Sounds great. Very much like what we are thinking. On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Andrew Gray <[email protected]> wrote:
> Charles Matthews and I ran a workshop a little while ago which had > something like the fortune cookie idea. > > First, we demonstrated basic Wikidata editing (adding/changing > statements) as part of a discussion on the data structure - properties > and items, item versus text properties, etc. > > After this, we gave everyone a numbered slip with a Wikidata query (in > WDQ form) on it - mostly of the type "claim[X] and noclaim[Y]". Then > we got them to load up pre-filled Autolist links (all numbered and > ready), pick a couple of entries from the list, and try to fix > whatever was missing. (There was an unintended detour at this point > into how to interpret WDQ queries - people got the idea pretty fast > that these were one set of items missing particular values) > > Queries we used were things like "people with no nationality" (though > "people born since 1600 with no nationality" would have worked > better), "people with no occupation", "buildings that don't have a > 'located in' value", etc. > > This got people making small edits very early, ensured that we had a > fresh supply of "missing cases" to work on (because the lists were > generated from scratch), and prompted a lot of very good questions for > discussion, people starting to hack the queries to find more specific > topics, etc. I was really quite pleased with the way it worked. > > Andrew. > > > On 4 December 2015 at 17:38, Benjamin Good <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thanks All! > > (and especially to Lane for by far the best complement I've received, > maybe > > ever..) > > > > Will get back to you with the final product and some news about the > > meeting.. Andra Waagmeester had a great idea that unfortunately we are a > > bit late to implement. Fortune cookies to pass out where each fortune > is a > > single wikidata edit that the recipient is encouraged to make.. Would > love > > to see that play out someday. > > > > -Ben > > > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 6:51 AM, Lane Rasberry <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Benjamin, > >> > >> It might be helpful for you to get confirmation that there are no > >> excellent polished Wikidata tutorials in existence. > >> > >> The good tutorials are made by people who know Wikidata, like the one > EMW > >> shared, but EMW is not a graphic designer and made a practical > presentation > >> rather than a corporate scripted slideset. > >> > >> Your "poof it works" article is the state of the art. > >> > >> < > http://sulab.org/2015/10/poof-it-works-using-wikidata-to-build-wikipedia-articles-about-genes/ > > > >> > >> It is all very casual and everything understates how important and > >> revolutionary Wikidata is. I still show your article to lots of people. > Of > >> all the Wikidata narratives I have read I like yours the best. > >> > >> yours, > >> > >> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 4:31 PM, Benjamin Good <[email protected] > > > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> The gene wiki people are hosting a tutorial on wikidata in Cambridge, > UK > >>> next Monday [1]. In the interest of making the best tutorial in the > least > >>> amount of preparation time.. I was wondering if anyone on the list had > >>> content (slides, handouts, cheatsheets) that they had already used > >>> successfully and might want to share? We are assembling the structure > of > >>> the 90 minute session in a google doc [2], feel free to chime in there > ! > >>> And of course everything we generate for that will be available online > as > >>> soon as it exists. > >>> > >>> cheers > >>> -Ben > >>> > >>> [1] > http://www.swat4ls.org/workshops/cambridge2015/programme/tutorials/ > >>> > >>> [2] > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dSgm90SbQBpHqEMa17t5zQL0PB2waIKD3LKTPPknmcY/edit#heading=h.m19y528ldds8 > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Wikidata mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Lane Rasberry > >> user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia > >> 206.801.0814 > >> [email protected] > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikidata mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikidata mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > > > > > > -- > - Andrew Gray > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >
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