Hi,

I used these sort of tools mostly to check if the data are good (like that every A that should have B indeed have B) and correct them if needed.
I began with WDQ when it was pretty much the only avalaible tool. Right now, I use only SPARQL which is more difficult to master but hundred times more rewarding. NB: I probably couldn't use SPARQL now if I hadn't started with WDQ first, it was a pedagogy tool for me.

For the [dis]advantages, I think a quote by Paul Valéry sum it up : "Everything simple is false. Everything which is complex is unusable." So we must find a middle ground and in the end, I prefer near-unusable to use than near-false.

Cdlt, ~nicolas

2016-10-20 13:29 GMT+02:00 Jan Dittrich <jan.dittrich@wikimedia.de>:
Hello everyone,

I continue to work on creating an interface that allows easy querying of Wikidata for generating lists for wikipedia (and, possibly, beyond).

An existing, interface based query builder is http://wdq.wmflabs.org/

If you use (or have used it) it would be interested in hearing about the advantages or disadvantages you perceived in regards to the functions of wqd and their interface.

Kind Regards,
 Jan

PS: In my experience, examples ("I tried to…") or context ("because I wanted to…") can greatly easy understanding, so if giving them makes sense for you, don't hesitate to include them.

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