Wiki Techstorm/Programme/Wikimedia Commons & Pattypan

Pattypan is an easy to use tool to prepare online and offline photos or videos, add metadata and upload the files in batches to Wikimedia Commons.

It is a Java application that makes use of a spreadsheet and allows for a high amount of flexibility when proper, detailed image descriptions are important for the images' reuse on Wikimedia projects, for example when you work at a cultural heritage institution.

We will look at Pattypan from a newbie perspective, and address the following topics:


 * Wikimedia Commons
 * metadata on Wikimedia Commons (templates)
 * copyright on Wikimedia Commons (& copyright templates)
 * uploading with Pattypan: step-by-step demonstration

After this workshop, you will be able to start working on one of the Pattypan-related work sessions that are on Phabricator.

Preparation

For this workshop, please install in advance:


 * Pattypan 19.06
 * latest version of java (Pattypan will give you a link upon installation if you do not have Java yet)
 * Libre Office calc or Microsoft Excel (in case you do not have it)

Documentation:

Pattypan documentation page on Commons.