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| Let's use Wikidata to answer questions about NFL players! | | Let's use Wikidata to answer questions about NFL players! |
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| =Goal=
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| 1. Answer the question "What are the DOB and DOD dates for all NFL players?"
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| =Data=
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| I tried to see if the data to answer this question might already be in Wikidata.
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| <source lang =sparql>
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| SELECT ?personLabel ?positionLabel ?DOB ?DOD
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| WHERE {
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| ?person wdt:P106 wd:Q19204627.
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| ?person wdt:P413 ?position.
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| ?person wdt:P569 ?DOB .
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| ?person wdt:P570 ?DOD .
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| SERVICE wikibase:label {
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| bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en" .
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| }
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| </source>
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| It looks like we are missing the occupation data for many people. This data isn't in Wikidata yet, but it is in English Wikipedia.
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| We can use the PetScan tool to get pages that are in certain categories. There is a manual for the tool that explains how to use it.
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| We can find some useful categories here Category:National_Football_League_players_by_team
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| =Next Steps=
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| 1. I'll try a set with San Diego Chargers data.
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