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 <toni91ehrl...@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, <abar...@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 <revi...@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@lists.wikimedia.org >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >>> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Alex Stinson Senior Program Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter: @sadads Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM
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