Here's the (3-hour) footage of the detailed Wikidata tutorial delivered today:
on Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Gentle_Introduction_to_Wikidata_for_Absolute_Beginners_(including_non-techies!).webm on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVrAx3AmUvA the slides: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_-_A_Gentle_Introduction_for_Complete_Beginners_(WMF_February_2017).pdf It covers what Wikidata is (00:00), how to contribute new data to Wikidata (1:09:34), how to create an entirely new item on Wikidata (1:27:07), how to embed data from Wikidata into pages on other wikis (1:52:54), tools like the Wikidata Game (1:39:20), Article Placeholder (2:01:01), Reasonator (2:54:15) and Mix-and-match (2:57:05), and how to query Wikidata (including SPARQL examples) (starting 2:05:05). Share and enjoy. :) A. On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 10:44 PM Douglas Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > An invitation to everyone on this list to a 'gentle reminder' on Wikidata > by Asaf Bartov from the Wikimedia Foundation. > > See below for details, > > Douglas. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> > Date: 9 February 2017 at 04:44 > Subject: [African Wikimedians] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Tech Talk: A Gentle > Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners [including non-techies!] > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians < > [email protected]> > > > Some of you may have not yet embraced Wikidata. **All* of you know others > who haven't. :)* > > This is another opportunity to hear my "Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for > Absolute Beginners" talk (a version of which I gave at the Wiki Indaba in > Accra last month). It will also be recorded and available on YouTube and > Commons afterwards. > > This will take place tomorrow, in about 16 hours. Details below. > > Cheers, > > A. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Rachel Farrand <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 4:35 PM > Subject: [Wikitech-l] Tech Talk: A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for > Absolute Beginners [including non-techies!] > To: Wikimedia developers <[email protected]>, Wikimedia > Mailing List <[email protected]> > > > Please join for the following talk: > > *Tech Talk**:* A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners > [including non-techies!] > *Presenter:* Asaf Bartov > *Date:* February 09, 2017 > *Time: *19:00 UTC > <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg= > Tech+Talk%3A+A+Gentle+Introduction+to+Wikidata+for+Absolute+Beginners+% > 5Bincluding+non-techies%21%5D+&iso=20170209T19&p1=1440&ah=3> > Link to live YouTube stream <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVrAx3AmUvA> > *IRC channel for questions/discussion:* #wikimedia-office > > *Summary: *This talk will introduce you to the Wikimedia Movement's latest > major wiki project: Wikidata. We will cover what Wikidata is, how to > contribute, how to embed Wikidata into articles on other wikis, tools like > the Wikidata Game, and how to query Wikidata (including SPARQL examples). > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > > > -- > Douglas Ian Scott > 司道格 > Skype: douglas0scott > South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 <+27%2079%20515%208727> > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
