Hello everyone,
We are happy to announce the WikiLearn course on how to upload and edit
files on Wikimedia Commons using OpenRefine. The course is available in
several languages:
- In English (original): OpenRefine for Wikimedia Commons: the basics
<https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_GLAM001+2023/about>
- In Spanish / Español*: OpenRefine para Wikimedia Commons: conceptos
básicos
<https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_GLAM001+2024_es/about>
- In French / Français*: OpenRefine pour Wikimedia Commons : les bases
<https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_GLAM001+2024_fr/about>
- In Italian / Italiano: Introduzione all'uso di OpenRefine per
Wikimedia Commons
<https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_GLAM001+2024_it/about>
OpenRefine <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OpenRefine> is a free
data-wrangling tool that can be used to process, manipulate, and clean
tabular (spreadsheet) data and connect it with knowledge bases, including
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.
This course was developed as part of the Wikimedia Foundation's training
and sustainability grant to OpenRefine
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:OpenRefine/Training_2023-24> and
is suitable for Wikimedians, Wikimedia affiliate staff, and partners (e.g.
GLAM staff and Wikimedians in Residence).
This course can be easily translated into other languages (more about
the translation process here
<https://studio.learn.wiki/meta_translations/discover_courses/> and here
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tutorial_on_how_to_translate_course_content_in_WikiLearn.webm>).
More translations are on the way, including Portuguese, which will be
launched soon.
All the versions of the course are available at any time for free. You only
need a Wikimedia account and the course can be followed at your own pace,
with computer-graded exercises. A certificate is awarded at the end and an
average of 6 to 8 hours is needed to complete the course. In addition, for
Wikimedians, we also provide a template for a badge, which you can add to
your user page on Meta-Wiki -- this is also at the end of the course.
Please, feel free to share this course and its translations with people who
speak these languages and who you think might be interested in learning
more about OpenRefine or Wikimedia Commons.
Best,
Giovanna
Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her)
Program Officer, Culture and Heritage
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>