Program/A multilingual infobox for Wikimedia Commons categories
- Format
Poster
- Keywords
- Wikidata
- Infoboxes
- Multilingual tools
- When and where
- Friday 20 July, 20:00 - 21:30
- Plenary hall
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- Topic area
- Relationship to theme
Language & literacy
Access & accessibility
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Abstract
Wikimedia Commons categories serve as collections of media files on every conceivable topic. They are used by a multilingual community, but the main language used for category names is English - even for categories about non-English topics. Wikidata can make the categories significantly easier to use by providing information relevant to the category in the user's language. This can be done with a single infobox that works for all different topics, which can be easily added to the category providing the category is linked to a Wikidata item through a sitelink. This poster will describe how the infobox works, and how to add it to commons categories.
Outcomes
How the Wikidata Infobox on Commons works How to add it to categories
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