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Published in mySociety.org

·Nov 18, 2017

Well structured political data for the whole world: impossible utopia, or Wikidata at its best?

The challenges of getting well structured political data into the commons via Wikidata and how we are trying to overcome them. — This is a belated post accompanying a talk at WikidataCon 2017 and providing some of the key links to the things mentioned in the talk. While the title states that this is a post about political data, much is applicable to other domains on Wikidata. I hope this will be…

Wikidata

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Well structured political data for the whole world: impossible utopia, or Wikidata at its best?
Well structured political data for the whole world: impossible utopia, or Wikidata at its best?
Wikidata

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Published in mySociety for coders

·Jun 8, 2017

Conclusion: So, what is the gender breakdown of heads of government?

And what did we learn while trying to get the answer? Over a series of four recent blog posts, we’ve been talking ourselves through the steps of using Wikidata to answer the question: “What is the gender breakdown of heads of government across the world?”. We’ve finally reached the stage where the data is in good enough shape to provide the…

Politics

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Conclusion: So, what is the gender breakdown of heads of government?
Conclusion: So, what is the gender breakdown of heads of government?
Politics

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Published in mySociety for coders

·Jun 5, 2017

Task 4: Check that the data is consistent

Update: 2017–06–05. This mission is now over. But don’t despair, you can still help! There are now more missions like this over on the Wikidata:WikiProject Heads of state and government. Come join us! Welcome back. You are on post four of five of a quest to get complete information for…

Wikidata

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Task 4: Check that the data is consistent
Task 4: Check that the data is consistent
Wikidata

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Published in mySociety for coders

·Jun 2, 2017

Task 3: Linking back in the other direction

Update: 2017–06–05. This mission is now over. But don’t despair, you can still help! There are now more missions like this over on the Wikidata:WikiProject Heads of state and government. Come join us! Welcome back! If you have just joined us, we are on a mission to build up all…

Wikidata

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Task 3: Linking back in the other direction
Task 3: Linking back in the other direction
Wikidata

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Published in mySociety for coders

·Jun 1, 2017

Task 2: Help us to show who fills the role of head of government on Wikidata

Update: 2017–06–05. This mission is now over. But don’t despair, you can still help! There are now more missions like this over on the Wikidata:WikiProject Heads of state and government. Come join us! Welcome back! This is part two of a five part series examining how to use Wikidata to…

Politics

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Task 2: Help us to show who fills the role of head of government on Wikidata
Task 2: Help us to show who fills the role of head of government on Wikidata
Politics

4 min read


Published in mySociety for coders

·May 31, 2017

Task 1: Help us find the offices of heads of governments across the world!

Update: 2017–06–05. This mission is now over. But don’t despair, you can still help! There are now more missions like this over on the Wikidata:WikiProject Heads of state and government. Come join us! This is part one of a five part series examining how to use Wikidata to answer the…

Myanmar

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Task 1: Help us find the offices of heads of governments across the world!
Task 1: Help us find the offices of heads of governments across the world!
Myanmar

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Published in mySociety for coders

·May 30, 2017

Update — I’m working with mySociety on the EveryPolitician project (hooray!)

Exciting news: I have recently started working with mySociety on the EveryPolitician project. I figured I should tell you about it as I’m going to be posting quite a lot about that here. Specifically, my job is to work out how how a deeper integration with Wikidata (see the background…

Tech

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Update — I’m working with mySociety on the EveryPolitician project (hooray!)
Update — I’m working with mySociety on the EveryPolitician project (hooray!)
Tech

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Jul 3, 2016

On Being “Political” and On Being “Political” on Facebook

Lessons in online campaigning from a total amateur — In the run up to the UK’s recent referendum on membership of the European Union I ran what one might call my first “amateur Facebook Campaign.” The topic? Promoting remaining IN the EU. I received a very mixed bag of reactions but I would do it again in an instant…

Brexit

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On Being “Political” and On Being “Political” on Facebook
On Being “Political” and On Being “Political” on Facebook
Brexit

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Jun 24, 2016

Carry on, Britain

So today, the land of my birth did something I was really hoping it wouldn’t: it voted to leave the European Union. And I’m terrified, because I have seen various signs that people did not recognise the enormity of this decision. I’m terrified that this could get very ugly. Whatever happens next, there is a real chance that people could get hurt, and the peace and stability afforded by the EU has…

Brexit

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Carry on, Britain
Carry on, Britain
Brexit

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