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Wikimedia Goal Posts

This page focuses on features related to OpenRefine’s integration with Wikimedia projects, including Wikidata, Wikibase, and Wikimedia Commons. Please refer to the priorities discussed in the Wikimedia Sverige development planning thread and the related prioritization spreadsheet.

The following items have been ranked from the OpenRefine 2024 feature survey as they relate to the Wikimedia integration and should be integrated in the prioritization spreadsheet.

Score and Status are defined on the about goal post page.

Create an OpenRefine Wikimedia Group​

Ability to extend data by bringing in qualifiers from Wikidata​

  • Score: 43
  • Status: Needs Scoping
  • Source: Prioritization-2024
  • Please create a thread on the forum or create an issue to discuss this request.

Fully maintained production Wikidata reconciliation service​

  • Score: 35
  • Status: Needs Solution Definition
  • Source: Prioritization-2024
  • Comment: Faster upload to Wikibase, Wikidata, or other Wikimedia projects – Fully maintained production Wikidata reconciliation service with better reconciliation and performance. See the summary of the discussion during the 2024 Barcamp

Work on reconciliation of Wikidata Lexemes​

  • Score: 32
  • Status: Needs Solution Definition
  • Source: Prioritization-2024
  • Comment: Related issue: #2240 and discussion on the forum.

Better support for self hosted Wikidata instances.​

  • Score: 24
  • Status: Needs Scoping
  • Source: Prioritization-2024
  • Comment: This include setting up manifests, and creating data previews (when reconciling) is full of dark secrets. Wikibase cloud reconciliation. Improved integration with Wikibase would be important to me because right now I have to make do with some workarounds that can be time-consuming. See this thread regarding the effort to make this process easier.