Yes, Bas thanks! (Now i have to generalise it to Artwork template and inputfiles. Since 2001 i wanted to learn Python, never time, but...;-)
hansmuller Op Ma, 23 mei, 2016 2:21 pm schreef Maarten Brinkerink: > Thanks for the code-example Bas! > > >> Op 23 mei 2016, om 14:20 heeft Hans Muller <j.m.mul...@hccnet.nl> het >> volgende geschreven: >> >> Dear all, >> >> >> thanks for your help. The translation for the 3134 (or less) captions >> has started. Best regards, hansmuller >> >> >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hansmuller >> >> >> Op Ma, 9 mei, 2016 4:16 pm schreef Bas vb: >> >>> Hi Maarten, >>> I still had some similar code laying around. See >>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Basvb/appendexample for >>> the basics of what would be the possible python script in the case >>> described by Hans. Mvg, Bas >>> From: w...@maartenbrinkerink.net >>> Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 14:21:48 +0200 >>> To: glamtools@lists.wikimedia.org >>> Subject: Re: [Glamtools] adding 3134 captions after upload? >>> >>> >>> >>> I would love an example of such a method/action! >>> Best, >>> Maarten >>> Op 9 mei 2016, om 14:14 heeft Bas vb <bas_...@hotmail.com> het >>> volgende geschreven:This should be quite easy with pywikibot if the >>> file-names and translations to add are given. If there are no >>> indonesian translations currently in the descriptions the new >>> translation can simply be appended after "|information=" Mvg, Bas >>> >>> >>>> From: fae...@gmail.com >>>> Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 12:36:19 +0100 >>>> To: j.m.mul...@hccnet.nl; glamtools@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> Subject: Re: [Glamtools] adding 3134 captions after upload? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> There's no 'painless' solution. I have made similar housekeeping >>>> updates to very large batch uploads post-upload using pywikibot >>>> using short scripts. Amongst other things, pywikibot can pull up the >>>> specific image page history and tell which past edits have been made >>>> and by whom, then make intelligent decisions on whether to add >>>> information or how to best do it. Terribly handy for avoiding doing >>>> something twice. >>>> >>>> I suggest not being in a hurry. Focus on getting the translations >>>> done, if amenable to it, it would be worth training up the >>>> translator so they write the new text directly into the image >>>> templates rather than somewhere else. If this would be too >>>> difficult, then just get the translations as a file or spreadsheet, >>>> mapped against the related Commons images or reference numbers. >>>> There are several bot writers >>>> that might be interested in plugging the extra translations >>>> seamlessly into the current image pages once the data is ready. The >>>> best place to ask for a Commons bot specialist is on the bots work >>>> requests page.[1] >>>> >>>> As you do so much of this stuff, I strongly recommend you try >>>> playing around with Python and pywikibot yourself, perhaps delaying >>>> this translation fix so you can use it to practice with. A script to >>>> do what you are looking for might only take around 20 or 30 lines of >>>> original programming, most of pywikibot's power lies in the handy >>>> modules that have been written to do exactly this sort of thing. See >>>> the advice and code examples in the manual.[2] >>>> >>>> Links >>>> 1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Bots/Work_requests >>>> 2. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Fae >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 9 May 2016 at 12:19, Hans Muller <j.m.mul...@hccnet.nl> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Dear All, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ** Is it possible to add 3134 captions to existing images on >>>>> Commons? >>>>> ** (without removing earlier work on the images, metadata and >>>>> categories) >>>>> >>>>> This nice question presents itself in the following case. >>>>> Recently, i >>>>> uploaded 3134 images from Dutch University Library Leiden UBL and >>>>> KITLV to >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Media_contributed_by_ >>>>> KITL >>>>> V_2016_-_Art_-_Temp >>>>> (309 colonial works of art) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> and >>>>> >>>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Media_contributed_by_ >>>>> KITL >>>>> V_2016_-_Temp >>>>> (2805 colonial photographs) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> with captions in Dutch and English. I corrected the metadata, >>>>> categorised the images and put them into Wikipedia articles (only >>>>> a few ;-) >>>>> >>>>> Now a translator might be paid to translate the captions into >>>>> Bahasa >>>>> Indonesia, the language of the people perhaps most interested in >>>>> these historical images. If the translator succeeds, that would >>>>> mean require language templates like >>>>> >>>>> {{id|1= ... }} >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> to the description fields. >>>>> >>>>> Re-uploading with GWToolset proved to be impossible if another >>>>> user has worked on the metadata since upload. Categorisation and >>>>> my own corrections to the metadata would be lost. >>>>> >>>>> * Is there another, painless solution putting in the new >>>>> translation while keeping the previous work on these files? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for you considering this problem, >>>>> Best regards from a sunny Utrecht, the Netherlands, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> hans muller https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hansmuller >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Glamtools mailing list >>>> Glamtools@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glamtools >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________Glamtools mailing >>> listGlamtools@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/l >>> ist info/glamtools >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Glamtools mailing list >>> Glamtools@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glamtools >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Glamtools mailing list >>> Glamtools@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glamtools >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Glamtools mailing list >> Glamtools@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glamtools >> > > _______________________________________________ Glamtools mailing list Glamtools@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glamtools
