Find images for Wikidata

The WDFIST tool allows you to semi-automatically register missing images on Wikidata for items that do not have a (P18) image (or similar statements) yet.

Images are searched using Wikimedia Commons depict statements, or Wikipedia pages having pictures.

It can be typically used with Wikimedia projects, possibly using ListeriaBot and/or Wikidata.

Functionality

Use a SPARQL query to list items for which Wikipedia pages have images
Use a Wikipedia category

Main properties in Wikidata statements

Property	Property label	Use case
(P18)	Image	Directly related image
(P6802)	Related image	Image related to the subject

User interaction

Select the best fit image to register on Wikidata
Skip the item update when there is no good image available

Advantages

Easy to use; no knowledge of Wikidata nor SPARQL required

Tool location

https://fist.toolforge.org/wdfist

Examples

Imagine you have created a project (Q111843878) that links all project items via the (P6104) property:

SELECT ?item WHERE {
  ?item wdt:P6104 wd:Q111843878.
}

To do this for all Wikimedia Belgium projects:

SELECT ?item WHERE {
  ?item wdt:P6104 ?campaign.
  ?campaign wdt:P664 wd:Q18398868.
}

Geospatial query: range of 15 km from Ternat:

SELECT ?item WHERE {
SERVICE wikibase:around {
      ?item wdt:P625 ?itemlocation .
      bd:serviceParam wikibase:center "Point(4.17633 50.87192)"^^geo:wktLiteral .
      bd:serviceParam wikibase:radius "15" .
}}

Missing functionality

Show the Wikidata label in the native language when available; or use the mul-label.
Reuse the item list (Q-numbers) => copy/paste the query to other tools.

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