# Final grant report - Wikimedia Project grant for Wikimedia Commons support in OpenRefine

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**Tags:** wikimedia-commons\
**Created:** [December 16, 2022, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/final-grant-report-wikimedia-project-grant-for-wikimedia-commons-support-in-openrefine/269 "2022-12-16T09:15:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sandra](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.openrefine.org/sandra/32/74_2.png) [@Sandra](https://forum.openrefine.org/u/Sandra)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/final-grant-report-wikimedia-project-grant-for-wikimedia-commons-support-in-openrefine/269/1 "2022-12-16T09:15:16Z")

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From approximately July 2021 until end October 2022, a small [team](https://Structured_Data_on_Wikimedia_Commons_functionalities_in_OpenRefine) (including @antonin_d, @lozanaross and me) have worked on Wikimedia Commons integration for OpenRefine.

Thanks to financial support from a [Wikimedia grant](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/CS%26S/Structured_Data_on_Wikimedia_Commons_functionalities_in_OpenRefine), it is now possible to use OpenRefine to do batch edits of files on Wikimedia Commons, and to do (new) batch uploads there. All these functionalities will be / are available in the [upcoming OpenRefine 3.7 release](https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases/) and in the new [Wikimedia Commons extension for OpenRefine](https://github.com/OpenRefine/CommonsExtension).

**I have just finished the final report for this grant. It is lengthy! You can read it here: [Grants:Project/CS&S/Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons functionalities in OpenRefine/Final - Meta](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/CS%26S/Structured_Data_on_Wikimedia_Commons_functionalities_in_OpenRefine/Final)**

I very much welcome comments, questions - either here, or on the [report’s talk page on meta.wikimedia.org](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Project/CS%26S/Structured_Data_on_Wikimedia_Commons_functionalities_in_OpenRefine/Final).

Later on, I am considering to follow up with a blog post on [openrefine.org](http://openrefine.org) - probably highlighting the new features, and also sharing some things we learned. What would you be interested in reading in such a blog post?

Many thanks to everyone who worked very hard on this project, and to everyone who provided very valuable input!

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**Author:** ![Sandra](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.openrefine.org/sandra/32/74_2.png) [@Sandra](https://forum.openrefine.org/u/Sandra)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/final-grant-report-wikimedia-project-grant-for-wikimedia-commons-support-in-openrefine/269/2 "2023-01-10T08:07:19Z")

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The report has been accepted (= approved), and there’s also a [great extensive comment (praise) by the Wikimedia Foundation’s GLAM and Culture team on the report’s talk page](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Project/CS%26S/Structured_Data_on_Wikimedia_Commons_functionalities_in_OpenRefine/Final). I think this now really concludes this project 🙂 🎉

Thanks again, for everyone who has helped to make this a reality, and everyone who supported, tested, valuably criticized, applauded!

Looking a bit at the future already:

- I hope we find ways - within the very limited capacity / means of the Wikimedia movement and the OpenRefine team - to keep these features up, and maintained, as they are clearly wanted and needed.
- I’m interested in exploring - also as part of OpenRefine’s conversations for its future - if/how several directions introduced or reinforced here (working with multimedia; stronger support for community / domain data models / templating; general better support for data flows between platforms and connections between data sources) correspond with future trends and needs for people working with data. (I strongly think it does; in my observation we are evolving towards more multimedia, more linked data; making data more relevant by linking it, opening it, and making it usable by more people.)