Wikidata:Training

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This page is to collect the best materials and ideas for training those unfamiliar with Wikidata. Feel free to update and improve it!

When you plan a Wikidata event, don't forget to add it on Wikidata:Events!

Resources

Wikidata: Giving more people more access to more knowledge - Lydia Pintscher, Digikult 2016. Video.
A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners - Asaf Bartov, 9 Feb 2017 at the Wikimedia Foundation. Video, three hours.
One page guide - Wikidata:In one page (PDF and editable Google Draw file). Available in English, and more than 10 other languages.
Keys to organizing a successful Wikidata workshop - Lea Lacroix, WikidataCon 2017
Wikidata Training Modules on WikiEdu
Query Service tutorial in English and Hebrew developed by Wikimedia Israel
Querying Wikidata with SPARQL for Absolute Beginners, a detailed video tutorial by Asaf Bartov (in English, 2 hours)
Teaching notes on Wikidata by User:Einebillion
[Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events/Leveling Up Days 2024 Wikidata training modules] from the Wiki Education Foundation

Wikidata training for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. – Andrew Lih, 2017 (Google Slides below)
- Session 1 – Introduction to Wikidata, 29 June 2017
- Session 2 – Working with Wikidata: A practical workshop, 31 July 2017
- Session 3 – Wikidata Clinic: Discovering and modeling knowledge in Wikidata, 1 December 2017 (with Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, User:Rosiestep)
A brief guide to Wikidata for Wikimedians – Andrew Lih, 10 August 2017 at Wikimania/Wikiconference North America (Google Slides)
Wikidata: Knowledge as a service – Martin Poultier, February 2018. (PDF and Powerpoint file)
Wikicite 2018 - Wikidata 101: An introduction for the citation-oriented, Andrew Lih
OCLC - Works in Progress Webinar: Introduction to Wikidata for Librarians, 12 June 2018 - Andrew Lih and Rob Fernandez
Wikidata 201: Advanced Wikidata for LD4 - Andrew Lih, LD4 Conference, 10 May 2019

Slides There are also additional trainings and presentations available in a variety of languages on Commons.

Start with a Wikidata Query and add labels, descriptions, alias and images to Wikidata entries. For example. for foods
Go to items with no statements, add descriptions and basic statements - Wikidata:Database_reports/without_claims_by_site/enwiki