Martin L PoulterNew article about paintings on WikidataThe Cultural Content Substack has just published a guest article from me about Wikidata’s role in connecting people to art and culture…Jul 26Jul 26
Martin L PoulterReaching millions of readers through WikipediaI have long thought that Wikipedia articles about exhibitions are a great way for cultural institutions to get continuing benefits from…Apr 4Apr 4
Martin L PoulterThree ways to make links between collectionsA theme of my work is using Wikimedia projects to make links between different cultural collections. I look forward to the day when…May 4, 2023May 4, 2023
Martin L PoulterinWiki PlaytimeHistorical people and modern collections: a Wikidata explorationIn a previous blog post, I mentioned that Wikidata could help us “Find manuscripts that are in some way related to Shah Jahan (commissioned…Feb 7, 2022Feb 7, 2022
Martin L PoulterManuscripts on Wikidata: the state of the art?Thanks to the generosity and cooperation of the Khalili Collections, I have recently been sharing images and catalogue data for a beautiful…Oct 14, 20211Oct 14, 20211
Martin L PoulterinWiki PlaytimeBridging real and fictional worldsWikidata has many, many statements about the real world, but also describes worlds of fiction or myth. Fictional entities can have almost…Sep 13, 2017Sep 13, 2017
Martin L PoulterinWiki PlaytimeWikidata for winners (in Economics)One of my jobs brings me into contact with lots of economists, so although I’m not an economist myself the subject is much on my mind when…Mar 10, 20171Mar 10, 20171
Martin L PoulterinWiki PlaytimeWikidata for wizardsA new post has come out on the Wikimedia Foundation blog, introducing Wikidata and explaining why institutions should share data with it…Mar 9, 2017Mar 9, 2017
Martin L PoulterinWiki PlaytimeWikidata, Wikipedia and VoltaireThis week the Voltaire Foundation have published my guest blog post which describes how we constructed Histropedia timelines to support the…Feb 22, 2017Feb 22, 2017
Martin L PoulterinWiki PlaytimeHistorical intellectual connectionsWikidata has a doctoral advisor (P184) relation, so the entry for a person can identify the person who supervised their doctoral degree.Feb 14, 2017Feb 14, 2017