Improve Wikidata tours
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	May 20 2017, 3:41 PM

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Check and improve the Wikidata tours (interactive tutorials). Do they cover the things newcomers need to learn?

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tours

Plan for more tours: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15S88_AoiZVAdyDz3tfX6G9m3t3pIgZGjc5_f1mP4pB4/edit?ts=5874ecea#slide=id.p

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Open		None	T243828 Create a Wikidata Tour for external identifiers
Resolved		Jopparn	T243829 Create Wikidata Tour for Administrative territory
Open		None	T243895 Create a Wikidata Tour for Properties
Resolved		Jopparn	T244468 Create Wikidata tour for 'inception'
Resolved		John_Cummings	T244467 Create Wikidata tour for 'official website'
Resolved		Jopparn	T244469 Create Wikidata tour for 'add an image'
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Open		None	T244994 Wikidata tours: Reconcile versions of MediaWiki:Guidedtour-lib.js
Resolved		NavinoEvans	T245143 Publish better version of Wikidata:Tours and add new tours
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Spinster created this task.May 20 2017, 3:41 PM

Spinster added a subtask: T165902: Create a Wikidata Tour / tutorial about references.

Framawiki added a project: Documentation.May 20 2017, 4:16 PM

Spinster created subtask T165970: Create a Wikidata Tour / tutorial about qualifiers.May 21 2017, 11:22 AM

Spinster created subtask T165971: Create a Wikidata Tour / tutorial about ranks.

Spinster created subtask T165972: Create a Wikidata Tour / tutorial about special values.

matej_suchanek added a parent task: T90870: selfcontained projects around Wikidata (tracking).Jun 3 2017, 5:00 PM

matej_suchanek merged a task: T90871: write additional tours.

matej_suchanek added subscribers: Lydia_Pintscher, Glorian_Yapinus, Popcorndude and 2 others.

Lydia_Pintscher updated the task description. (Show Details)Dec 29 2017, 1:41 PM

• SandraF_WMF awarded a token.Jan 2 2018, 9:28 AM

Lydia_Pintscher added a project: Wikimedia-Hackathon-2018.Apr 7 2018, 11:41 AM

Lydia_Pintscher moved this task from Backlog to Project on the Wikimedia-Hackathon-2018 board.

Lea_Lacroix_WMDE added a parent task: T187319: Documentation sprint @Hackathon 2018.Apr 9 2018, 6:47 AM

• srodlund moved this task from Backlog to Update or Improvement Needed to Existing Technical Documentation on the Documentation board.Aug 14 2018, 11:50 PM

Several tours have already been written, however there appear to be one or more Javascript errors meaning they cannot be used, does anyone know anything about the issues?

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tours/Qualifiers
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tours/References,
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tours/Special Values,
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tours/Behind the Scenes

I created a task T213704

John_Cummings added a subtask: T213704: Wikidata Tours don't load correctly.Jan 14 2019, 11:01 PM

John_Cummings removed a subtask: T213704: Wikidata Tours don't load correctly.Jan 16 2019, 4:03 PM

John_Cummings added a parent task: T213704: Wikidata Tours don't load correctly.

John_Cummings added a subtask: T242489: Create documentation on creating new Wikidata tours.Jan 11 2020, 12:34 AM

Trizek-WMF unsubscribed.Jan 13 2020, 4:42 PM

John_Cummings added a subtask: T243825: Create a Wikidata tour about Coordinates.Jan 28 2020, 12:03 PM

John_Cummings added a subtask: T243828: Create a Wikidata Tour for external identifiers.Jan 28 2020, 12:12 PM

John_Cummings added a subtask: T243829: Create Wikidata Tour for Administrative territory .

@Spinster I'm working on a lot of the tours and have several that are basically ready to publish but I'm stuck because I need an interface admin to crete the javascript file and publish the tour, any suggestions?

John_Cummings added a subtask: T243895: Create a Wikidata Tour for Properties .Jan 29 2020, 12:27 PM

@Mrjohncummings Here's the list of interface admins on Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&group=interface-admin

John_Cummings added a subtask: T244468: Create Wikidata tour for 'inception'.Feb 6 2020, 10:24 AM

John_Cummings added a subtask: T244467: Create Wikidata tour for 'official website'.

John_Cummings added a subtask: T244469: Create Wikidata tour for 'add an image'.

NavinoEvans added a subtask: T244747: Wikidata Tours: Stepping back shows next and previous steps at once.Feb 12 2020, 12:24 PM

NavinoEvans added a subtask: T244994: Wikidata tours: Reconcile versions of MediaWiki:Guidedtour-lib.js.

John_Cummings mentioned this in T244994: Wikidata tours: Reconcile versions of MediaWiki:Guidedtour-lib.js.Feb 12 2020, 1:31 PM

John_Cummings added a subtask: T245143: Publish better version of Wikidata:Tours and add new tours.Feb 13 2020, 12:15 PM

NavinoEvans added a subtask: T245347: Wikidata Tours: Clicking final "end" tour" button should redirect to Tours page.Feb 15 2020, 5:02 PM

John_Cummings added a subtask: T245630: Redo Wikidata Tours main page.Feb 19 2020, 5:28 PM

John_Cummings added a subtask: T246488: Find out which are the most common kinds of items and statement to know what to make tours for.Feb 28 2020, 8:49 PM