Is Cradle working again now? I never managed to do anything with it, always got stuck.
Paulo Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> escreveu no dia sexta, 17/05/2019 à(s) 11:19: > On Fri, 17 May 2019 at 03:49, Mylee Joseph <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm looking for resources to teach absolute beginners how to add a > library (public, academic, etc.) to Wikidata. > > > thought I'd check in case there's anything else people know of? > > 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). > > > 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. > > 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 > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries >
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