# WDQS Tutorial for Beginners

This video is part of the video tutorial series for Small wiki toolkits initiative. It's focusing on developing technical capacity in smaller language wiki communities by running technical workshops, developing toolkits, and building a network of individuals interested in helping resolve the technical issues in the wiki communities. Learn more about the initiative: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits

Wikidata Query Service: https://query.wikidata.org/

WDQS Cheat Sheet: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1vmwMMbI53wGYOfUAOzrZlX229JN8P4RYpnDDA4Tb_uo/edit?usp=sharing

2 hours WDQS tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJph4q0Im98

Writing a Wikidata Query/Alex Stinson

https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/writing-a-wikidata-query-discovering-women-writers-from-north-africa-d020634f0f6c

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2022
- Runtime: 2 min
- By: AlexandraShagzhina
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WDQS_Tutorial_for_Beginners.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: AlexandraShagzhina
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/114291373?play=1)