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## ALL THE WIKIDATA TOOLS
'''ALL THE WIKIDATA TOOLS'''
VizQuery: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/vizquery
* VizQuery: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/vizquery
Wikidata Query: https://query.wikidata.org/
* Wikidata Query: https://query.wikidata.org/
Find a property: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/propbrowse/
* Find a property: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/propbrowse/
Find a tool: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/directory/
* Find a tool: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/directory/
Make lists of things from Wikipedia: https://petscan.wmflabs.org/
* Make lists of things from Wikipedia: https://petscan.wmflabs.org/
General help documentation: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Contents
* General help documentation: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Contents




'''Preparation for participants'''
'''Preparation for participants'''
Participants needed to bring their own laptop (tablets or smartphones won’t work for this workshop!), have an up-to-date browser. Preferably Chrome or Firefox and make a [https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount Wikidata account] before the workshop.
Participants needed to bring their own laptop (tablets or smartphones won’t work for this workshop!), have an up-to-date browser. Preferably Chrome or Firefox and make a [https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount Wikidata account] before the workshop.
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A gentle introduction to Wikidata
Name A gentle introduction to Wikidata
Location De Bonte Zwaan
Date 2018/07/26
Time 10:00-17:00
PeopleOrganisations Hay Kranen
Type HDSA2018
Web Yes
Print No
Rodrigo Argenton / CC-BY-SA

Wikidata is the free structured knowledge database with almost 50 million structured data items that anyone can edit. A sister project to Wikipedia, it’s part of a global movement to freely share the sum of all knowledge. In this workshop we discovered how Wikidata transforms facts into structured data, and how it deals with multiple interpretations of truth in a world that feels post-fact at times.

ALL THE WIKIDATA TOOLS


Preparation for participants Participants needed to bring their own laptop (tablets or smartphones won’t work for this workshop!), have an up-to-date browser. Preferably Chrome or Firefox and make a Wikidata account before the workshop.