Submissions/Wikidata Pink Pony Session

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Submission no. 7023 Subject - TWD

Title of the submission: Wikidata Pink Pony Session

Type of submission: roundtable discussion

Author of the submission

Léa Lacroix, Lydia Pintscher

Language of presentation

English

E-mail address

lea.lacroixwikimedia.de, lydia.pintscherwikimedia.de

Username

Lea Lacroix (WMDE), Lydia Pintscher (WMDE)

Country of origin

France, Germany

Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)

Wikimedia Deutschland

Personal homepage or blog

Abstract (up to 300 words to describe your proposal)

Let's sit together and talk about all the wishes we have for Wikidata. This is where you can ask for your personal pink pony! New features, for Wikidata or the Query Service, support for other projects, external tools, all topics welcome.

What will attendees take away from this session?

Attendees will be able to express their use cases and needs regarding Wikidata and its external tools. We hope they will also learn about new Wikidata tools in the process, and get enthousiasm and motivation to keep contributing.

Theme of presentation

Technology, Interface & Infrastructure

For workshops and discussions, what level is the intended audience?

Intermediate

Length of session (if other than 25 minutes, specify how long): 25 minutes

Will you attend Wikimania if your submission is not accepted?

Yes

Slides or further information (optional)

Special requests

Is this Submission a Draft or Final?

This is a Completed submission for Wikimania 2017 ready to be reviewed by a member of the Programme Committee.

Notes

List of wishes during the pink pony session (feel free to rewrite/improve!)

more journalists and other interested in Wikidata (Sandra Spinster)
More documentation about Magnus' tools (Luca)
Easy csv upload (note by Pintoch (talk): I am working on this, within OpenRefine, see https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/projects/3. Help would be appreciated!)
Easy mapping
CSV to Quickstatements tool (note by Pintoch (talk): same as above. Demo at Wikidatacon will be given by ArthurPSmith)
Documentation by background (for ontologist, developer, WIkipedia, librarian, etc)
Visual ontology editor
Better way to add references (Sandra Spinster)
More integration for tabular data (Daniel)
More UX demo (Jan)
Slimmer and more compact interface for items
Display Commons pictures as real pictures
A "add statement" on the top of the item page (Harmonia)
Combination of Query Service and QuickStatements (Lucas)
Rescue gadget pages/hackathon (Harmonia)
Voting for gadgets to become part of the core
Sorting results of property suggestion (Andy)

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