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Posted on 2019-05-282020-06-10

FactGrid FAQ – Why should I use FactGrid for my research project?

Jack Kirby, "The Fourth Dimension is a many splattered thing!" from Alarming Tales, 1 (September 1957).

auf Deutsch en français magyarul What is FactGrid? Why should I use FactGrid for my own research? Why not use Wikidata right away? FactGrid comes free of charge – how does that work? What do I do with unorthodox research interests? Which tools... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2021-02-242021-02-24

A special map of 18th-century French colonial life in the Caribbean and elsewhere

With any luck, by the end of this year my book on the Early Sources on the emerging high degree Masonic bodies that became the Scottish Rite will see the press. COVID-19 has been challenging on all aspects of the economy and society, and the... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2020-12-102020-12-10

Ein Best-Practice-Szenario für die Erschließung historischer Wissens- und Gebrauchsliteratur als Open Data

In Wikiversity erstveröffentlichter Wikimedia-Wettbewerbsbeitrag Projektbeschreibung Das Wissen über die Welt und den menschlichen Umgang mit dieser, über praktische Fähigkeiten und theoretische Erkenntnisse, wurden über Jahrhunderte in... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2020-12-012020-12-03

Einblicke in das interne Berichtswesen des Illuminaten-Ordens. Aus der Hand Hermann Schüttlers: 71 Dokumente der Jahre 1781 bis 1785

Die folgende Materialpräsentation ist das Ergebnis eines zweimonatigen Praktikums im Forschungszentrum Gotha. Mein Projekt war es, der Forschung Vorarbeiten zu einem unvollendet gebliebenen Buchprojekt Hermann Schüttlers datenbankgestützt auf den... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2020-07-042020-07-24

Filling a Wikibase instance with millions of data

As more and more Wikibase instances are cropping up we are seeing attempts to start them with masses of data from already existing data bases that want to switch to the new software. Experimenting I tried to find a faster way to insert a huge amount of... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2020-05-272020-05-27

FactGrid GYIK – Miért használjam a FactGridet a kutatási projektemhez?

Jack Kirby, "The Fourth Dimension is a many splattered thing!" from Alarming Tales, 1 (September 1957).

in English auf Deutsch en français Mi a FactGrid? Miért használjam a FactGridet a saját kutatásomhoz? Miért ne egyből a Wikidatát használjam? A FactGrid ingyenes – hogy működik ez? Mihez kezdhetek az unortodox kutatási témákkal? Milyen... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2020-05-222020-06-02

The first volume of the Thuringian pastor’s book (1500–1920) as a Wikibase data set

auf Deutsch In a tremendous effort of a year’s work, Heino Richard of the Genealogical Society of Thuringia e.V., step by step translated the first volume of the Thuringian Pastors’ Books (the volume for the former Duchy of Gotha) into data which... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2020-05-192020-06-02

Der erste Band des Thüringer Pfarrerbuchs (1500–1920) als Wikibase-Datensatz

English Version In einer gewaltigen Arbeitsleistung überführte Heino Richard von der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Genealogie Thüringen e.V., Gothaer und Eisenacher Land, im letzten Jahr den ersten Band des Thüringischen Pfarrerbuchs, den Band für das... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2020-04-302020-05-27

FAQ FactGrid – Pourquoi devrais-je utiliser FactGrid pour mon projet de recherche ?

Jack Kirby, "The Fourth Dimension is a many splattered thing!" from Alarming Tales, 1 (September 1957).

auf Deutsch in Englishmagyar nyelven Qu’est-ce que FactGrid ? Pourquoi devrais-je utiliser FactGrid pour mes propres recherches ? Pourquoi ne pas utiliser Wikidata dès maintenant ? FactGrid est gratuit – comment est-ce... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2020-04-202020-05-16

Call for data for the #EMQuon — The Early Modern Quarantine Conference, Friday 15th May and Friday 26th June 2020

With so many conferences cancelled these days @EMQuon2020 had a particularly refreshing idea to be played out on the internet: To host the first Early Modern Quarantine Conference — or simply Quonference — on Twitter. We have decided to... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2019-12-212019-12-28

Celebrating FactGrid’s Q100000: Conrad Alexandre Gérard

Silently and without any fanfare we have passed the 100,000 mark on FactGrid! The item in question is a person: Conrad Alexandre Gérard. In a way he is the perfect candidate to mark this occasion. FactGrid has been diving into networks obscure and... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2019-11-042019-11-08

Eine Sitzung der Gothaer Illuminaten von 1786 — rekonstruiert für die “Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften” der Uni Erfurt, 2019

Am 8. November 2019 inszenieren Mitarbeiter und Promovierende des Forschungszentrums Gotha anlässlich der Erfurter “Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften” 2019 eine Sitzung des Illuminatenordens aus dem Jahr 1786 – eine Zeitreise und ein... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2019-10-252020-03-05

Wikibase Inspiration Panel at WikidataCon, Berlin, 2019-10-25

The recent WikidataCon in Berlin had a special panel on Wikibase installations outside Wikidata. Below the video recording of the session embedded from https://media.ccc.de/ This is the list of the talks with the list of the speakers: Anila Angjeli +... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2019-10-012019-10-02

Wikidata & Wikibase for national libraries: the inaugural meeting

At the 2019 Wikimania conference, Europeana – a Europe-wide digital cultural platform – held several associated events, including the inaugural meeting of national libraries which work directly with Wikidata and its underlying software... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2019-09-212019-10-04

The Illuminati Correspondence Fast Forward

Paul-Olivier Dehaye scripted this visualisation for us (using Uber’s http://Kepler.gl). An html-file that captures all the Illuminati exchanges from the 1770s into the 1790s as far as we have spotted them (there are some misfits in this visualisation... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2019-07-062019-07-16

Collaborating on the sum of all knowledge across languages

Wikipedia is available in almost 300 languages, each with independently developed content and perspectives. Sharing more knowledge across languages would allow each edition to focus on their unique contributions, and yet improve their... Read More | Share it now!

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  • A special map of 18th-century French colonial life in the Caribbean and elsewhere
  • Ein Best-Practice-Szenario für die Erschließung historischer Wissens- und Gebrauchsliteratur als Open Data
  • Einblicke in das interne Berichtswesen des Illuminaten-Ordens. Aus der Hand Hermann Schüttlers: 71 Dokumente der Jahre 1781 bis 1785
  • Filling a Wikibase instance with millions of data
  • FactGrid GYIK – Miért használjam a FactGridet a kutatási projektemhez?
  • The first volume of the Thuringian pastor’s book (1500–1920) as a Wikibase data set
  • Der erste Band des Thüringer Pfarrerbuchs (1500–1920) als Wikibase-Datensatz
  • FAQ FactGrid – Pourquoi devrais-je utiliser FactGrid pour mon projet de recherche ?
  • Call for data for the #EMQuon — The Early Modern Quarantine Conference, Friday 15th May and Friday 26th June 2020
  • Celebrating FactGrid’s Q100000: Conrad Alexandre Gérard
  • Eine Sitzung der Gothaer Illuminaten von 1786 — rekonstruiert für die “Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften” der Uni Erfurt, 2019
  • Wikibase Inspiration Panel at WikidataCon, Berlin, 2019-10-25

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