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Structured data for GLAM-Wiki/Upload

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Structured data for GLAM-Wiki

In this step, you upload your files and data to Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata.

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Upload the new data items and/or media files to Wikidata and/or Commons.

  • Start with small test batches to check for structural errors.
  • Upload in manageable batches. Don't make your batches too large (hundreds rather than thousands) – correcting mistakes in thousands of data items or files at once is not fun.
  • Occasionally check uploads during the process, to prevent errors from propagating.

Tools

Wikimedia Commons:

  • Upload Wizard for simple uploads of up to 50 files. Offers no options for refined metadata.
  • Pattypan, a user-friendly batch upload tool that works with spreadsheets and that allows for refined details in metadata.
  • GLAMwiki Toolset, an advanced upload tool for XML feeds of large file batches. Requires days of lead time and a request for permission to use the tool.

Wikidata:

  • QuickStatements, create or update Wikidata items using tab-delimited or CSV files
  • OpenRefine (3.0+) tool that has powerful upload functionality for Wikidata

For both: