Wikipedia:Uploading metadata to Wikidata

QuickStatements can be used to upload metadata (such as area and population figures about populated places) to Wikidata. Templates such as {{Wikidata}} can be then used to retrieve the figures locally and feed them to fields in templates such as {{Infobox settlement}}.

Austria example

Updating the figures

1. Updated population figures are usually published on the website of the national or local statistical office (in the example, the Statistik Austria website).

2. A list of Wikidata properties for authority control for administrative subdivisions (lists all properties such as Swedish county code (P507), China administrative division code (P442), etc.) can be found here. The mappings between Austrian Wikidata IDs for municipalities and municipality keys are available through this Wikidata Query. The two tables can be linked through the VLOOKUP function in Excel (or any other spreadsheet program).

3. QuickStatements can be used to rapidly upload hundreds of statements in one go. Choosing the 'Run in background' option is advised, so that the process will continue even if the browser window crashes or is closed.

V1 syntax

The example below uploads the updated population of Eisenstadt (Q126321) as of 1 January 2018, using the QuickStatements V1 syntax:

Q126321	P1082	14476	P585	+2018-01-01T00:00:00Z/11	S854	"https://www.statistik.at/web_de/klassifikationen/regionale_gliederungen/gemeinden/index.html"	S1476	de:"Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018"	S813	+2019-03-09T00:00:00Z/11	S123	Q358870

csv syntax

The same command, using the csv syntax:

qid,P1082,qal585,S854,s1476,s813,s123
Q126321,14476,+2018-01-01T00:00:00Z/11,""""https://www.statistik.at/web_de/klassifikationen/regionale_gliederungen/gemeinden/index.html",de:"Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status Gebietsstand 1.1.2018",+2019-03-09T00:00:00Z/11,Q358870

This uploads this statement to the entity Eisenstadt (Q126321):

• population (P1082): 14476

this qualifier:

• point in time (P585): +2018-01-01T00:00:00Z/11

and the following references:

• reference URL (P854): "https://www.statistik.at/web_de/klassifikationen/regionale_gliederungen/gemeinden/index.html"
• title (P1476): de:"Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018"
• retrieved (P813): +2019-03-09T00:00:00Z/11
• publisher (P123): Statistics Austria (Q358870)

Area

The same procedure can be used to update the area figures:

qid,P2046,qal585,S854,s1476,s813,s123
Q126321,42.88U712226,+2018-01-01T00:00:00Z/11,""""http://www.statistik.at/web_de/klassifikationen/regionale_gliederungen/dauersiedlungsraum/index.html",de:"Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018",+2019-03-10T00:00:00Z/11,Q358870

This uploads this statement to the entity Eisenstadt (Q126321):

• area (P2046): 42.88 square kilometre (Q712226)

this qualifier:

• point in time (P585): +2018-01-01T00:00:00Z/11

and the following references:

• reference URL (P854): "http://www.statistik.at/web_de/klassifikationen/regionale_gliederungen/dauersiedlungsraum/index.html"
• title (P1476): de:"Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018"
• retrieved (P813): +2019-03-10T00:00:00Z/11
• publisher (P123): Statistics Austria (Q358870)

=Retrieving Wikidata figures to populate infoboxes

The following wikicode would transclude population and area statistics as of 1 January 2018 to a Wikipedia article using {{Infobox Settlement}}:

| population_footnotes  = {{wikidata|reference|P1082|P585=2018-01-01}}
| population_total = {{wikidata|property|raw|P1082|P585=2018-01-01}}

| area_footnotes   = {{wikidata|reference|P2046|P585=2018-01-01}}
| area_total_km2   = {{wikidata|property|raw|P2046|P585=2018-01-01}}

See also

• Austrian municipalities with population and area as of 2018-01-01 - Wikidata Query