Commons:OpenRefine/Training 2023-24
| About | How to: upload files | How to: edit files | Advanced tips and tricks | Training | Projects |
OpenRefine is an open source, very flexible power tool to work with data, clean it, transform it, and move it from one data repository to another. It is widely used by data scientists, data journalists, cultural institutions and other professionals working with data. OpenRefine is also a popular tool to batch upload and batch edit data on Wikidata.
Since 2022, with support from a Wikimedia grant, it is possible to use OpenRefine to batch edit and upload files on Wikimedia Commons, with a focus on adding multilingual, linked, structured data to the files on Commons.
This new Wikimedia Commons functionality in OpenRefine is especially useful for cultural institutions who want to upload files to Commons with linked, structured data. OpenRefine offers powerful import functionalities from various data formats (csv, tsv, Excel sheets, XML…) and APIs (for those cultural institutions which use these). It also allows revisiting existing Wikimedia Commons files, improving their metadata, and adding multilingual structured data to them. Wikimedians in general can also use OpenRefine to batch upload their own or externally-hosted files to Wikimedia Commons.
For 2023-24, as part of its support for Wikimedia Commons, the Wikimedia Foundation is funding OpenRefine for bug fixes to its Commons features, for a train-the-trainer program, documentation, and a WikiLearn course.
As this program develops, this page will provide updates and more information.
Train-the-trainer course, 2023-24[edit]
From November 2023 until April 2024, there is an intensive online train-the-trainer course for candidate OpenRefine-Wikimedia trainers. Read more on the dedicated info page.
- September 1 until 15, 2023: registration period
- November 1, 2023: course starts
Documentation and how-tos[edit]
General information about OpenRefine for Wikimedia Commons has been updated at Commons:OpenRefine. This page links to several updated resources:
- How to upload files to Wikimedia Commons with OpenRefine
- How to edit files on Wikimedia Commons with OpenRefine
- Advanced tips and tricks
Log of activities[edit]
| When | Activity | Link(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-31 | Midpoint report of this grant and project is published. | Midpoint report |
| 2024-01-14 | A beta version of a WikiLearn course for OpenRefine and Wikimedia Commons is ready for beta testing. | Beta course link (only for invited testers) |
| 2024-01-14 | Improved documentation and how-tos on using OpenRefine for Wikimedia Commons are published. Based on feedback from the user surveys, these resources contain short, translatable video demos. | Commons:OpenRefine and subpages: How to upload files / How to edit files / Advanced tips and tricks |
| 2023-12-10 | Results of the two user surveys published: usage of OpenRefine's Wikimedia Commons features, and users' priorities. | Report of the surveys on OpenRefine's forum. |
| 2023-10-05 | Launch of two surveys to learn more about usage of OpenRefine's Wikimedia Commons features and about users' priorities. | Example invitation to participate in surveys via a talk page / First survey / Second survey |
| 2023-10-01 | A group of ~16 train-the-trainer course participants has been selected and notified. | The list of participants is available on the course page. |
| 2023-09-12 | Analysis of uptake of the Wikimedia Commons features in OpenRefine. | Report of the analysis on OpenRefine's forum. |
| 2023-08-31 | Announcement of train-the-trainer course. Registration period for this course starts. | Info page about the course / registration form |
| 2023-07-21 | This info page is published. | This page :-) |