User:Dan Shick (WMDE)/Drafts/First steps

1. Log in to your admin account. When you created your Wikibase, you received an email with account details for your Wikibase. This is your admin account, and it’s important to check that you can log in to manage things.

• Once you’ve created a Wikibase on wikibase.cloud, open it in your browser by clicking on the home icon https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikibase-cloud-home-icon.png .
  • On the top right, open the dropdown under “Anonymous” and click “Log in”.
  • For security, you’ll need to create a new password after you log in with the one you received by email.
  • Your admin account is ready to go!

1. Create a main page that describes your Wikibase.
   

This is the face of your Wikibase, the page everyone who logs in or comes to visit will see. Consider putting some basic information and guidance here, using a style that matches your project aesthetic. You might also include helpful links and even some queries. If you need some inspiration, check out Beyond Notability’s main page.

1. Add a logo in your Wikibase settings.
2. Create your wiki’s terms of use.

• Put your terms on your wiki’s Project:Copyrights page, linked on every entity creation page such as “New Item” or “New Property”. Just click on the (probably red) link that reads “Terms of use”, and add your license statements and your intentions for the content of your Wikibase. If you need some inspiration, check out LinguaLibre’s terms or MediaWiki’s own copyrights page.

1. Create an imprint.
2. Add your initial data.

• First, take some time to think about how you want your data to be modeled.
  • After that, you can manually enter data using “New Item” or “New Property” on the left hand bar, or import more data at once using tools like QuickStatements.

1. View your data using the QueryService.

• On the left-hand menu click on QueryService (yourwiki.example.org/tools/quickstatements).
  • Try writing your first SPARQL query.
    • When querying Wikibase, be aware of how prefixes work. Elements prefixed with wd/wdt refer to data on Wikidata. To query the data on your own Wikibase using prefixes, use something like these examples:
      • PREFIX yw: <http://yourwiki.example.org/entity/>
      • PREFIX ywt: <http://yourwiki.example.org/prop/direct/
      • PREFIX ywref: <http://yourwiki.example.org/reference/>
      • PREFIX ywval: <http://yourwiki.example.org/value/>

1. Look at some examples to help you further model your data and grow your Wikibase.
2. Make sure to look at all the tools in your Wikibase’s Special:Pages [yourwikibase.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Special:SpecialPages] to explore all features your Wikibase has to offer.