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

[Asaf Bartov]

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 6:41 PM Asaf Bartov <abartov at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> 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 in Armenia and in
> Ukraine in 2016).  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 <rfarrand at wikimedia.org>
> 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 <wikitech-l at lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia
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> 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
> <
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> >
> 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).
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