Help:Checks after upload

This page provides guidance for checks to do after uploads to Wikidata.

After uploading a series of statements or creating new items, it's generally useful to do a series of checks. Some should be done just after uploading, others later.

Occasionally, other contributors notice potential issues and bring them up on your talk page.

It can also be interesting to review how the items or dataset evolves within Wikidata, 6 months later, or a year later.

Directly after upload

• check for constraint violations on Query Service
• double-check if Deduplication isn't needed
• check the number of statements on newly created items, complete those with few statements
• check labels of the items, do they meet Help:Label
• consider adding descriptions to items
• check what statements or properties could also be added in addition to items in the dataset
• if notability issues about newly created items come up, consider listing them for deletion
• consider creating and publishing queries about the dataset, e.g. by adding them to Wikidata:Status_updates/Next

Add tasks to Wikidata:Bot requests if you need help.

After constraint reports are updated

• check if newly created items or statements appear on the reports at Wikidata:Database_reports/Constraint_violations

Add tasks to Wikidata:Bot requests if you need help.

6 months later

• review the upload and consider adding more information
• check if issues with statements, labels, description of the upload came up

Add tasks to Wikidata:Bot requests if you need help.

See also #Directly after upload

1 year later

See also #6 months later