*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Open request for adminship: S8321414
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/S8321414>
(RfP scheduled to end after 13 November 2023 14:50 UTC)
- New requests for permissions/Bot:
- DiFoolBot 2
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/DifoolBot_2>
(Task: import VIAF ID based on Union List of Artist Names ID)
- KizuleBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/KizuleBot>
(Task: Adding sitelinks to Serbian Wikipedia for maintenance categories
(see contributions of account) based on items for English
Wikipedia's ones)
- KormiSKbot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/KormiSKbot>
(Task: Linking newly created pages on SKWiki
<https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hlavn%C3%A1_str%C3%A1nka> to the
appropriate Wikidata items.)
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming:
- Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group>
call November 14, 2023: We will hear from Diego Saez-Trumper on Wikidata
Revert Risk and Annotool. Agenda
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iIYs1U-6gDfAJeoKKwO-D1hhsEu0ccTXnetl4cq8qLY/edit?usp=sharing>
- Latin America in Wikidata Challenge
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Concurso_Latinoam%C3%A9rica_en_Wikidata_2023>
(Spanish) < Nov. 14 - Dec. 14. Play the game and help highlight
the region
hosting the GLAM Wiki conference! (Prizes available).
- Edit-a-thon "Women in sciences"
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Editat%C3%B3n_Mujeres_en_las_ciencias>
< 17 Nov. 12:00 - 18 Nov. 03:00 (UTC). A live edit-a-thon to improve the
quality and variety of articles of women who have won the prestigious
L'Oréal-UNESCO National Award "For Women in Science". (Prizes
available).
- Language community meetings
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Language_engineering/Community_meetings>:
A new initiative by WMF language team to organize quarterly gatherings to
encourage collaboration among individuals and communities interested in
language-related technical topics. First meeting: Friday, November 17,
2023, 16:00 to 17:00 (UTC)
- Glam Wiki Program
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2023/Program> - 16 - 18
November, Montevideo, Uruguay. Want to attend in person? - Register
here <https://wikimedistasuy.limesurvey.net/583765>. Wikidata Related
Sessions:
- Wikidata For Cultural Heritage
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2023/Program/Wikidata_for_cultural_heritage>
- WADE: Add artwork depiction information on Wikidata
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2023/Program/WADE:_A_tool_for_adding_depiction_information_to_artworks_on_Wikidata>
- Workshopping Metadata Interoperability for Small Museums
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2023/Program/Workshopping_Metadata_Interoperability_for_Small_Museums>
- Wikisource and Wikidata: when two cool kids play together!
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2023/Program/Wikisource_and_Wikidata:_when_two_cool_kids_play_together!>
- Using Wikidata integration on the Wikimedia projects to enhance
GLAM-WIKI content sharing
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2023/Program/Using_Wikidata_integration_on_the_Wikimedia_projects_to_enhance_GLAM-WIKI_content_sharing>
- Wikidata + Education + Heritage
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2023/Program/Wikidata_%2B_Education_%2B_Heritage>
- Ongoing:
- Weekly Lexeme Challenge #117: School
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=117>
(Challenge started on 2023-11-13 12:01:25). Did you participate in last
week's Challenge #116 : Storm
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=116>?
- Knowledge Graphs - Foundations and Applications course by Prof. Dr.
Harald Sack. October 11, 2023 - November 21, 2023. Enrol here
<https://open.hpi.de/courses/knowledgegraphs2023> if you have not
done so yet.
- Past: WikiWitch: mapping witches from Switzerland and elsewhere
<http://institutions.ville-geneve.ch/fr/bge/actualites/actualites/agenda/tous-les-evenements-de-la-bibliotheque/wikiwitch-cartographier-les-sorcieres-de-suisse-et-dailleurs/>
Nov. 4th
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Blogs
- Investigating the “formatter URI for RDF resource” (P1921) property
and its uses in the Wikidata infrastructure
<https://pointstodots.wordpress.com/2023/11/01/investigating-the-formatter-uri-for-rdf-resource-p1921-property-and-its-uses-in-the-wikidata-infrastructure/>
<-- It discusses how this property enables unique identification of
resources, its usage in federated queries, and its role in the Wikidata
Query Service.
- Switzerland Witch hunt: over 2,000 victims, but no monument
<https://www.tio.ch/svizzera/attualita/1709525/svizzera-vittime-state-caccia-streghe-donne-uccise-monumento-perseguitate-2mila>
(Italian) WikiWitches project is using Wikidata to track
execution sites of
persecuted persons. Read about the project here
<https://sanspages.org/2021/08/05/>.
- Open Access Week and Wikidata; Opening Culture and Heritage training
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2023/Contents/Colombia_report>
(Colombia GLAM report) <-- details the Open Access Week and
Wikidata event
in Colombia, which included discussions on the use of Wikidata
for academic
journals and the use of Wikidata for open science.
- Wikipedia for all of Sweden; Museums and Wikidata – why and how?;
Photo memories from Stockholm and Rome; Negotiating Knowledge on
Wikipedia
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2023/Contents/Sweden_report>
(Sweden GLAM report) <-- discusses the “Wikipedia for all of Sweden”
project, which includes the use of Wikidata for authority control in
museums.
- Wikiwitches: giving back a soul to the victims of the witch-hunt
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/11/01/wikiwitches-giving-back-a-soul-to-the-victims-of-the-witch-hunt/>
<-- The Wikiwitches project, initiated by the association Les
sans pagEs in
collaboration with Wikimedia CH, aims to map the victims of
witch-hunts on
Wikidata.
- GSOC ‘23: Automating Area Management in MusicBrainz
<https://blog.metabrainz.org/2023/11/06/gsoc-23-automating-area-management-in-musicbrainz/>
<-- Prathamesh, in their Google Summer of Code project, developed a data
pipeline to automate the synchronization of area metadata between
MusicBrainz and Wikidata.
- Papers
- Wikidata for authority control: sharing museum knowledge with the
world <https://journals.uio.no/dhnbpub/article/view/10665> <-- The
project “Usable Authorities for Data-driven Cultural Heritage Research”
aims to link museum authority data to Wikidata, enhancing the visibility,
accessibility, and relevance of information across different museum
collections, and encouraging cultural heritage institutions in Sweden to
contribute to and utilize the Wikimedia platforms.
- The 4th Wikidata Workshop for the scientific Wikidata community
happened on 07 November 2023. You can find a full list of
presented papers
here <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWp9Yi4v87c>
- Videos
- Connecting Entomological Collectors ECN2023
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWp9Yi4v87c> <-- A presentation for
the Entomological Collections Network 2023 conference by Siobhan
Leachman,
this presentation explains how Wikidata can be used to create an
identifier
for entomological collectors, empowering the collation & linking of
biographical data as well as the ability to link to other databases &
catalogs relating to those collectors.
- Wikidata for Wiki Loves Monuments w/ Content Partnerships Hub
Wikimedia Sweden & Wikimedia Uganda
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfTA7AhgWBA> <-- The Learning Series
offers practical guidance on using Wikidata for Wiki Loves
campaigns, with
hands-on experience and follow-up mentoring.
- Wikidata projects in Wikimedia Spain
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y4cVKKXspA> <-- part of the online
sessions organized by Wikimedia España to celebrate the 10th
anniversary of
Wikidata. In this session, Ángel Obregón, a member of Wikimedia España,
presents some of the projects driven by Wikidata by the members of WMES.
- Notebooks:
- Subclass of... <https://observablehq.com/@pac02/subclass-of> <--
Wikidata's ontology is complex. This tool aims at finding if an item is a
subclass of another one.
- The Wednesday Index <https://observablehq.com/d/632d9e0eccea271d>
<-- A longitudinal analysis of gender diversity in Wikipedia articles.
Tool of the week
-
OpenFlights.org <https://openflights.org/> is now getting some of its
airline data from Wikidata. It is a free open-source tool that allows you
to log, map, calculate, and share your flights and trips.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikibase Suite: Wikibase 1.39.5 – minor changes
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibaseug@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/I34X4BR52DFEUHB6TX22TKLM72XJVFOQ/>
(security release compatible with MediaWiki 1.39.5)
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes:
- stated in source according to
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12132> (to be used
together with P248 if the statement is taken from an
aggregator rather than
directly from the source)
- External identifiers: HBL topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12126>, Art Platform Japan ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12127>, Archivio storico
artisti lucchesi ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12128>, Encyklopedia
Teatru Polskiego author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12129>, Aves de Chile ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12130>, cagb manuscript ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12131>, Italian Paralympic
Committee ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12133>,
old-games.org
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12134>, Carte d'autore
online ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12135>, Indiana
Plant Atlas ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12136>, Linked
Open Data Comune Firenze ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12137>, Tennessee-Kentucky
Plant Atlas ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12138>, Il
Sole 24 Ore movie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12139>, Il
Sole 24 Ore person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12140>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes:
- Official wiki URL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Official_wiki_URL>
(URL to the official wiki for the item)
- maternal mortality ratio
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/maternal_mortality_ratio>
(number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births)
- External identifiers: Gaming Wiki Network article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gaming_Wiki_Network_article_ID>,
Playdate community wiki ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Playdate_community_wiki_ID>,
BNE periodical SID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BNE_periodical_SID>,
vesti.kz team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/vesti.kz_team_ID>,
EIDR parties (Entertainment Identity Registry)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EIDR_parties_(Entertainment_Identity_Registry)>,
Art Gallery of Ontario object ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Art_Gallery_of_Ontario_object_ID>,
GeoLOD ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GeoLOD_ID>,
Spectrum
Computing
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Spectrum_Computing>,
Museo Nacional de Arte artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museo_Nacional_de_Arte_artist_ID>,
Catalogo Nazionale Dati ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Catalogo_Nazionale_Dati_ID>
- Query examples:
- Map of every recorded battle the past 4,500 years
<https://w.wiki/84Hp> (source
<https://twitter.com/MahmoudAlyosify/status/1721524460228935865>)
- Map of locations of witch memorials and sites of interest in
Scotland <https://w.wiki/7yDL> (source
<https://twitter.com/emcandre/status/1719132942809587905>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
- WikiProject IDEA
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_IDEA> - This
Wikiproject serves as a working group and process documentation
archive for
the International (Digital) Dura-Europos Archive (IDEA), a project
generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH) and in
development at Bard College and Yale University.
- WikiProject Interwiki
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Interwiki> - The
goal of this project is linking Wikidata items with wiki articles outside
of the Wikimedia ecosystem. Niche wikis frequently offer more in-depth
content compared to general online dictionary articles, although their
quality can vary significantly.
- WikiProject SrpKor
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_SrpKor> - The
main aim of this project is building Wikidata entities for the
novels from
SrpKor: Corpus of the contemporary Serbian language.
- WikiProject Manors
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Manors> -
Collecting data about manor house (Q879050)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879050> as part of manor (Q2066754)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2066754> or manor estate (Q2116450)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2116450> as part of the Research
Centre for manors in the baltic sea region (Q117756751)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117756751>.
- WikiProject Echinodermata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Echinodermata> -
A repository for information pertaining to the NSF Grant
Echinoderm Project.
Development
- Wikibase REST API: We continued working on the new endpoints for *POST
/entities/items/{item_id}/aliases/{language_code}* (phab:T335842
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T335842>) and *DELETE
/entities/items/{item_id}/descriptions/{lang_code}* (phab:T342986
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342986>)
- EntitySchemas: We are continuing the work on the new data type for
linking to EntitySchemas, working on overcoming architectural issues.
- Language codes: We continued work towards allowing many more languages
by default for Wikibase Lexeme and monolingual text statements. This will
remove the need for a lot of requests for new language codes to be added. (
phab:T341409 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T341409>)
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>
--
Mohammed S. Abdulai
*Community Communications Manager, Wikidata*
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
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