Wikidata
Getting stated
Querying
Wikidata Query Service graphical interface (click on file folder for sample queries)
Applications and tools
Cradle - tool to create new items using a form.
Gadget options - from Preferences page.
Listeria - creates and updates lists on Wikipedia using Wikidata queries. See this page for an example.
Merge two Items page or use the Merge tool from the Gadgets page.
Recoin (Relative Completeness Indicator) - script to extend entity pages with information about their relative completeness.
Scholia - creates visualizations of researcher publications dynamically using SPARQL queries of Wikidata
Connecting with the community
Vanderbilt Wikidata Working Group
LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group - includes links to recordings of previous bi-weekly calls.
2019 Wikidata and Wikibase vision and strategy papers
Getting started with Wikibase
Knowledge of Docker is required to set up your own Wikibase instance
Setting up an instance of Wikibase on your local computer
Information on Docker Machine (useful if you want to try to install Wikibase on a cloud service like AWS)
Create a bot to load data into Wikibase
Revised 2019-09-17
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