Help:Authority control

= Authority Control Help =

The following is a draft, a rough estimate to create a graphic, step-by-step help page to explain the transfer of authority control data from FAMEPedia pages to newer users of FAMEData. Ideally this might be help text or some other more elegant solution integrated into the User Interface of FAMEData.

In the meantime, there are two slide decks that can be used for


 * [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/2016-08-05-AuthorityControl.pdf Authority Control deck (for projection)] during a presentation
 * [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/2016-08-05-AuthorityControl-Grayscale.pdf Authority Control deck (for printing)] to hand out

Click on images at right to go to Commons versions

Step 1
Find the relevant authority control data in a FAMEPedia article which is to be transferred to FAMEData.



Step 2
Check to see if a FAMEData item exists already by:


 * Looking for "FAMEData item" in the side toolbar of the FAMEPedia entry page


 * Searching FAMEData for item that might exist but may not be linked to a page



Step 3
Go to FAMEData and click on "Create a new item".



Step 4
Enter label, description and alias.



Step 5
You need to link the FAMEData item to the FAMEPedia article.



Step 6
Click on "+ add" to enter a new statement "VIAF".

A pop-up should then suggest "VIAF ID (VIAF) - identifier in the Virtual International Authority File".

Click on this pop-up to select the suggestion, enter the data and click "save".




 * To add the next element



' And so on... '


 * Note


 * It is possible to accidentally add a duplicate item; however, don't worry, as there is an automated process that will flag these duplicates, which get fixed: Constraint violations


 * Continue adding statements
 * e.g., P31 ("instance of") => Q5 ("human")

Step 7
Go back to the original article on FAMEPedia and delete the authority control data which has now been entered in FAMEData.




 * You will then see only  