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

[Strainu]

2017-02-10 8:32 GMT+02:00 Asaf Bartov <abartov at wikimedia.org>:
> Here's the (3-hour) footage of the detailed Wikidata tutorial delivered
> today:

Wow! I'm speechless (in a very good way)!
>
> 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).

May I suggest dividing the video in smaller chunks covering these
subjects? I know that in YouTube you can send links with timestamps,
but I don't think this is possible (yet?) on commons.

Strainu

>
> 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
>> Mailing List <wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>>
>> 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).
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