Great work, Navino! I agree, using google docs for the prototype is a really good way of getting something started
all the best Fabian Tompsett, Volunteer Support Organiser, Wikimedia UK, Address: 56-64 Leonard St, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4LT Phone:020 7065 0990 *Mobile: *07840 455 746 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 9 March 2015 at 21:42, Navino Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > Many thanks Markus :-) > > The plan for us now is to get our developer to start making some of these > 'query modules', and publish them as open source. They would be use-able as > a stand-alone tool, but more importantly be embeddable and easily > customisable in layout etc so that third parties could use them easily. The > hope going forward would be that we could eventually create an open source, > searchable library of such query modules, each one specialised enough that > they can be very easily understood by a human putting in the data. > > Navino > > > On 9 March 2015 at 21:32, Markus Krötzsch <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Awesome work :-). I love your use of Google Docs as a UI prototyping >> tool. We could really use a few more special-purpose querying tools. >> >> Markus >> >> On 09.03.2015 22:03, Navino Evans wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> We've been using WDQ queries a lot recently to update timelines in the >>> Histropedia directory and, while trying to speed up the process, I ended >>> up creating a very crude query generator tool over the weekend. After >>> getting a bit carried away with it, it seemed worth sharing as it could >>> actually be a handy tool for Wikidata editors, or anyone else interested >>> in experimenting with queries. >>> >>> I have no real coding experience, so it's just made in a humble >>> spreadsheet! You can choose the input values for a query and the links >>> to Histropedia, AutoList and WDQ will update automatically.The idea is >>> obviously that this sort of tool should be written in Javascript by >>> someone who actually knows what they're doing ;) but they do work and >>> can easily be customised by adding more Wikidata items to the available >>> options. >>> >>> I've made 3 different types of query generator so far, which I'll >>> publish shortly as free templates on Google Sheets: >>> >>> 1) Date range query generator >>> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A8wyqVc5USJ_ >>> T8ncFfYIsmJzfy8LIdmH2QLgeyegRAM/edit?usp=sharing> >>> >>> >>> 2) People finder query generator >>> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16- >>> x7NGyHTAtEJBa5uF9ZYBhNj6BhhCJrtDaKCcJIFuE/edit?usp=sharing> >>> >>> >>> 3) Family tree query generator >>> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dNTBoi-QbI0t-t0Ba4Ex5- >>> sx7Q03qRecE27bapQGpAw/edit?usp=sharing> >>> >>> >>> They are publicly editable spreadsheets so feel free to make a copy if >>> someone is using the one you land on. And certainly don't hold back if >>> anyone wishes to make any improvements. >>> >>> I hope someone finds it useful/fun to mess around with these, but I >>> thought it was a nice story to share in itself - that a non-coder can >>> sit down and create something genuinely useful by tapping into the power >>> of Wikidata, and of course Magnus' amazing tools! :) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Navino >>> >>> -- >>> ___________________________ >>> >>> Histropedia >>> >>> The Timeline for all of History >>> www.histropedia.com <http://www.histropedia.com/> >>> >>> Follow us on: >>> Twitter <https://twitter.com/Histropedia> Facebo >>> <https://www.facebook.com/Histropedia>ok >>> <https://www.facebook.com/Histropedia> Google + >>> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/104484373317792180682/ >>> 104484373317792180682/posts> >>> L <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd>inke >>> <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd>dIn >>> <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikidata-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >> > > > > -- > ___________________________ > > Histropedia > > The Timeline for all of History > www.histropedia.com > > Follow us on: > Twitter <https://twitter.com/Histropedia> Facebo > <https://www.facebook.com/Histropedia>ok > <https://www.facebook.com/Histropedia> Google + > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/104484373317792180682/104484373317792180682/posts> > L <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd>inke > <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd>dIn > <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > >
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