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Split the 70-word opening sentence into three per the style guide (via update-page on MediaWiki MCP Server) |
AddSource author search (free text / Wikidata Q-ids) + candidate record-details links (via update-page on MediaWiki MCP Server) |
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| [[Special:AddPerson]] || a person item || ORCID iD, Wikidata Q, or a name | | [[Special:AddPerson]] || a person item || ORCID iD, Wikidata Q, or a name | ||
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| [[Special:AddSource]] || a work item (book, scholarly article, website, song, film, video) || DOI, ISBN-13, | | [[Special:AddSource]] || a work item (book, scholarly article, website, song, film, video) || DOI, ISBN-13, a title, or an author | ||
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| [[Special:AddCollective]] || a non-person agent item (organization, company, band, collective, institution) || a name | | [[Special:AddCollective]] || a non-person agent item (organization, company, band, collective, institution) || a name | ||
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Workflow: search → review the candidates (same-name disambiguation) → confirm the class (pre-inferred from the authority) → create. Repeating a lookup for an already-imported label reuses the existing item (create-or-skip). The English label comes from the authority; add <code>fr</code>/<code>eo</code> labels afterwards. Fetch failures degrade to manual item creation at [[Special:NewItem]]. | Workflow: search → review the candidates (same-name disambiguation) → confirm the class (pre-inferred from the authority) → create. Each candidate carries a ''see record details'' link to its canonical authority page (opens in a new tab). Repeating a lookup for an already-imported label reuses the existing item (create-or-skip). The English label comes from the authority; add <code>fr</code>/<code>eo</code> labels afterwards. Fetch failures degrade to manual item creation at [[Special:NewItem]]. | ||
Notes: | Notes: | ||
* The authority lookups run '''only when you click search''' — never on page load. | * The authority lookups run '''only when you click search''' — never on page load. | ||
* '''Author search''' on [[Special:AddSource]] narrows the results for common titles. Toggle between '''free text''' (an author name, e.g. Albert Einstein) and '''semantic entities''' (Wikidata Q-ids, comma-separated — e.g. Q937, Q42). The semantic mode resolves works by the author entities on the Wikidata hub. | |||
* The provenance form on [[Special:AddQuotation]] (and the other content pages) has entity '''search + autofill''' for <code>attributed to</code> and <code>source</code>: type a name, pick the entity, the item id is filled in. Manually typed ids still work. | * The provenance form on [[Special:AddQuotation]] (and the other content pages) has entity '''search + autofill''' for <code>attributed to</code> and <code>source</code>: type a name, pick the entity, the item id is filled in. Manually typed ids still work. | ||
* Citations use the source item's harvested metadata (journal name, publisher, volume/issue/pages, DOI, ISBN) and cite the source '''type''' correctly (a book quote cites as a book, a song quote as a song). | * Citations use the source item's harvested metadata (journal name, publisher, volume/issue/pages, DOI, ISBN) and cite the source '''type''' correctly (a book quote cites as a book, a song quote as a song). | ||
Revision as of 17:32, 21 August 2026
Instead of hand-creating an item per author or source, use the external-authority pages in the semantic tools sidebar.
They fetch metadata from public services (Wikidata, dblp, OpenAlex, Crossref, Open Library, ORCID) and let you pick the right record. They create a local stub item with the authority identifiers (ORCID, VIAF, ISNI, DOI, ISBN, …) and citation metadata (given/family name, published in, publisher, pages, volume, issue) — every imported statement carries an imported from <authority> reference.
| Page | Creates | Input |
|---|---|---|
| Special:AddPerson | a person item | ORCID iD, Wikidata Q, or a name |
| Special:AddSource | a work item (book, scholarly article, website, song, film, video) | DOI, ISBN-13, a title, or an author |
| Special:AddCollective | a non-person agent item (organization, company, band, collective, institution) | a name |
Workflow: search → review the candidates (same-name disambiguation) → confirm the class (pre-inferred from the authority) → create. Each candidate carries a see record details link to its canonical authority page (opens in a new tab). Repeating a lookup for an already-imported label reuses the existing item (create-or-skip). The English label comes from the authority; add fr/eo labels afterwards. Fetch failures degrade to manual item creation at Special:NewItem.
Notes:
- The authority lookups run only when you click search — never on page load.
- Author search on Special:AddSource narrows the results for common titles. Toggle between free text (an author name, e.g. Albert Einstein) and semantic entities (Wikidata Q-ids, comma-separated — e.g. Q937, Q42). The semantic mode resolves works by the author entities on the Wikidata hub.
- The provenance form on Special:AddQuotation (and the other content pages) has entity search + autofill for
attributed toandsource: type a name, pick the entity, the item id is filled in. Manually typed ids still work. - Citations use the source item's harvested metadata (journal name, publisher, volume/issue/pages, DOI, ISBN) and cite the source type correctly (a book quote cites as a book, a song quote as a song).
See also
- Help:Contributing — the hub
- Help:Contributing/entities — creating and editing items and properties