Re: [Wikidata] Authority control help

Here's drafts of a color deck (for projection) and a grayscale deck (for printing) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/2016-08-05-AuthorityControl.pdf https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/2016-08-05-AuthorityControl-Grayscale.pdf Suggestions welcome! - Erika

Re: [Wikidata] Authority control help

Andy and others -- Would it be helpful if I did a slide deck that has this as a printable / projectable document? I could generate that if it might be useful. - Erika *Erika Herzog* Wikipedia *User:BrillLyle * On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Andy

Re: [Wikidata] Authority control help

Wanted to also add that I understand: There are bots that - Harvest new articles - Add items for new articles - Harvest authority control data This is for casual Wikipedians -- especially librarians who like Authority control and are creating stubs at editathons -- to start to learn how to

Re: [Wikidata] Authority control help

I forgot about the duplicate issue. I think the assumption here is a new Wikipedia page -- which is what we encounter at many of the editathons here in NYC -- and how to get Authority control in as a new Wikidata item, but I think I will footnote this Thanks! - Erika *Erika Herzog*

Re: [Wikidata] Authority control help

Very smart. Done. I didn't want to get into adding statements and other elements to Wikidata as it somewhat outside the scope of the Authority control thing, but Maybe I should link to the Tours. I founds those helpful. Thank you! *Erika Herzog* Wikipedia *User:BrillLyle

Re: [Wikidata] Authority control help

On 5 August 2016 at 19:28, john cummings wrote: > Hey Erika > > One suggestion, add a step before creating a new item on Wikidata of > searching for an existing item, it may be an item exists but isn't linked to > Wikipedia. With authority control, that may be a

Re: [Wikidata] Authority control help

On 5 August 2016 at 18:50, Brill Lyle wrote: > I created a pretty rough, but hopefully still usable, help page for manually > inputting and moving Authority control metadata from Wikipedia to Wikidata > for new pages that have no associated Wikidata item. > >

Re: [Wikidata] Authority control help

Hey Erika One suggestion, add a step before creating a new item on Wikidata of searching for an existing item, it may be an item exists but isn't linked to Wikipedia. Thanks John On 5 August 2016 at 19:50, Brill Lyle wrote: > I created a pretty rough, but hopefully

[Wikidata] Authority control help

I created a pretty rough, but hopefully still usable, help page for manually inputting and moving Authority control metadata from Wikipedia to Wikidata for new pages that have no associated Wikidata item. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tours/Authority_control Wasn't sure if it is okay to