Wikidata, how to contribute as a wikipedian ?

1. Wikidata, how to contribute as
a wikipedian ?
Helmi HAMDI, M. Sc. / M. Env.
Username : Helmoony
http://ca.linkedin.com/in/helmihamdi
Wikiarabia 2016. Amman, Jordan
April 25, 2016
Ziko van Dijk CC BY-SA 3.0
Habib M’henni CC BY-SA 4.0

2. 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

3. New vision of Wikimedia projects
Wikidata
Wikidata has become
the central project for
Wikimedia. Now it’s
trying to become a
central database in the
world.

4. Add your babel template {{#babel:ar-N|fr-5|en-3|es-1|it-1}}
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Helmoony

5. How can we contribute as
wikipedians ?
23.20%
6.90%
22.90%11.10%
35.80%
none one sitelink from 2 to 5 sitelinks from 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

6. How can we contribute as
wikipedians ?
23.20%
6.90%
22.90%11.10%
35.80%
none one sitelink from 2 to 5 sitelinks from 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)

7. Example https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3422059

8. There is two ways to
add data in the
infobox
• Create a Wikipedia page
in Arabic
• Modify manually the infobox
by clicking on « edit »

9. Let’s edit
some labels
in Arabic
https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-terminator/?list&lang=ar&mode=t1000

10. Wikidata Game

11. Customize Wikidata Game
for Arabic content
https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-game/

12. Let’s play for 10 min
Flag as problematic. Remove
it from the game.
Objects and also FAMILIES, TWINS, FICTIONAL HUMANS..

13. Why is it difficult to find items about movies,
TV series, songs, etc. ?

14. Try the rest of the game at home
Sometimes it’s better to say NOT SURE
Lulu Hoeller cc-by-2.0

15. Milo Đukanović
Prime Minister of Montenegro

16. Images in Wikidata

17. How to add an image ?https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/?country=810

18. A lot of options included
This template will be added to the commons page of
the image when you select CROP

19. 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
‫تصنيف‬:‫نقل‬‫كومنز‬ ‫إلى‬

20. Identifiers in Wikidata

21. How to link to authority controls
Virtual International Authority File
http://viaf.org/
Only 2 Arab
countries are
contributing
into VIAF

22. Practical example
‫مؤلف‬:‫ابن‬_‫ماكوال‬
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

23. http://www.imdb.com/search/title?at=0&countries=jo&sort=year&title_type=feature
‫تصنيف‬:‫أفالم‬‫أردني‬‫ة‬
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1754783/
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12241730

24. Help Bots!

25. Primary sources

26. Item about Habib Bourguiba
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q643348

27. Make a try with the tool PRIMARY SOURCE
http://country-explorer.com/
Select a country and a subject and take a look to items

28. Now, add your own source
http://country-explorer.com/

29. Problems not yet resolved
‫مؤلف‬:‫عبد‬‫الجرجاني‬ ‫القاهر‬
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3456753
Arabic sister projects are not always linked to Wikidata

30. 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}}

31. Do you need more tools ?
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools

33. Wikidata, how to contribute as
a wikipedian ?
Helmi HAMDI, M. Sc. / M. Env.
Username : Helmoony
http://ca.linkedin.com/in/helmihamdi
Wikiarabia 2016. Amman, Jordan
April 25, 2016
Ziko van Dijk CC BY-SA 3.0
Habib M’henni CC BY-SA 4.0