Wikipedia:WikiProject Newspapers/Wikidata
Wikidata is a sister site to Wikipedia; it is a hybrid between a wiki and a database, so it's much more structured than Wikipedia. Each item is essentially a data entry, with links to other data entries; so the item for the New York Times will have elements like "instance of ... newspaper" and "located in ... New York, New York".
Wikidata is expected, over time, to play a greater and greater role in how information is organized on the Internet. Other web services can query it as a database, and pull out structured information.
Infoboxen
One important example of how Wikidata will shift the way that information is organized is evident within the Wikimedia world: Wikidata is increasingly used in managing the kind of infoboxen that are a high priority for this WikiProject.
- There are many infoboxen that already rely on information as published in Wikidata. {{Infobox newspaper}} is not currently one of them, but sooner or later it probably will be.
- On Wikimedia Commons, many categories use infoboxen that are automatically generated from Wikidata. (example)
There is an Infobox Tutorial on Wikidata that might be worth reviewing.
Query retrieval
When facts are stored in databases, you can ask questions about the whole set of facts at once. One way this is done on wikidata is using the Wikidata query service.
Here are some examples of queries relevant to this project:
- Map of all newspapers on wikidata if they have a recorded place of publication and that place has recorded coordinates. The map is colour coded according to whether there is an en-wiki article, and if so, the link is available by clicking on the point.
You can customize the queries above, or make your own. A tutorial and examples are available to kick you off.
Things to do
- Every newspaper (whether or not it's notable enough for a Wikipedia article) should have a Wikidata entry.
- There is now a Mix'n'match set 1655 for Australian Newspapers you'd be welcome to help with. --99of9 (talk) 01:43, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
Related WikiProject on Wikidata
There is a closely related WikiProject on Wikidata; please consider reviewing their pages and/or joining that project.
(work in progress...please feel free to build out this page)