Help:Ofta spurdir spurningar

 

General

1. Hvar kann eg finna Ofta spurdir spurningar á mínum egna máli?

   Sí "onnur mál" omanfyri.

2. How can I change my language settings? Is it possible to edit data in more than one language?

   There are a few options for setting your language preferences on Wikidata but the Babel extension is the best option for multilingual users who will be contributing to Wikidata. The extension allows users to view and easily add information to item page fields (specifically, labels, descriptions, and aliases) in multiple languages. You can activate the Babel extension by adding the #babel template to your user page—please see Help:Navigating Wikidata/User Options for full details.

Terminology

1. Eg kenni ikki terminologiina hjá Wikidata. Kanst tú greiða mær frá nøvnunum í markamótinum?

   Hygg at orðalistanum.

2. What are data types? Which ones are currently supported in Wikidata?

   Data types refer to the types of data values which can be added to a property in a statement. The data type of a given property therefore restricts what can be added as its value. For example, only text can be added as a value for the property "color", only numbers can be added for the property "population," and only file formats can be added for the property "Commons media." For a list of data types currently supported by Wikidata, see Special:ListDatatypes. Other types are also in development and will be available soon. For more information, see Help:Properties.

3. Eg havi tveir lutir sum vísa til ta somu alfrøðigreinina, tað er ein "interwiki konflikt". Hvar kann eg fráboða hetta?

   Royn Wikidata:Interwiki conflicts.

Contributing

1. I'm new here. What is there for me to do and how can I help?

   Welcome! We're very happy to have you here! There are many opportunities for contributing to Wikidata, from improving and translating documentation to planning and proposing new properties in support of data. If you're looking for ways to get involved, we recommend checking out Wikidata:Contribute for an overview of the different roles and activities available to users (in addition to editing data).

2. What should I edit?

   If you know how to edit and want a small task to get you started, click here to improve a random item (this link is also always available from the left sidebar menu link "Random page"). You could also work on a specific item in order to get it to "showcase item" status. Showcase items are items that fully represent what Wikidata is capable of by displaying in full detail the data that can be stored on Wikidata. A showcase item should have at least 10 statements, as well as other attributes. For more information, see Wikidata:Showcase items.

3. Where can I go for help?

   Your first stop should be the Help portal where you'll find all the documentation related to using and editing Wikidata. If you're still stuck, post a message on Project Chat.

4. What is a WikiProject?

   WikiProjects on Wikidata are groups of users who work together to improve the content and coverage for a specific topic area. This work varies and can include discussion and proposal of new properties to support the topic area, development of guidelines for the appropriate use of properties, outreach to related projects and linked datasets to be included in Wikidata, creation of resources for supporting data editors (e.g. reliable sources of information for the topic), and more. Any user can join a WikiProject or start their own. For a list of current WikiProjects, please see here.

Editing

1. Eg síggi ikki nakran høvuðs "rættingar" knøtt, hvar er hann?

   Tú kanst rætta teir ymisku partarnir av einum evni við at brúka tær ymisku rættingarleinkjurnar á evnissíðuni.

2. Hvussu stovni eg eina nýggja síðu/nýtt evni?

   Nýt Special:NewItem síðuna. Tú kanst fáa atgongd til funksjónina við at klikkja á "Create a new Item" í menyini vinstrumegin.

   Properties can only be created by property creators and administrators. To propose a new property, see Wikidata:Property proposal.

3. Ein rættingarsamandráttur er onkuntíð betri enn kjaksíðu, um eg vil greiða frá smærri rættingum. Kunnu tit vinarliga aktivera tað?

   Rættingarsamandráttir verða veittir av ritbúnaðinum, teir verða ikki skrivaðir manuelt. Men, tú kanst skriva eina stutta frágreiðing, tá tú afturstillar eina rætting.

4. Eg kom av óvart at upprætta eitt skeivt evni, og nú ynski eg at sletta tað. Hvagar kann eg venda mær fyri at fáa hjálp?

   Royn Wikidata:Requests for deletions. (Har er eisini eitt hjálpitól í tínum innstillingum sum nevnist "RequestDeletion", tað kann hjálpa tær.)

5. Hvussu flætti eg tvey evni?

   See Help:Merge for detailed instructions. There's also a gadget you can enable in your preferences called "Merge" that can help with this process.

6. Hvussu sletti eg skeivar leinkjur frá einum luti?

   To delete a sitelink from an item, click the [edit] button, select the trash icon next to the sitelink and save the changes. After this is done, please add the deleted sitelink to the correct item or make a new item for it if one doesn't yet exist. There's also a gadget you can enable in your preferences called "Move" which can help with this process. In cases where your changes are not obvious or straightforward, you can leave a note on the talk pages of the items. For more information, see Help:Merge and Help:Sitelinks.

7. Hvussu nýti eg keldur?

   Sí Hjálp:Keldur.

8. There is an item that already has a Wikipedia sitelink in language X. I want to add a second sitelink to the item for another Wikipedia article in language X that fits as well but it won't let me. What should I do?

   Wikidata allows only one sitelink per item per language. You will see an error message when attempting to add a new sitelink to a item page if that link has already been added to another item page. For more information, see Help:Sitelinks.

9. I tried to add a sitelink to an item, but when I tried to save it I received an error message. What should I do?

   Wikidata allows one sitelink per item per language. If you receive an error message but believe the item you are editing is the most appropriate one for the sitelink, you may need to merge two items. Please consult Help:Merge or visit Wikidata:Interwiki conflicts to report a conflict.

10. Hvussu leinki eg til eina yvirskrift inni í einari størri grein, t.d. w:Han Dynasty#Eastern Han?

    At leinkja til serstøk brot ber ikki til. Vinarliga lat interwiki leinkjur vera sum tær vóru, um tað krevst at leinkja til ávíst brot.

11. Hvussu fái eg 2 síður á málil A leinkjaðar til 1 síðu á máli B, t.d. en:Cirth og en:Tengwar til de:Tengwar und Certar?

    Wikidata kann bert leinkja eina-til-eina.

12. How do I find properties available to use in Wikidata? How will I know what property to use while editing Wikidata?

    Please check Wikidata:List of properties for a community-maintained list of properties. When searching for properties with the site's main search bar, please prefix your search term(s) with "P:" to ensure you are looking in the property namespace. If you are unsure whether the property you are using is most appropriate for a statement, consult the property's discussion page or ask on Wikidata:Project chat. If you are fairly new to editing data, you might also want to check out some showcase items. Showcase items are items that fully represent what Wikidata is capable of by displaying in full detail the data that can be stored on Wikidata. They can serve as valuable examples of what properties to use on different types of items. Please see Wikidata:Showcase items for more information and examples.

13. According to the history of an item I changed, the number of bytes went up or down significantly, even though I only made a minor change. Why did this happen?

    The history shows the number of bytes changed in the internal data structure for the item in the database. phab:T41189 has been filed for this.

14. I want to add a label/description/alias for a new language but when I click "edit", it doesn't offer the language. How can I add it?

    This is currently not possible by default, see phab:T126510. The set of languages displayed can be customized, see Help:Navigating Wikidata/User Options. Registered users can activate labelLister gadget. Or you can use Special:SetLabelDescriptionAliases.

Navigating the site

1. Eg skilji ikki nøvnini í URL teiginum. QXXX. Hvat tal stendur XXX fyri...? (Eg síggi fleiri síður á Special:Statistics enn á Special:NewPages)

   All pages in the main and property namespaces end with a unique identifier in either the format Q### or P###. These identifiers represent Wikidata items and properties, respectively—for example, Q142 is for the item on France and P1082 is for the population property. The numbers in identifiers are assigned in the order the items and properties were created in Wikidata. By using identifier codes, Wikidata is able to support multilingual data entry without favouring any one language.

2. Hvussu virka leitingar?

   The two main search options are Special:Search and Special:ItemByTitle. The first is the widest possible search across languages and namespaces. The second searches the main namespace only for an item in Wikidata in a selected language whose title is exactly equal to value entered. Please try both options to ensure you find an existing item. For more information, see Help:Navigating Wikidata.

3. What is Wikidata's main namespace for?

   The main namespace on Wikidata is reserved for items only. Pages in this namespace are known as item pages and are titled according to their unique identifiers (Q###). For more information on Wikidata namespaces, see Help:Namespaces.

Other Wikimedia sites

1. How can I use data from Wikidata in my Wikimedia project?

   If Wikidata has been integrated with your wiki, you can access its data by using a parser function or a Lua module. Templates can be built to ease the access to data for all contributors. See How to use data on Wikimedia projects.

2. When will Wikidata be integrated with Incubator and Beta Wikiversity?

   This is currently not supported by the Wikibase software. Wikibase has a basic assumption that a given wiki only has one page about a given topic, and changing this may need to refactor some code. See phab:T54971 for more information.

3. Verða úrvalsgreinar, góðar greinar og aðrar kvalitetssíður frámerktar á Wikidata?

   Hetta er í løtuni bugzilla:40810 og er enn í menning.

4. Hvussu kann eg leinkja til Wikidata frá Wikipedium?

   Nýt [[d:Q39715]] ella [[d:Special:ItemByTitle/enwiki/Lighthouse]]

5. Tá ið eg havi lagt afturat eitt evni frá mínari Wikipediu, hvussu long tíð gongur so, áðrenn málleinkjurnar koma til sjóndar har?

   Usually not more than a few minutes. You can see sitelinks immediately by purging the cache on the corresponding Wikimedia site page (you can do this by adding ?action=purge at the end of its URL). For more information on adding sitelinks, see Help:Sitelinks.

6. Can I edit Wikidata directly on articles on other Wikimedia projects?

   This is currently not possible. But in the future editors on other Wikimedia projects will not necessarily need to go to Wikidata to edit the data they use from Wikidata. This is tracked in phab:T136599. In addition, there are some third-party gadgets for this; WE-Framework is an example.

7. How do I link a Commons category to Wikidata?

   Where possible, a Commons category should be linked to a Wikidata category item, in the "other sites" section, e.g., as on Category:London (Q7149656). A Commons category (P373) statement is also added on the corresponding main item, London (Q84), since some software won't search category items to find the Commons category. If there is no category item the Commons category can be added to the "other sites" section of a main item, e.g., as on Old War Office Building (Q58454576). There's a bot that will add Commons category (P373) statements, so these don't usually need to be done by hand.

Wikipedia and Wikidata

How Wikidata integrates with Wikipedia, as the most high-profile project in the Wikimedia movement, brings up some common questions and concerns. For more information see Wikidata:Wikidata in Wikimedia projects.

1. How is Wikidata being used on Wikipedia?

   Wikidata is used for a number of functions on Wikipedia already. Some of these are somewhat opaque to the user, and some are more readily seen. A more complete breakdown can be found at Wikidata:Wikidata in Wikimedia projects.

   Since 2013, all interlanguage links have been handled by Wikidata. The identifiers in the "Authority Control" box at the bottom of many articles in Wikipedia editions are also drawn from Wikidata. A number of Wikipedia language editions also now make extensive use of Wikidata-driven infoboxes.

   In 2017, Interlingua Wikipedia had 100% of its articles using infoboxes and none contained any local data, and Catalan Wikipedia reported that more than 300,000 of its 600,000 articles (or about 58%) used infoboxes derived from Wikidata. French Wikipedia also has tens of thousands of infoboxes created from Wikidata. However, interestingly, English Wikipedia has not adopted Wikidata-driven infoboxes in any large scale as the community debates how much to use them.

2. How does Wikidata handle vandalism?

   Wikidata makes use of recent changes patrolling, as well as ORES, an AI tool which helps to find possible bad-faith edits. There are also some external tools which allow users to review changes in a certain scope (eg. their language). Still, Wikidata tends to have a much lower level of vandalism than Wikipedia, largely because it is relatively new and lower profile. However, since it is being used more in information boxes and authority control records, it may face more challenges.

3. Does Wikidata have a Biography of Living Persons (BLP) policy?

   In 2018, Wikidata:Living people is adopted as an official policy.

Other

1. How do I make a list of the articles?

   Look up the item you want to make a list of and make a note of the item's Q number, then replace the 42 in the following URL with the Q number from the item you want to make the list from and follow the newly created link: https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbgetentities&format=xml&props=sitelinks&ids=Q42

2. How do I directly link to a specific Wikipedia resource using the Wikidata item identifier number?

   Use the Special:GoToLinkedPage form. In the first field (Site), enter the language and site code (e.g. "enwiki"). In the second field (Item id), enter the item id, including the Q prefix (e.g. "Q2063748"). Alternatively, you may specify the parameters directly in the link (e.g. Special:GoToLinkedPage/enwiki/Q2063748).

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