Tutorial: Writing Data to Wikidata Using Spreadsheets
Channel: LD4
Date: 2021-07-20

Speaker: Steve Baskauf
Moderators: Elizabeth Roke, Victoria Sokari, Gloria Gonzalez

In this do-it-yourself session, participants will learn the steps necessary to write their own CSV data to Wikidata. They will start by creating a bot account that will enable them to write to the Wikidata API and practice using it on the Wikidata sandbox items. They will then explore a mapping schema for properties and references of real items that they will create.  They will use that schema to download existing data to prevent duplication and add data to the spreadsheet to create new statements and items. Participants should have a Wikidata username, be familiar with editing using the web interface, and have a spreadsheet application (LibreOffice preferred). Participants will need to install Python3 on their computers to run scripts, but no coding skills are required. For the best experience, please review the Before Starting section of the workshop tutorial page.