Announcing the Wikidata Query Service Tutorial - Wikimedia-l

Shani Evenstein

21 Oct 21 Oct

9:52 p.m.

Congrats, WM-IL! And right on time for Wikidata's 8th Birthday celebrarions! Looking forward to integrating this tool in my academic courses this year. Shani On Wed, 21 Oct 2020, 22:44 Revital Poleg, <revital(a)wikimedia.org.il> wrote:

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In 2019 Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) decided to develop instructional material for the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS). The background for this decision was that we see audiences to whom we introduce Wikidata become especially enthusiastic when we present the *Wikidata query service tutorial <https://wdqs-tutorial.toolforge.org/> *, which offers quite a unique feature within the landscape of information services available today. This enthusiasm often dampens when audiences discover that querying is not done using natural language but rather requires learning SPARQL. We believe learning SPARQL is not rocket science, even for audiences with no programming background. We created a step-by-step tutorial website to give users an introduction and some basic lessons on how to use the query service. While WDQS has a great Help section, this section might not be so helpful to users who are new to Wikimedia platforms. We therefore built the tutorial website on the WordPress platform which has a more familiar design to most users. We believe this website will make the WDQS more accessible, and hope this will be a way to expand Wikidata to new audiences. Currently the site is in English but we are open for collaborations to add the tutorial in other languages. We are also keen to hear feedback from those involved in Wikidata Outreach. We hope you'll find it useful. All the Best Revital Poleg Executive Director, WMIL Revital Poleg Executive Director, WMIL _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Toni Ristovski

11:06 p.m.

Wow, impressive. Thank you for sharing this. Additionally, I'm very interested to translate this into Macedonian. Please share details about translation. This will be very helpful and useful for smaller wikis as we have many members with little knowledge into Wikidata. Best, Toni Shared Knowledge On Wed, 21 Oct 2020, 21:59 Asaf Bartov, <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

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Wow, what an excellent tutorial! The detailed outline is really helpful for people who just want a reminder of syntax, and the embedded queries are great for trial and error. I encourage everyone who hasn't yet learned how to query Wikidata to give this tool a try, and if you speak a language other than English or Hebrew, to contribute to translating this excellent resource! Kudos to Wikimedia Israel for the initiative and execution! A. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 10:44 PM Revital Poleg <revital(a)wikimedia.org.il> wrote:

In 2019 Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) decided to develop instructional material for the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS). The background for this decision was that we see audiences to whom we introduce Wikidata become especially enthusiastic when we present the *Wikidata query service tutorial <https://wdqs-tutorial.toolforge.org/> *, which offers quite a unique feature within the landscape of information services available today. This enthusiasm often dampens when audiences discover that querying is not done using natural language but rather requires learning SPARQL. We believe learning SPARQL is not rocket science, even for audiences with no programming background. We created a step-by-step tutorial website to give users an introduction and some basic lessons on how to use the query service. While WDQS has a great Help section, this section might not be so helpful to users who are new to Wikimedia platforms. We therefore built the tutorial website on the WordPress platform which has a more familiar design to most users. We believe this website will make the WDQS more accessible, and hope this will be a way to expand Wikidata to new audiences. Currently the site is in English but we are open for collaborations to add the tutorial in other languages. We are also keen to hear feedback from those involved in Wikidata Outreach. We hope you'll find it useful. All the Best Revital Poleg Executive Director, WMIL Revital Poleg Executive Director, WMIL _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Camelia Boban

22 Oct 22 Oct

10:04 a.m.

Hi Revital, congratulations, great work. As a developer in love with SPARQL and seeing that WikiDonne uses Wikidata, creating lists of missing women biographies <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progetto:WikiDonne/Liste_voci_mancanti> & some query examples <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progetto:WikiDonne/SPARQL>, we are interested in translating this tool into Italian. Can you please indicate a way to contact you and your team? Thank you, Camelia -- *Camelia Boban* *| Java EE Developer |* *Affiliations Committee - **Wikimedia Foundation* Wikimedia Diversity Ambassador *Interwiki Women <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Interwiki_Women_Collaboration> | **Wiki Loves Sport <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Sport> | Wiki Loves Fashion <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Fashion>* WMIT <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Italia> - WMSE <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Sverige> - WMAR <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Argentina> - WMCH <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CH> - WMNY <https://nyc.wikimedia.org/wiki/Home> - WMDC <https://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Home> - WMBE <https://be.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Belgium> Member M. +39 3383385545 camelia.boban(a)gmail.com *Aissa Technologies* <http://aissatechnologies.eu/>* | *Twitter <https://twitter.com/cameliaboban> *|* *LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/camelia-boban-31319122>* *Wikipedia <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:Camelia.boban> **| **WikiDonne UG <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiDonne>* | *WikiDonne Project <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progetto:WikiDonne> * Il giorno mer 21 ott 2020 alle ore 23:17 Alex Stinson < astinson(a)wikimedia.org> ha scritto:

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Wow! So cool -- there have been so many different trainings on the query service -- its great to see such a large set of documentation. Cheers, Alex On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 6:06 PM Toni Ristovski <toni91ehrlich(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Wow, impressive. Thank you for sharing this. Additionally, I'm very interested to translate this into Macedonian. Please share details about translation. This will be very helpful and useful for smaller wikis as we have many members with little knowledge into Wikidata. Best, Toni Shared Knowledge On Wed, 21 Oct 2020, 21:59 Asaf Bartov, <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

Wow, what an excellent tutorial! The detailed outline is really helpful for people who just want a reminder of syntax, and the embedded queries are great for trial and error. I encourage everyone who hasn't yet learned how to query Wikidata to give this tool a try, and if you speak a language other than English or Hebrew, to contribute to translating this excellent resource! Kudos to Wikimedia Israel for the initiative and execution! A. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 10:44 PM Revital Poleg <revital(a)wikimedia.org.il> wrote:

In 2019 Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) decided to develop instructional material for the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS). The background for this decision was that we see audiences to whom we introduce Wikidata become especially enthusiastic when we present the *Wikidata query service tutorial <https://wdqs-tutorial.toolforge.org/> *, which offers quite a unique feature within the landscape of information services available today. This enthusiasm often dampens when audiences discover that querying is not done using natural language but rather requires learning SPARQL. We believe learning SPARQL is not rocket science, even for audiences with no programming background. We created a step-by-step tutorial website to give users an introduction and some basic lessons on how to use the query service. While WDQS has a great Help section, this section might not be so helpful to users who are new to Wikimedia platforms. We therefore built the tutorial website on the WordPress platform which has a more familiar design to most users. We believe this website will make the WDQS more accessible, and hope this will be a way to expand Wikidata to new audiences. Currently the site is in English but we are open for collaborations to add the tutorial in other languages. We are also keen to hear feedback from those involved in Wikidata Outreach. We hope you'll find it useful. All the Best Revital Poleg Executive Director, WMIL Revital Poleg Executive Director, WMIL _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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