Tech Talk: A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners

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Another livestream from MediaWIki February 9, 2017 8:00 PM

Tech Talk: A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners [including non-techies!]

You Tube Link 

 

*Presenter:* Asaf Bartov
*Date:* February 09, 2017
*Time: *19:00 UTC
Chicago Thu 13:00 Thu 16:00
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
    • how to query Wikidata (including SPARQL examples).

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A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners by Asaf Bartov: video and slides

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Minor Quibble --

How could ANYTHING presented in a three-hour video be categorized as "gentle"?????

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Try the slides, James. Page 2 is spot on!

Thanks for your never-ending efforts to educate your fellow WikiTreers, Magnus, even though so few of us appreciate your efforts (over most of our heads)!!

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@Lindy Jones  ;-)

I did my first web in 1995 and also did a web for my sons soccer team I trained problem was that no one of the parents had internet. Feels like today Wikidata and the semantic web is where web was in 1995 ... 

Humble me I am now trying to get The Swedish National Archive "educated" and do the same thing that Aleš did. Feels I am at least on the radar and got a like on Twitter from the boss Karin Åström yesterday ;-)

• WikiTree has today 35000 same as profiles
  • ==> links to other external profiles 
• FindAGrave has today 37000 connected same as profiles with WIkidata
  • ==> links to other external profiles 
  • profiles in common with WikiTree 8655
    • map
• Finnish National Archive has today connected 4999 out of +6500 written bibliographies 
  • ==> links to other external profiles
  • profiles in common with WikiTree +180
    • map
    • list
• Swedish National Archive I have connected +3100 profiles out of maybe +9000
  • ==> links to other external profiles 
  • profiles in common with WikiTree +200
    • map
    • list

 

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Thank you for the posting.

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Nice link, thank you for sharing.