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On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 at 13:12 Joris Darlington Quarshie < billionairegeneration...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you very much, Giovanna! > > > Best, > Joris. > > On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 at 11:02, Giovanna Fontenelle < > gfontene...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Hello! >> >> We are happy to announce that there is now a free and publicly accessible >> course on the learning platform, WikiLearn, on how to upload and edit files >> on Wikimedia Commons using OpenRefine: *OpenRefine for Wikimedia >> Commons: the basics* >> <https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_GLAM001+2023/about> >> . >> >> OpenRefine <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OpenRefine> is a free >> data-wrangling tool that can be used to process, manipulate, and clean >> tabular (spreadsheet) data and connect it with knowledge bases, including >> Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. >> >> This online course is available at any time, for free. Anyone with a >> Wikimedia account can enroll with the click of a button. It can be followed >> at your own pace, with computer-graded exercises. A certificate is awarded >> at the end to those who complete the course. >> >> The training is suitable for Wikimedians, Wikimedia affiliate staff, and >> partners (e.g. GLAM staff and Wikimedians in Residence). Accomplishing the >> course should take an average of 6 to 8 hours. >> >> This course was developed as part of the Wikimedia Foundation's training >> and sustainability grant to OpenRefine >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:OpenRefine/Training_2023-24>. >> It is currently available in English and can be easily translated into >> other languages (more about the translation process here >> <https://studio.learn.wiki/meta_translations/discover_courses/> and here >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tutorial_on_how_to_translate_course_content_in_WikiLearn.webm>). >> Translations for this course in French, Spanish, and Portuguese are being >> worked on and will be available very soon. >> >> Please, feel free to share this course with people you think might be >> interested in learning more about OpenRefine or Wikimedia Commons, who are >> part of your network, in groups, social media, or any other places. >> >> Thank you! >> >> Best, >> Giovanna & Sandra >> >> Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her) >> >> Program Officer, Culture and Heritage >> >> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/AF62MB6EJUM2H2IBUYB7X6GPCWZWQWI3/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/E2CXYXY7D2UOHNNZ3PY3NJKXVR3SKTJ5/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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