This course is an introduction to using OpenRefine to make bulk edits to Wikidata. It is designed for those who have some knowledge of Wikidata, and who have done at least some manual editing of Wikidata already. No prior knowledge of OpenRefine is required.
The course covers some basic OpenRefine tasks such as faceting, moving and renaming columns, reconciliation, creating a schema, and creating new columns from reconciled values. We show you how to make bulk edits to existing Wikidata items, as well as how to create new items. We also cover how to use OpenRefine to look for gaps on Wikidata.
This is a short course which we estimate would take around 4 hours to complete.
A basic understanding of Wikidata, including qualifiers, references, properties and statements.
Sara Thomas is a Programme Manager at Wikimedia UK, and was previously Scotland Programme Coordinator. She has also been a Wikimedian in Residence for both Museums Galleries Scotland, and the Scottish Library and Information Council. Sara was part of the OpenRefine Train the Trainer cohort in 2023-24.
Jinoy Tom Jacob is a Wikimedia volunteer and contact point of Wikimedians of Kerala UG. He is passionate about mapping and committed to Open Data initiatives. Volunteering to promote Wikimedia projects in India, by organizing events collabrating with the communities he aims to make valuable information accessible and benficial to all.
Ada Jakubowska joined Wikimedia Polska in 2023, and provides tech, organisational and administrative support to both WMPL staff and the community. She's worked on projects to do with onboarding of new volunteers, and with the education team on the Wikischool site, and courses for teachers.
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