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This page is to collect the best materials and ideas for training those unfamiliar with Wikidata. Feel free to update and improve it!
When you plan a Wikidata event, don't forget to add it on Wikidata:Events!
Resources
- Wikidata: Giving more people more access to more knowledge - Lydia Pintscher, Digikult 2016. Video.
- A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners - Asaf Bartov, Feb 9, 2017 at the Wikimedia Foundation. Video, three hours.
- One page guide - Wikidata:In one page (PDF and editable Google Draw file). Available in English, and more than 10 other languages.
- Keys to organizing a successful Wikidata workshop - Lea Lacroix, WikidataCon 2017
- Wikidata Training Modules on WikiEdu
- Query Service tutorial in English and Hebrew developed by Wikimedia Israel
- Querying Wikidata with SPARQL for Absolute Beginners, a detailed video tutorial by Asaf Bartov (in English, 2 hours)
- Teaching notes on Wikidata by User:Einebillion
- Videos of introduction to Wikidata and useful tools during the Wikidata Leveling Up Days 2024
Presentations
- Wikidata training for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. – Andrew Lih, 2017 (Google Slides below)
- Session 1 – Introduction to Wikidata, June 29, 2017
- Session 2 – Working with Wikidata: A practical workshop, July 31, 2017
- Session 3 – Wikidata Clinic: Discovering and modeling knowledge in Wikidata, December 1, 2017 (with Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, User:Rosiestep)
- A brief guide to Wikidata for Wikimedians – Andrew Lih, August 10, 2017 at Wikimania/Wikiconference North America (Google Slides)
- Wikidata: Knowledge as a service – Martin Poultier, February 2018. (PDF and Powerpoint file)
- Wikicite 2018 - Wikidata 101: An introduction for the citation-oriented, Andrew Lih
- OCLC - Works in Progress Webinar: Introduction to Wikidata for Librarians, June 12, 2018 - Andrew Lih and Rob Fernandez
- Wikidata 201: Advanced Wikidata for LD4 - Andrew Lih, LD4 Conference, May 10, 2019
Slides There are also additional trainings and presentations available in a variety of languages on Commons.
Possible exercises
- Start with a Wikidata Query and add labels, descriptions, alias and images to Wikidata entries. For example. for foods
- Go to items with no statements, add descriptions and basic statements - Wikidata:Database_reports/without_claims_by_site/enwiki
Beispiller
- Histropedia
- Wikidata Timeline