Wikidata and infoboxes

Wikidata and infoboxes panel
Friday August 11th, 14:00 - 15:30
Panellists: Hoo man, Theklan, Eran and Deryck
Join us for a stimulating discussion on the future of using Wikidata in other Wikimedia projects!

Introduction and standardisation discussion slides

Time	Salon 3 (level 2)
14:00	Welcome and introduction
14:05	Hoo man: Put data on it: Using Wikidata data in Wikimedia projects
14:25	Theklan: Automatic infoboxes with Wikidata
14:45	Eran: Integrating Wikidata to Infoboxes
15:05	Introduction to breakout sessions
15:10	Panel discussion: invoke:Wikidata Different wikis are developing their own Lua scripts to use Wikidata. How should we standardise the scripts and improve cross-wiki collaboration?	Tutorial: Make me an automatic infobox
15:30	Discussion may continue over coffee if there's appetite for it

Theklan: Automatic infoboxes with Wikidata

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Before you start: read the presentation			User:Theklan Basque Wikimedians User Group
The World Famous* Oh!WTFs: One hour** Wikidata-powered Template-building Fully-automated system	Copy	Translate	Test
	Modules you need Main module: ca:Mòdul:Wikidata i18n module: ca:Mòdul:Wikidata/i18n Labels module: ca:Mòdul:Wikidata/labels Units module: ca:Mòdul:Wikidata/Units Other useful modules Wikibase: ca:Mòdul:Wikibase Infobox: en:Module:Infobox (+en:Template:Infobox) Ready templates: choose one! Biographies Cities Films	Template translation You'll to translate every label in the module into your language. It takes some minutes, depending on the module size. Module translation Explain how to use to the community: Documentation for main module ca:Mòdul:Wikidata/i18n messages ca:Mòdul:Wikidata/labels labels (for getParentValues) ca:Mòdul:Wikidata/Units units (not mandatory)	Once you have copied everything... surely something will be missing. Test in an article linked to Wikidata and preview changes. Common problems with code could be: different versions of Wikidata, Wikibase or other modules installed in your wiki. obsolete templates, usually infobox or other. Try to take the last version from en:wp. obsolete code in MediaWiki:common.js or MediaWiki:common.css. Maybe it is time to renew them. Not tested on rtl Wikis
*Coming soon **Not warranted	More examples at: Wikiproiektu:Txantiloien automatizazioa

Filmroll

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  Deryck and Marius
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  The full house
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  The full house
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  The panellists taking a selfie
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  Theklan and Marius
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  Eran
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  Deryck

Lessons learned

A summary of the outcomes of this discussion is at meta:Learning patterns/Using Wikidata on Wikipedia infoboxes. Please edit that page to improve the suggestions!