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| − | This page is meant to get people familiar with Wikipedia up to speed quickly. | + | This page is meant to get people familiar with Wikipedia up to speed quickly on Wikidata/Wikibase. |
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| + | = Glossary = | ||
| + | * Wikipedia: the encyclopedia-anyone-can-edit. Produces open data (CC0). | ||
| + | * MediaWiki: the software behind Wikipedia. Also, open source. | ||
| + | * WikiMedia: the foundation producing MediaWiki and hosting Wikipedia. | ||
| + | * Wikidata: the database-where-everyone-can-contribute. Produces open data (CC0). Hosted by WikiMedia. | ||
| + | * Wikibase: the software behind Wikidata, actually an extension to MediaWiki. Also, open source. | ||
| + | * wiki.personaldata.io: another instance, amongst others, of Wikibase, which is focused on personal data empowerment (and related topics). | ||
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| + | = How to learn? = | ||
| + | If you want to learn how to edit here, this situation means you have a lot of choices. We assume here you are familiar with Wikipedia. Given that there is already a lot of documentation on how to edit on Wikidata, and a lot carries over here, we refer you to specific pages that are most helpful. We point out however some differences, in particular around community dynamics. | ||
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| + | = Topics = | ||
| + | == Tours == | ||
| + | Wikidata offers some [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tours tours] that are helpful. | ||
| + | == Items == | ||
| + | Items are the basic "nodes" in a large semantic graph. As such they are | ||
Wikidata has several components: | Wikidata has several components: | ||
| + | * [[Help:Namespaces]] | ||
* [[Help:Items]] | * [[Help:Items]] | ||
* [[Help:Properties]] | * [[Help:Properties]] | ||
Revision as of 15:56, 22 March 2019
This page is meant to get people familiar with Wikipedia up to speed quickly on Wikidata/Wikibase.
Glossary
- Wikipedia: the encyclopedia-anyone-can-edit. Produces open data (CC0).
- MediaWiki: the software behind Wikipedia. Also, open source.
- WikiMedia: the foundation producing MediaWiki and hosting Wikipedia.
- Wikidata: the database-where-everyone-can-contribute. Produces open data (CC0). Hosted by WikiMedia.
- Wikibase: the software behind Wikidata, actually an extension to MediaWiki. Also, open source.
- wiki.personaldata.io: another instance, amongst others, of Wikibase, which is focused on personal data empowerment (and related topics).
How to learn?
If you want to learn how to edit here, this situation means you have a lot of choices. We assume here you are familiar with Wikipedia. Given that there is already a lot of documentation on how to edit on Wikidata, and a lot carries over here, we refer you to specific pages that are most helpful. We point out however some differences, in particular around community dynamics.
Topics
Tours
Wikidata offers some tours that are helpful.
Items
Items are the basic "nodes" in a large semantic graph. As such they are
Wikidata has several components: