On 17 May 2019, at 12:49 pm, Mylee Joseph <mylee.joseph(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hi everyone, I'm looking for resources to teach absolute beginners how to add a library (public, academic, etc.) to Wikidata. In my case it would be an instance of a public library in Australia. I found this blog post that looks very good https://coffeecode.net/creating-and-editing-libraries-in-wikidata.html but thought I'd check in case there's anything else people know of? I've also tried doing it ... see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63873691 and would be happy to have any tips on how to improve it, or pointers to some best practice examples. sincerely, Mylee user [[Aliaretiree]] Mylee Joseph @myleejoseph +61 407450739 _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries

Hi everyone, I'm looking for resources to teach absolute beginners how to add a library (public, academic, etc.) to Wikidata. In my case it would be an instance of a public library in Australia. I found this blog post that looks very good https://coffeecode.net/creating-and-editing-libraries-in-wikidata.html but thought I'd check in case there's anything else people know of? I've also tried doing it ... see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63873691 and would be happy to have any tips on how to improve it, or pointers to some best practice examples. sincerely, Mylee user [[Aliaretiree]] *Mylee Joseph* @myleejoseph +61 407450739 _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries

On Fri, 17 May 2019 at 03:49, Mylee Joseph <mylee.joseph(a)gmail.com> wrote: library (public, academic, etc.) to Wikidata. Teaching new editors to create an item and add statements manually is a good approach, because it helps them to understand the mechanics of Wikidata. But if you need to add several libraries, then using Cradle will speed things up: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Cradle (if you need to add hundreds then use QuickStatements, but that's a whole different game). Looks good. Other properties that could be added include "located at street address", "e-mail address", and "named after". Images, too, if they are on commons - or you could encourage people to take and upload them. You should add references to each statement - with a couple of exceptions, like "official URL" and perhaps "coordinates". Note that Cradle also does not add references, so these need to be done after using it. The "DuplicateReferences" gadget: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/Edit_items#DuplicateReferences will make this much easier. Finally, the QIDs of the newly-added libraries could be added to the equivalent objects in OpenStreetMap (or new OSM objects created if needed). This is obviously too much for an introductory Wikidata session, but you could at least collate a list of QIDs and let your local OSM mappers know. Great questions! -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries