Yes, we carefully used Autolist1 so that they couldn't easily make bulk edits, to avoid this :-). It was solely a discovery tool rather than an editing one.
However, in the workshop, one person did figure out how to, and did a batch of fifty on their own initiative! A. On 4 December 2015 at 18:18, Jan Ainali <[email protected]> wrote: > That is a nice idea Andrew. One thing to be aware of is editing pace. I > had an advanced workshop with prepared pre-filled Autolists, and when 10-15 > people with new accounts on the same IP tried to add statements at the same > time through Autolist there was some mechanism that kicked in (to protect > Wikidata). I understand the reason for the feature and do not suggest > changing it, people designing workshops just need to be aware that this > feature exist. > > > *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali* > > Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige <http://wikimedia.se> > 0729 - 67 29 48 > > > *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till mänsklighetens > samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* > Bli medlem. <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se> > > > 2015-12-04 19:07 GMT+01:00 Andrew Gray <[email protected]>: > >> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > > -- - Andrew Gray [email protected]
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