Practical – adding images to Wikidata

Posted on by Ewan McAndrew

Scotland has just been voted the most beautiful country in the world in a Rough Guide readers’ poll.

The world’s largest photo competition, Wiki Loves Monuments, takes place for the whole of September. Share your high quality pics of listed buildings and monuments to Wikimedia Commons and help preserve our cultural heritage online.  Entry is free and the best pics will win a prize.

Aside from being great fun, Wiki Loves Monuments is a way of capturing a snapshot of our nation’s cultural heritage for future generations and documenting our country’s most important historic sites. See the rules and how to enter.

Wiki Loves Monuments – dynamic map of Edinburgh showing listed buildings requiring an image (in red).

How to take part

  • Wiki Loves Monuments UK tool – this shows you places near you, indicated with a red dot, that require a pic. You just take a quick look at the map, take a pic and upload. It takes seconds and is the easiest way to take part in this year’s
  • WLM map tool – this is increasingly the preferred tool as you can search for addresses, either in UK or further afield.

In September 2017, we added 2,100 images to Wikimedia Commons of Scotland’s listed buildings and scheduled monuments.

Activity: Adding a picture to WikiData

This is a guide for adding a picture to WikiData for entries which do not already have one.

The picture must have been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. Find the picture you want to attach and keep a note of the file name.

e.g. Michaelmarra.pk (3).jpg

Go to the WikiData entry that you’re interested in.

Look under Statements where you’ll see a list of different boxes with different items of information.

At the end of the list of statements, you’ll see  [add]  or add statement. Click here.

In the box marked ‘property’, enter ‘image’ or ‘P18’ which is the number code for images.

In the box next to this, enter the file name of the image as it appears on WikiCommons e.g.. Michaelmarra.pk (3).jpg

Click on ✓ Save to the right of the box.

 

Images to add to Wikidata

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:3_University_Gardens,_Glasgow.jpg
  2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:30_Croft_An_Righ.jpg
  3. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:215_High_Street,_Glasgow_01.jpg
  4. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:24_Regent_Terrace.jpg
  5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:27,_27a,_27b,_27c_Marchmont_Road,_Edinburgh.jpg
  6. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:39,_41,_43_Warrender_Park_Road,_Edinburgh.jpg
  7. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:401,_403,_405_Victoria_Road,_Victoria_Cross_Buildings.jpg
  8. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:71_Trongate,_Tron_Steeple_02.jpg
  9. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:82-86_Castle_Street,_Royal_Infirmary,_Main_Blocks_-_View_from_Cathedral_Square.jpg
  10. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abbey_Court_House.jpg
  11. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blythswood_Square,_Glasgow.jpg
  12. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carbisdale_Castle_1.jpg
  13. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castle_Kennedy_2.jpg
  14. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castle_Terrace,_Edinburgh_1.jpg
  15. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cathedral_Square,_Glasgow,_Statue_To_Reverend_Dr_Norman_Macleod.jpg
  16. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ceiling_mural_at_Mansfield_Traquair_Centre.jpg
  17. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Central_Medical_Building,_Southern_General_Hospital,_1.jpg
  18. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deacon_Brodie%27s_Tavern,_Lawnmarket,_Edinburgh,_1.jpg
  19. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edinburgh,_117_Nicolson_Street,_Community_Centre_02.jpg
  20. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edinburgh,_12_Carlton_Terrace.jpg
  21. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edinburgh,_15_Brunswick_Street.jpg
  22. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edinburgh,_17_Brunswick_Street.jpg
  23. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edinburgh,_18,_20,_22,_24_Grassmarket,_The_Beehive_Inn.jpg
  24. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edinburgh,_2,_3,_4_Leopold_Place.jpg
  25. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edinburgh,_2-4_High_Riggs,_Main_Point.jpg
  26. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edinburgh,_20_Royal_Terrace.jpg
  27. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edinburgh,_2-6_South_St_Andrew_Street_02.jpg
  28. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edinburgh,_23_Elm_Row.jpg
  29. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edinburgh,_23_George_Square.jpg
  30. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edinburgh,_22-34_Bread_Street.jpg
  31. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edinburgh,_23a,_23b_George_Square.jpg
  32. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edinburgh,_24_George_Square.jpg
  33. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edinburgh,_47,_48,_49,_50,_51,_52_Princes_Street,_Jenners_03.jpg
  34. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edinburgh,_64_Grassmarket.jpg
  35. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edinburgh,_66_-_68_Grassmarket.jpg
  36. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edinburgh,-30-31-Chambers-Street,-Edinburgh-Dental-Hospital-And-School-(Q17811784).jpg
  37. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edinburgh,-Corstorphine-Road,-K6-Telephone-Kiosk-(Q17794593).jpg

 

Finished?

Bonus activity:

There are a lot more images to be added.