Turn a Wikidata query into a useful interactive timeline
A practical Query Timeline workflow: define one event per row, map dates and precision, handle duplicates and choose a live query or snapshot.
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WikidataCon 2017
In our opinion WikidataCon 2017 was a resounding success. We re-connected with many fellow Wikimedians and met new connections both inside and outside of the Wikimedia Community. The mood of the conference was one of …
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HistropediaJS Timeline Renderer - New features
During the next few months we're rolling out some very cool new features and options and for HistropediaJS, our JavaScript library for creating interactive timelines. This includes some impressive looking animations and …
Read moreBuild an Oscar winners timeline from Wikidata award statements
Use the date qualifier on each award statement so repeated wins appear as separate events, then adapt the query across five Oscar categories.
Read moreFour Query Timeline examples you can adapt
Choose a tested Wikidata timeline recipe by its data problem: lifespans, places, paintings or repeat awards.
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Time for an Update! HistropediaJS & ShowCase Timelines
When we are busy creating new things, we sometimes forget to tell the world what we are doing. So here is a long overdue and hopefully very exciting update on what's being going on at Histropedia recently. HistropediaJS …
Read moreUse colour and filters to explore a Wikidata timeline
Build a timeline of Van Gogh paintings and use collection categories to explore the results without confusing categories, dates or duplicate rows.
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Histropedia ALB open data forum presentation
This blog post has the slides and resources used during our recent presentation at the ALB open data forum at the Natural History Museum. Histropedia Directory Timelines: We started by loading the Timeline of Empires, we …
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Presenting the Timeline Directory and Auto-Arrange
With these two major features we are taking a huge step towards the final vision of creating a new resource that will allow all of history to be explored, compared, and analysed in an engaging and interactive …
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Happy New Year
It has been an amazing year for Histropedia, we have moved ever closer to achieving our vision of creating the world’s first interactive timeline of everything in history. With each new feature we deploy we place another …
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