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Wikidata, how to contribute as a wikipedian ?
Helmi HAMDI, M. Sc. / M. Env.Username : Helmoonyhttp://ca.linkedin.com/in/helmihamdiWikiarabia 2016. Amman, JordanApril 25, 2016
Ziko van Dijk CC BY-SA 3.0
Habib M’henni CC BY-SA 4.0
Summary• Wikidata a new vision for Wikimedia projects• Wikidata Game• Add pictures• VIAF• Primary Sources
You will need a laptop and a Wikimedia user name. If someone doesn’t have a laptop, please join your neighbour.
Betbuster~commonswiki CC BY 2.5
New vision of Wikimedia projects
WikidataWikidata has become the central project for Wikimedia. Now it’s trying to become a central database in the world.
Add your babel template {{#babel:ar-N|fr-5|en-3|es-1|it-1}}
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Helmoony
How can we contribute as wikipedians ?
23.20%
6.90%
22.90%11.10%
35.80%
none one sitelink from 2 to 5 sitelinksfrom 6 to 10 sitelinks more than 10 sitelinks
Connectivity of Wikidata items with a link to Arabic Wikipedia
Update: 2016-03-06 21:05 (UTC)
Source : User:Pasleim
How can we contribute as wikipedians ?
23.20%
6.90%
22.90%11.10%
35.80%
none one sitelink from 2 to 5 sitelinksfrom 6 to 10 sitelinks more than 10 sitelinks
Connectivity of Wikidata items with a link to Arabic Wikipedia
Update: 2016-03-06 21:05 (UTC)
Source : User:Pasleim
Main efforts should be focused here
Where to find them?
Interwiki (old term)
There is two ways to add data in the infobox
• Create a Wikipedia page in Arabic
• Modify manually the infobox by clicking on « edit »
Let’s edit some labels in Arabic
https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-terminator/?list&lang=ar&mode=t1000
Wikidata Game
Customize Wikidata Game for Arabic content
https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-game/
Let’s play for 10 minFlag as problematic. Remove it from the game.
Objects and also FAMILIES, TWINS, FICTIONAL HUMANS..
Why is it difficult to find items about movies, TV series, songs, etc. ?
Try the rest of the game at home
Sometimes it’s better to say NOT SURE
Lulu Hoeller cc-by-2.0
Milo Đukanović
Prime Minister of Montenegro
Images in Wikidata
How to add an image ?
https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/?country=810
A lot of options included
This template will be added to the commons page of the image when you select CROP
Not enough pictures ?• Come back later• Add your own pictures on commons• Import pictures with free licences from Arabic Wikipedia to
Commons. Around 6,680 pictures are waiting for you help
نقل: إلىكومنز تصنيف
Identifiers in Wikidata
How to link to authority controls
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/
Only 2 Arab countries are contributing into VIAF
Practical example_ ماكوال: ابن مؤلف
Search on google
Click on wikipedia
Check wikidata item to verify the existence of identifiers
Look at the author in VIAF
Add VIAF to Wikidata and link Wikisource to Wikidata
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?at=0&countries=jo&sort=year&title_type=feature أفالم: تصنيفأردنية
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1754783/
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12241730
Help Bots!
Primary sources
Item about Habib Bourguiba
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q643348
Make a try with the tool PRIMARY SOURCE
http://country-explorer.com/
Select a country and a subject and take a look to items
Problems not yet resolved
عبد: القاهرالجرجاني مؤلفhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3456753
Arabic sister projects are not always linked to Wikidata
Where to find help now ?
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat/ar
Don’t forget to ping by using the template {{ping|Username}}
Do you need more tools ?
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools
Wikidata, how to contribute as a wikipedian ?
Helmi HAMDI, M. Sc. / M. Env.Username : Helmoonyhttp://ca.linkedin.com/in/helmihamdiWikiarabia 2016. Amman, JordanApril 25, 2016
Ziko van Dijk CC BY-SA 3.0
Habib M’henni CC BY-SA 4.0