Video summary
The video features a demonstration of a new feature added to the WikiTree B extension designed to improve connections between WikiTree and Wikidata. The primary function of this tool is to alert users when a Wikipedia or Wikidata page contains a link to a related entity but lacks a corresponding link back to a WikiTree profile. While missing links are acceptable for general topics, they are particularly significant for notable individuals where establishing a bidirectional connection is highly beneficial. By enabling this specific setting in the extension's options, users can easily spot these gaps and decide whether to create a new WikiTree profile or add a reference link to an existing one on the Wikidata page.
To utilize this feature, users simply navigate to the settings menu within the B extension and activate the option to display the Wikidata logo next to relevant links when a WikiTree connection is missing. Once enabled, the interface highlights specific items, such as a category for the Colorado War, where a link exists on Wikidata but not on WikiTree. The demonstration shows how a user can click directly on these highlighted items to access the source page, copy the necessary identifier, and then add a new statement to the Wikidata entry linking it to the appropriate WikiTree category or profile. This streamlined process helps maintain accurate and interconnected data across both platforms without requiring complex manual searches.
Beyond identifying missing links, the extension also offers powerful tools for managing existing connections through its integrated menu. Users can access templates that allow them to quickly copy standard linking formats from Wikipedia pages directly into their own WikiTree profiles, ensuring consistency and ease of editing. Furthermore, a dedicated button allows users to scan an entire page for all associated WikiTree profiles, displaying logos for those who have been linked while clearly indicating which notable figures are missing a profile yet. This capability is especially useful when reviewing lists of related individuals, such as members of a specific regiment or participants in a historical event, enabling editors to efficiently identify and create new profiles for those currently unrepresented on WikiTree.
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And now we're going to hear from our
special guest Flo about Wiki Tree B.
>> So I just wanted to show a do a short
demonstration of a feature I put in Wiki
TreeB the other day. I announced it on
G2G, but apparently um you might not
have seen it already. Therefore, I
thought let's just take a look. And the
idea is basically to have B show you
when there is a link to Vikid data page.
Um where the Vikid data page might have
potential to link back to Wiki Tree but
doesn't have a Wiki Tree link. um which
is of course very interesting for
notables
um but also for other topics. Um
maybe just to show you how it looks
like. We have a biography of a relative
of mine. And here um there is a
Wikipedia link to Lake Lucern and it has
a Wikidata logo which basically means
that the Wikidata page to Lake Lucern
doesn't have a Vik tree link
which is okay. So there are a lot of
cases where it's completely fine not to
have a wiki tree link. But for example,
um if this would be the profile of a
notable and there would be no wiki tree
link in the wiki data profile of that
notable then it might be a good idea to
add that link to wiki tree to w in wikid
data. [snorts] Um
so
um let's see first how to enable it. So
you go to you click the B button you go
to B setting here with this gear symbol
and there it is directly the option show
Wikid data logo next to Wikipedia Wikid
data links if it lacks link to Wiki
tree. I'm sure there would have been a
shorter title, but I didn't come up with
any.
Um, but it does basically what I
explained. So, for example, if we now
pick a random Vik tree category, which
also often have links to Wiki Tree uh to
Vikid data profiles. Here we have the
category Colorado war.
Um,
and it has a link to Colorado War. We
see it has the Vikid data logo which
means
the page on Vikid data about the
Colorado war does not have a link to
Vikit tree which doesn't need to be that
way because why not link from the Vikid
data page about the Colorado war to
Vikit tree right M right
>> all right yes
>> okay um therefore
You can click here right on the wikid
data item. It will take you directly to
the page about the Colorado war
>> and you copy the ID
and
I'm sorry for wait let's make it English
so you all feel a little bit more home.
Um
yeah and you can go basically to the
bottom of the page. You click add
statement. You start typing Vik tree and
this is not a person ID but this is a
category space page. So we select
category space page. We insert the
category we just copied and we press
publish
and we have a link to
the Colorado War category.
>> Excellent.
>> And even cooler, um, if you go to the
Colorado War Wikipedia page and you have
B installed, which I assume you did
because, yeah, that's what we're doing
here. and you go here in the in the
tools menu
here at the top right
there you have the link to the vigree
page
>> and you have um a link that will allow
you to copy the Wikipedia page as a
template as a linking template. So if
you click here then you can easily copy
the wiki data template and put it in
your profile page. And when you click
instead on the
on the um brackets on the other brackets
here then you can copy directly a
Wikipedia link for your wiki tree page.
And if you
push the show Vik tree profiles link
here,
it will check the whole page for Vik
tree profiles that are linked. For
example, we have here the link to Black
Kettle
and it takes you directly to the Vik
tree page of Black Kettle.
And
here we have George Bent.
And what else do we have? Here we have
James G. Blunt and a lot of other
people's people that are that have Vicky
Tree profiles. And you also see who
doesn't have a Vik tree profile, which
might also be nice.
Still, if you have, for example, here
the battle on plate rich, you go again
on the show wiki tree profiles button
and you will see all the logos popping
up with the people that have profiles.
And if you have a list of um
um profiles,
for example,
how are they called? 48ers
and you have a list of a lot of people
and you go then again on the um show
wiki tree profiles button
then
you will see a lot of wiki tree profiles
for people that you can easily see who
doesn't have
>> a wiki tree profile yet.
>> Wow,
>> that's awesome. That's great though.
>> Okay. Um, I guess this would be the end
of the advertisement block for today.
>> Wow,
love that.
>> Um,
except maybe as as a little
>> That's very helpful. A lot of helpful.
[laughter]
>> That's that's good to hear. Hi.
>> Great. That's awesome, Flo. Thank you so
much for taking some time and showing
that to us. I really appreciate it.
>> You're welcome.
>> Thank you.
>> [music]