*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group>
call
May 30, 2023: We will discuss results from our community survey on advocacy
for Wikidata in libraries and hear from community members Mary Aycock,
Steve Baskauf and Eric Willey about their experiences with advocacy and
gaining support for Wikidata work within their respective libraries.
Agenda
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yy-MOJf2U-fMyC1NEkWHjIcDPKF5_3dnsdxJnt9yIiQ/edit#heading=h.e5h4yy7hu8e>
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Blogs
- Mike Peel shares his experience mentoring Wikimedia projects
through FOSS outreach programs
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/05/25/mike-peel-shares-his-experience-mentoring-wikimedia-projects-through-foss-outreach-programs/>
Tool of the week[edit
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2023_05_29&veaction=edit§ion=3>
| edit source
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2023_05_29&action=edit§ion=3>
]
- TalkPageHeader.js
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Nikki/TalkPageHeader.js> shows the
talk page header for languages other than English.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The libraries of the London School of Economics and the University of
York have collaborated to produce a toolkit for uploading research theses
metadata to Wikidata. Full announcement and access to the toolkit
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/PE4FH73LR627OCEAY4UPDFTMP3Q4X2UJ/>
- The contents of most Wikimedia Cloud Services Wiki Replicas are
out-of-date owing to large & increasing replication lag; see
https://replag.toolforge.org/ & Phab T337446
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T337446>. Exercise caution using data
from any tools that have a dependency on these databases.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes:
- time of periapsis
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11796> (the
time at which the orbit of an object in space, typically a planet or a
satellite, goes through its periapsis)
- matched by identifier from
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11797> (this external ID
was added because the following link was presented in both
the external
database and the Wikidata item)
- External identifiers: Diritto on line ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11798>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to
review:
- General datatypes:
- ISCED Attainment
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISCED_Attainment>
(''(no
English description proposed yet)'')
- ISCED category orientation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISCED_category_orientation>
(International
Standard Classification of Education category (based on
focus/orientation)
applicable to an educational program)
- Learning outcome
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Learning_outcome>
(specific
knowledge, skills, and abilities that students are expected
to acquire as a
result of participating in a particular education program)
- External identifiers: GamersGlobal series ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GamersGlobal_series_ID>
, Enciclopedia machiavelliana ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_machiavelliana_ID>
, BFM.ru persons ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BFM.ru_persons_ID>
, Open Yearbook org id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Open_Yearbook_org_id>
- Query examples:
- Count comparison of England, Scotland and Wales items claiming to
be a human settlement as well as a parish <https://w.wiki/6mCc> (
source <https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1662595154635640834>)
- Twins at Eurovision <https://w.wiki/6mWq> (source
<https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1662472792938250241>)
Development
- Ontology issues: We are finishing the evaluation of the survey about
which types of ontology issues are hindering reuse of Wikidata's data the
most.
- Otherwise mostly a slow week because of the Wikimedia hackathon.
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>. If you
want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority>
.
Monthly Tasks
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed
above.
- Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>
- Contribute to a Showcase item
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items>
.
- Help translate <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats> or
proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
- Help merge identical items
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge> across
Wikimedia projects.
- Help write the next summary!
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next>
--
Léa Lacroix
Community Engagement & Events Consultant
Contractor for Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.