Wikidata:Fourth Birthday/Stories

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Wikidata map, October 2016, by Addshore[edit]

Addshore created a tool to generate cool maps showing Wikidata items geolocalized around the world. This year he also made a map showing the differences between April and October 2016. Read more on his blog

10 cool queries for Wikidata that will blow your mind. Number 7 will shock you.[edit]

That's not on BuzzFeed (Q5003490) but on the WMDE blog and it's a nice way to introduce newcomers to queries, by Jens Ohlig (WMDE) and Cornelius Kibelka (WMDE). Read in English or in German

4 years of Wikidata, by Stryn[edit]

Stryn has been involved on Wikidata since the beginning of the project! Read his birthday blog post

La réutilisation comme propulseur de contribution, by Shonagon[edit]

Shonagon worked a lot on artworks, providing Crotos that displays artwork pictures from Commons when you enter a keyword, using Wikidata of course. You can read the story (in French) and discover his other tools.

The history between Ash_Crow and Wikidata[edit]

Ash_Crow who dug deep in his personal archives to tell how his history with Wikidata started! You can read it in English or in French.

Random item: Q14829494, by Denny[edit]

As I sometimes do, today I hit the “Random item” link on Wikidata. Almost always I can find something I can improve, and almost always I learn some random fun fact that I usually forget within a few moments. Read more...

You know you're a Wikidata editor when...[edit]

Short comic strip by Auregann and VIGNERON, with suggestions from other editors. Feel free to translate it in your own language!