User:John Cummings/Wikidata Imports draft/Form

Introduction Please fill out the details below to start a new data import for Wikidata. If you have a question or want to delete a import request please go to the Wikidata Import Hub main discussion page.

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Name of field Description of field Notes
Name of dataset The name of the dataset Small text box
Source The name of the organisation who produces the dataset Small text box
Link A link to the dataset, if the dataset has an information page, please link to that. URL
Description A description of the dataset, e.g what information is held within it Larger text box
Topic The topic that most closely fits this dataset, if there is no clear match please chose General or Unknown Multiple choice:
  • Archives
  • Art
  • Biography
  • Biology
  • Encyclopedia
  • Entertainment
  • Food
  • General
  • Geography
  • Heritage Infrastructure
  • Language
  • Location
  • Media
  • Medical
  • Organisation
  • Religion
  • Science
  • Sport
  • Unknown
Format of dataset The format of the dataset, if it is a list on a website, a speadsheet a pdf, etc. Multiple choice:
  • Spreadsheet
  • Webpage
  • PDF
  • Text document
  • Data dump
  • API
  • Other
Updates Is the dataset likely to be updated? Either the same dataset is revised and changed, or new versions are created e.g statistics on a subject published each year Multiple choice:
  • Static
  • Updated
  • Editions
  • Unknown
Additional information Any additional information


Topic field adds a category to the created page e.g Location data imports

Format field adds a category to the created page e.g Data imports from pdf

Updates field adds a category to the created page e.g Data imports that are updated

In progress the category 'in progress' is added to all new data imports

Signature is created when creating new page