Re: [Wikidata] #WikidataBirthday present: new release of Wikipedia and Wikidata Tools for Google Spreadsheets add-on

2016-10-31 Thread David Lowe
Also, from wikidatafacts is it possible to bring back en:description or Wikipedia links? I made only very cursory attempts at this. On Monday, October 31, 2016, David Lowe wrote: > Tom, thanks! Just shared. You may want to unhide columns. I'm trying to > make it user friendly for non-tech savvy

Re: [Wikidata] #WikidataBirthday present: new release of Wikipedia and Wikidata Tools for Google Spreadsheets add-on

2016-10-31 Thread David Lowe
Tom, thanks! Just shared. You may want to unhide columns. I'm trying to make it user friendly for non-tech savvy library volunteers who will be looking at folders of ephemera (exhibition announcements, magazine clippings, etc.) & determining whether it's the same person as the wiki data record. D

Re: [Wikidata] #WikidataBirthday present: new release of Wikipedia and Wikidata Tools for Google Spreadsheets add-on

2016-10-31 Thread Thomas Steiner
Hi David, Mind sharing (privately if necessary) your spreadsheet? My recommended workflow would be to pair free-form terms (like your names) with the WIKISEARCH function and only then feed its output into WIKIDATAQID (or rather directly WIKIDATAFACTS, as it accepts qids or article titles directly)

Re: [Wikidata] Tool to identify the articles versions across Wikipedia language editions?

2016-10-31 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Reem Al-Kashif, 31/10/2016 20:24: I'm wondering if there is a way/tool to identify the articles that exist in the one edition of Wikipedia and have counterparts in another. Reading your request literally, Special:MostInterwikis suffices. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MostInterwikis Usu

[Wikidata] Tool to identify the articles versions across Wikipedia language editions?

2016-10-31 Thread Reem Al-Kashif
Hi, Hope this finds you all well. I'm wondering if there is a way/tool to identify the articles that exist in the one edition of Wikipedia and have counterparts in another. I'm also wondering if there is a way to generate a list of these articles' titles for certain categories. Best, Reem -- *

Re: [Wikidata] #WikidataBirthday present: new release of Wikipedia and Wikidata Tools for Google Spreadsheets add-on

2016-10-31 Thread David Lowe
I'm really liking these tools. I'm using the WIKIDATAQID search & finding lots. However, spot-checking some names found no hits, I find that they do indeed have exact matches in Wikidata. Nothing I can do to trigger a match (an example: Josep Serra i Abella). Any thoughts? *David Lowe | The New Y

[Wikidata] Wikidata weekly summary #233

2016-10-31 Thread Léa Lacroix
*Hello !Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Wikidata's birthday : presents, stories and events The birthday week started and already a lot of events happened, presents have been shared,

[Wikidata] Birthday: Parser function, Scholia, and a new story

2016-10-31 Thread Léa Lacroix
Hello folks, Today I start by sharing *a blog post from @Stryn :* who's involved on Wikidata since the beginning of the project! Thank you Stryn :) We received several birthday presents from editors, tha