*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- New request for permissions/Bot:
- CJMBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/CJMbot>
- let users upload a CSV file in a certain format. The data inside is
validated and processed, creating new items or updating existing items by
adding statements and references.
- MidLeadingBot_5
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/MidleadingBot_5>
- create items for books in National Diet Library (Q477675)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q477675>.
- Closed request for comments: Revamping Birth related properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Revamping_Birth_related_properties>
the use of P1545-Series ordinal
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1545> was recommended.
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Knowledge Graphs and large Language Models (KALLM)
<https://kallmworkshop.github.io/kallm2024> workshop in Bangkok,
Thailand. Call for Papers (details)
<https://kallmworkshop.github.io/kallm2024/#callforpapers> has begun
(deadline May 10th)
- WMF Community Wishathon is coming next month: March 15th-17th, 2024!
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/FTGDY33PRLGNXFLSH4ZVSJUYUHJW6Q5T/>
Sign up by Wednesday, March 15th.
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Blogs
- What does it take to become a Spotify artist?
<https://www.skoove.com/blog/top-spotify-artists-stats> - Skoove blog
uses Wikidata and other databases to put together an infographic.
- WiLMa Updates, OpenRefine training, Biodiversity, and Librarians
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2024/Contents/WMF_GLAM_report>
(GLAM newsletter)
- Love Data Week - My Kind of Data
<https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Love_Data_Week_-_My_Kind_of_Data> by
Ali Smith. Shared relevant links to learn about data equity and
inclusion,
disciplinary communities, and creating a kinder world through data.
- Papers
- Paying it forward: Crowdsourcing the harmonisation and linking of
taxon names and biodiversity identifiers
<https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e114076> - with detailed discussion
of curation of taxon-related information in Wikidata
- Wikidata for Teaching Biology: Coloration in Felines
<https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revistaadbia/article/view/42375/44608>
(Spanish) - a paper that showcases Wikidata as a learning tool
for students
through the use of properties and statements applied to
biological entities
can enhance students computational and informational skills, by
Marín1 D. &
Michán L.
- LIS Journals' Lack of Participation in Wikidata Item Creation
<https://kula.uvic.ca/index.php/kula/article/view/247> by Willey, E.
& Radovsky S., Vol. 7 No.1 (2024) of the Knowledge Creation,
Dissemination,
and Preservation Studies.
- Videos
- GLAM Wiki Conference 2023 - Uruguay
- Wikisource and Wikidata
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFD6zjAEl84> - when 2 cool kids
play together. Session given by Bodhisattwa.
- Wikidata + Education + Heritage
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFD6zjAEl84> - hosted by Sailesh
Patnaik (WMF) & Nat Hernández Clavijo (WMU)
- Using Wikidata integration on Wikimedia projects to enhance
GLAM-Wiki content sharing
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMKyAECTwyw> - hosted by Mike
Peel (WMB/WMF volunteer) & João Peschanski (WMB)
- Advancing Drinking Water Justice
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRPW86e8N1A> at the Earth Science
Information Partners (ESIP) Conference discusses how Wikidata
and Wikibase
Cloud can help address differences in data quality (at the 55:00
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRPW86e8N1A&t=3298s> minute mark)
- Mapping Graiguenamanagh Heritage Trail 2
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVmWy1N-NdY> - shows how to create a
Heritage walking trail and add subject:wikidata to plaques to
OpenStreetMap
- Notebooks
- Au bord de l'eau <https://observablehq.com/@pac02/au-bord-de-leau>
Mapping Wikidata's items next to a body of water using P206 property.
Tool of the week
- MediaWiki:Gadget-dataDrainer.js
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-dataDrainer.js> - this
userscript allows you to delete the data of an item. You can choose what
you want to delete: labels and/or descriptions and/or aliases and or
sitelinks.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- There is a new update
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_update/February_2024_scaling_update>
relative to the experiment with splitting the Wikidata Query Service graph.
A project page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_graph_split>
for the experiment has also been published.
- WMDE is currently conducting a research on Knowledge Equity in Linked
Open Data
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland/Knowledge_Equity_in_Linked_Open_Data_Research>.
The goal is to try to better understand how the use of Wikidata, Wikibase
Suite, and Wikibase Cloud both support knowledge equity and create barriers
to knowledge equity when people are contributing historically and
structurally marginalized knowledge and perspectives. If you are interested
in participating in this project, please fill out this survey
<https://greatquestion.co/wmde/4c3dr1vk>!
Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>
and property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes:
- Environmental Performance Index
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12417> (measure of
understanding environmental performance and sustainability for 180
countries)
- age of onset of sexual maturity
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12432> (the point in time
after which an individual attains the ability to reproduce sexually)
- Beta Code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12434>
(representation of Ancient Greek as ASCII characters)
- phonetic value <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12436>
(phonetic value of signs/characters)
- civil rank <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12439>
(non-military rank of a civil office holder in Russian Empire)
- External identifiers:
Dongqiudi.com team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12416>, Nintendo eShop
(Europe) ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12418>, Joseph
Smith Papers person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12419>,
Il Nuovo De Mauro ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12420>, Sundance
Institute Archive film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12423>, Sundance Institute
Archive event ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12425>, Sundance
Institute Archive person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12426>, notify.moe anime ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12427>, Swetrails POI-ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12428>, UT.no ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12429>, The StoryGraph
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12430>, X place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12431>, nixpkgs path
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12433>, Shamela author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12435>, PROSPEROPatches game
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12437>, ORBISPatches game
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12438>, Quake Wiki ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12440>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes:
- is invariant under
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/is_invariant_under>
(subject is preserved by this process / function / group of
transformation)
- formatter URL for IIIF manifest
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/formatter_URL_for_IIIF_manifest>
(URL to generate IIIF manifest from specific ID)
- location information URL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/location_information_URL>
(URL of a web page providing information on the locations of stores or
other physical locations of a brand or operator)
- SMIRKS
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SMIRKS>
(A superset of "reaction SMILES" and a subset of "reaction
SMARTS", is a
line notation for specifying reaction transforms.)
- appeals to
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/appeals_to>
(court or other body that hears appeals from subject's decisions)
- in service of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/in_service_of>
(qualifier, which must be used when a person is in the service of a
settlement or institution through his position)
- External identifiers: Spesalay Pashto (Dari/Persian Dictionary) ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Spesalay_Pashto_(Dari/Persian_Dictionary)_ID>,
government.ru person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/government.ru_person_ID>,
Kremlin.ru glossary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kremlin.ru_glossary_ID>,
British Listed Buildings Online ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_Listed_Buildings_Online_ID>,
Parsifal cluster ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Parsifal_cluster_ID>,
Oskar Schindler Archive agent ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oskar_Schindler_Archive_agent_ID>,
Souls Grown Deep ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Souls_Grown_Deep_ID>,
OHDSI ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OHDSI_ID>,
identifiant
Trismegistos d'une divinité
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Trismegistos_d%27une_divinit%C3%A9>,
Encyclopedia Sindhiana entry
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_Sindhiana_entry>,
Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionnaire_du_Moyen_Fran%C3%A7ais_(1330-1500)_ID>,
GNM ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GNM_ID>,
AniSearch
anime ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AniSearch_anime_ID>,
livechat.me anime ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/livechat.me_anime_ID>,
NACSIS-CAT library ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NACSIS-CAT_library_ID>,
JAHIS Law Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JAHIS_Law_Database_ID>,
Texas Legislator ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Texas_Legislator_ID>,
Company ID number (Slovenia)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Company_ID_number_(Slovenia)>,
Weird Gloop article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Weird_Gloop_article_ID>,
nagrada.srs.kg person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/nagrada.srs.kg_person_ID>,
who.ca-news.org person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/who.ca-news.org_person_ID>,
literatura.kg person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/literatura.kg_person_ID>,
2nd German Basketball Bundesliga ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/2nd_German_Basketball_Bundesliga_ID>
You can comment on all open property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>!
Did you know?
- Query examples:
- Map of items next to the Seine <https://w.wiki/96GT> (source
<https://wikis.world/@pac2/111886782779009132>)
- 300 most followed Mastodon accounts <https://w.wiki/99Mi> (source
<https://wikis.world/@awinkler@openbiblio.social/111918438108085087>)
- Hospitals across Scotland <https://w.wiki/99Jf> (source
<https://wikis.world/@AllyD@mastodon.online/111917992381686031>)
- People educated at the University of Leeds with a Wikipedia article
<https://w.wiki/97N4> (source
<https://twitter.com/OpenResLeeds/status/1755612530800721927>)
- Compare lat/long of UK Parliament and Wikidata constituency records
<https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1755365004642017355>
[federated query] (source
<https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1755365004642017355>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
- Library and Information Science
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Library_and_Information_Science>
- this new Wikiproject aims to identify and fill gaps in LIS-related
content. If you are interested in the areas of librarianship, information
studies, metadata and indexing; then please consider joining!
- Political murders in the Weimar Republic
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Political_murders_in_the_Weimar_Republic>
- Collect historic political murders in the Weimar Republic e.g. through
historic newspaper articles or scientific articles.
- Newest database reports
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Humans with
missing claims
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Humans_with_missing_claims>
- Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:
Cactaceae (Q14560) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14560> - family of
mostly succulent plants, adapted to dry environments
- Showcase Lexemes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: ग़रीब को
कौड़ी अशरफ़ी है/غریب کو کوڑی اشرفی ہے (L656971)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L656971> Hindustani proverb that
translates to "a farthing is a pound to one who is poor"
Development
- The new mul language code is now ready for beta testing. You can find
out more at Help talk:Default values for labels and aliases
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help_talk:Default_values_for_labels_and_aliases#Beta_Test>
.
- The graph split testing for the Wikidata Query Service has started.
Please find more details in the "Other Noteworthy Stuff" section above.
- IP Masking: We are continuing the work on adapting Wikibase for the
upcoming IP Masking feature, so that IP addresses for non-logged-in users
are no longer published.
- Wikibase REST API:
- We finished the route for getting and removing a sitelink from an
Item (phab:T344039 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T344039>,
phab:T344685 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T344685>) and we
continue work on the one for adding/ replacing and modifying a
sitelink on
an Item (phab:T342987 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342987>,
phab:T342988 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342988>)
- We now handle of case sensitive statement IDs in GET, PUT, PATCH
and DELETE requests as HTTP redirect (phab:T354261
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T354261>)
- We documented the differences in sitelink data structure between
Wikibase REST API and Action API responses (phab:T355659
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T355659>)
- We fixed the bug where sitelink data did not include badges (
phab:T355293 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T355293>)
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>.
Weekly Tasks
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed
above
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Newest_properties_and_property_proposals_to_review>
.
- Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme above
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know?>
.
- Participate in this week's Lexeme challenge
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php>:
- Summarize your WikiProject's ongoing activities
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know?>
in one or two sentences.
- 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>
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