<div dir="ltr"><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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!</div><div><br></div><div>Kudos to Wikimedia Israel for the initiative and execution!</div><div><br></div><div> A.<br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="71"><col width="270"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:39pt"><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/SWZYcVEn695dioXdRPnKh1kLODfCsGvJ3osStupE1-kQpEIs3JH5HiA05w39awESC9XXTC1YMnxU64wUUBgQvNXyPEo-iu2QFQ9TEp6a0p8QaRuX4JpXfATenAst7MrRV9pX27H0" style="border:none" width="54" height="54"></span></p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Asaf Bartov </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(he/him/his)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wikimedia Foundation</span></a><span><font color="#888888"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></font></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br>Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!</div><div><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org" target="_blank">https://donate.wikimedia.org</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 10:44 PM Revital Poleg <<a href="mailto:revital@wikimedia.org.il">revital@wikimedia.org.il</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="rtl"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">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
<b style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://wdqs-tutorial.toolforge.org/" target="_blank">Wikidata query service tutorial</a> </b>, 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.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">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. </div><div dir="ltr">Currently the site is in English but we are open for collaborations to add the tutorial in other languages. </div><div dir="ltr">We are also keen to hear feedback from those involved in Wikidata Outreach. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>We hope you'll find it useful.</div><div>All the Best</div><div>Revital Poleg</div><div dir="ltr">Executive Director<span class="gmail_default">, WMIL</span> <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div><div><div dir="rtl"><div dir="rtl"><div><div dir="rtl"><div><div dir="rtl"><div><div dir="rtl"><div dir="rtl"><div dir="rtl"><div dir="ltr"><span><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#8bbb80"><span style="font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap">Revital Poleg</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Executive Director<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">, WMIL</span></span></p><div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div></span></div><div dir="ltr"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1aUwULXCnhipPBxxBL-IuIc47O2fgpjng&revid=0B8KJP-XODZzNaUYwc0lpeVRjWkw2RVVnTmFKTnBpbjRSS0hRPQ" width="420" height="161"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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