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Fordham University is hosting a public meetup to discuss Wikidata, the database service for Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects. Come as you are, but optionally, bring your laptop to participate in a beginners' training for Wikidata.
Date: Friday, December 8, 2016
Time: 4-6pm
Location:
Fordham University at
Lincoln Center , Quinn Library, Computer Lab, 140 W 62nd St, New York, NY 10023
40°46′17.9″N 73°59′04.3″W / 40.771639°N 73.984528°W / 40.771639; -73.984528
Subway:
to
66th Street – Lincoln Center
Bus
M7 ,
M11 ,
M66 ,
M104
Slides
Introduction to Wikidata
Open to the public and the Fordham University communities.
This event is hosted by the Fordham University Libraries and Fordham University IT (Instructional Technology Academic Computing).
This is a non-technical orientation designed to interest a general audience.
0:00-0:05 - Personal introductions
0:05-0:15 - Introduction to Wikidata and its relationship to Wikipedia
0:15-0:25 - Descriptions of ongoing Wikidata projects and applications
0:25-0:30 - Demonstration of contributing data to Wikidata
0:30-0:35 - Demonstration of SPARQL endpoint, OpenRefine
0:35-0:40 - Demonstration of editing a Wikipedia article on a computer science-related topic
0:40-end - open discussion, group and individual Wikidata editing
Questions? Please contact tmendenhall fordham.edu for more info.
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