Wed, 21 Oct 2020, 22:44 Revital Poleg,  wrote:

> In 2019 Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) decided to develop instructional material
> for the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS). The background for this decision was
> that we see audiences to whom we introduce Wikidata become especially
> enthusiastic when we present the *Wikidata query service tutorial
>  *, which offers quite a
> unique feature within the landscape of information services available
> today. This enthusiasm often dampens when audiences discover that querying
> is not done using natural language but rather requires learning SPARQL.
>
> We believe learning SPARQL is not rocket science, even for audiences with
> no programming background. We created a step-by-step tutorial website to
> give users an introduction and some basic lessons on how to use the query
> service. While WDQS has a great Help section, this section might not be so
> helpful to users who are new to Wikimedia platforms. We therefore built the
> tutorial website on the WordPress platform which has a more familiar design
> to most users. We believe this website will make the WDQS more accessible,
> and hope this will be a way to expand Wikidata to new audiences.
> Currently the site is in English but we are open for collaborations to add
> the tutorial in other languages.
> We are also keen to hear feedback from those involved in Wikidata
> Outreach.
>
> We hope you'll find it useful.
> All the Best
> Revital Poleg
> Executive Director, WMIL
>
> Revital Poleg
>
> Executive Director, WMIL
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>
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