Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2018/Programme/Submission/Querying Wikidata with SPARQL

Title of your proposal edit

Querying Wikidata with SPARQL

Name(s) and/or username(s) edit

Asaf Bartov, Asaf (WMF)

Senior program officer, Wikimedia Foundation

Topic edit

Capacity development:
- Wikidata, particularly integration into local wikis.

Type of submission (Please choose one) edit

Workshop (work in groups)

Summary edit

What are the largest cities in the world with a woman mayor? Who won national book awards in more than one country? What famous people were born in Cape Town? What is the leading cause of death among chemists? Who were some contemporaries of Michelangelo in Rome and in Florence?

Ask Wikidata!

The workshop would assume basic familiarity with Wikidata's structure -- items, properties, and values -- and walk attendees from absolute beginner level at querying Wikidata using SPARQL to using external tools and Google Spreadsheets. No prior knowledge of SPARQL necessary!