Wikidata Workshop, Pune on 18-19th September 2017

Wikidata Workshop Pune

Information

Date - 18.09.2017 (Monday) and 19.09.2017 (Tuesday)
Time - 10:00 am - 6:00 pm (IST)
Venue - MKCL, ICC Trade Tower, 'B' Wing, 5th Floor, Senapati Bapat Road, Shivajinagar, Pune 16;
Event page on Wikidata - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_workshop_Pune_2017
Etherpad link - https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/PuneWikidata

Note: It is compulsory to bring your laptop/tab. You are requested to bring your personal wifi device, if you have any, as the internet connection of the venue is slow and not sufficient for all participants.

Content

The focus of the training would be extensive Wikidata training, from absolute beginner level through querying and embedding Wikidata in Wikipedia (incl. infoboxes), as well as a general tools demonstration, including Quarry. Additionally, time would be made for general Q&A ("ask me anything") to let people use the opportunity to directly ask WMF representative User:Asaf (WMF) anything that they have on their mind.

Topics to be covered

Basic Wikidata editing
Embedding Wikidata in Wikipedia
SPARQL Query (Basic and Advanced)
PetScan
Quarry
Importing datasets from external websites and identifiers
Wikidata Bots and Tools
- Wikidata pywikibot
- Quick Statements & QuickStatements 2
- WikiData Free Image Search Tool
How Wikidata can help Commons contributors
How Wikidata can help Wikisource contributors