*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>
- Past: Wikidata Workshop 2020 presentations YouTube playlist
<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyM3N1A-gEXt0vShpqDCw6x9T95ok9aj_>
- Upcoming: live SPARQL queries <https://www.twitch.tv/belett> on Twitch
and in French by Vigneron, November 24 at 18:00 CET
- Upcoming: rC3, the remote version of the Chaos Communication Congress
<https://events.ccc.de/2020/09/04/rc3-remote-chaos-experience/#english>,
on December 27-30. Like in previous years, the WikipakaWG will host
sessions and workshops related to Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects.
The call for participation <https://cfp.verschwoerhaus.de/rc3-2020/cfp>
is open until November 30th.
- Upcoming: Ghana Histo Cita-thon
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/african-wikimedians/2020-November/002037.html>.
Friday 27th November 2020. 9am to 2pm UTC.
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #40
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#40>,
November 29
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Wikidata, the collaborative database for machines and humans
<https://xn--fundaci-r0a.cat/wikidata-la-base-de-dades-collaborativa-per-a-maquines-i-humans/>.
Blogpost by Àlex Hinojo (in Catalan)
- 24 hours of open data - The meetup for the eighth Wikidata birthday
<https://blog.wikimedia.de/2020/11/18/24-stunden-open-data-das-meetup-zum-achten-wikidata-geburtstag/>,
Blogpost by Lea Lacroix (in German)
- The future of the Riksdag's data in Wikidata
<https://wikimedia.se/2020/11/17/framtiden-for-riksdagens-data-i-wikidata/?_thumbnail_id=10186>.
Blogpost by Jan Ainali (in Swedish)
- WikiPathways: connecting communities
<https://doi.org/10.1093/NAR/GKAA1024>: research article outlining,
among other things, how Wikidata is used and integrated
- Using SPARQL to combine Wikidata and OSM triples
<http://www.bobdc.com/blog/osmpluswikidata/>
- ANN: A platform to annotate text with Wikidata IDs
<https://zenodo.org/record/4279611#.X7bTTSWPWEf> (report) *"Report of
the work done by the Ann team at the eLife Sprint 2020. It describes the
effort pursued towards a system for universal annotation of biomedical
articles using the collaborative knowledge graph of Wikidata".*
- TU Dresden lecture on Knowledge Graphs (replay)
- Wikidata introduction - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKr8Uz4PneQ>
- Content model of Wikidata - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwhDkxDwsbA>
- How the content of Wikidata can be represented in RDF - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su0V8OmM0pU>
Tool of the week
- EntityShape.js
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Teester/EntityShape.js> is a script
that allows you to check an Item against an EntitySchema. On the Item page,
it will display various information about the Item, like the properties
that should be present on the Item.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The proposals phase of the Community Wishlist Survey 2021
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2021> is open
until November 30th. You can submit wishes in various categories, like
Wikidata
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2021/Wikidata>
.
- SMWCon 2020 virtual conference is from 24 to 26 November 2020
<https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/SMWCon_Fall_2020>. Do not
forget to register at Hopin!
- The note-taking app Kanopi got first pieces of Wikidata integration.
<https://kanopi.io/company/updates/2020_11_16_weekly_newsletter_9.md>
- The Listeria Evolution <http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=650>:
Listeria has got an update
- Wikimedia Deutschland has two open positions around the Wikidata
development team; Full Stack Developer
<https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/4361894/Full-Stack-Developer-m-f-d-/?jobDbPVId=21890437&_ga=2.117843721.1666319849.1605900771-1686350039.1605900771&l=de>
and Partner Relationship Manager
<https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/8136694/Partner-Relationship-Manager-m-f-d-/?jobDbPVId=22272186&_ga=2.117843721.1666319849.1605900771-1686350039.1605900771&l=de>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: epithet
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8822>, attraction to
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8824>, hairstyle
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8839>, poverty incidence
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8843>
- External identifiers: IMMuB artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8812>, IMMuB album ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8813>, WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8814>, IAFD film distributor
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8815>, Yandex Zen ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8816>, NCAA school code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8817>, Church of Jesus
Christ pioneer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8818>, Pitchfork
artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8819>, Monuments
de mémoire ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8820>, Memorial
Book for the Victims of National Socialism ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8821>, Xfinity Stream ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8823>,
Sports-Reference.com
college basketball school ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8825>, edition humboldt
digital ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8826>, GitLab
username <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8827>, AAA
attraction ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8828>, Swiss-Gym
Male ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8829>, Swiss-Gym
Female ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8830>, Museum Day
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8831>, PAN member
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8832>, Union Catalog of
Armenian Libraries authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8833>, MetaSat ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8834>, Visages du diocèse
d'Autun ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8835>, SPOnG game
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8836>, Prêtres du diocèse
de Quimper ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8837>,
LibraryThing
venue ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8838>, Union des
artistes ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8840>, Restaurant
Guru Restaurant ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8841>, PromoDj
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8842>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: vénéré à
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/v%C3%A9n%C3%A9r%C3%A9_%C3%A0>,
Number of blood donors
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Number_of_blood_donors>,
People reached
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/People_reached>,
number of awards
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_awards>,
has positive marker
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_positive_marker>,
ID pattern
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ID_pattern>,
lunar coordinates
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/lunar_coordinates>,
adjacent to
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/adjacent_to>,
date posted
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/date_posted>,
ITRANS
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ITRANS>,
National
Library at Kolkata romanization
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Library_at_Kolkata_romanization>,
complementary property
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/complementary_property>,
MTRCB rating
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MTRCB_rating>,
DBLP conference ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DBLP_conference_ID>,
fait l'objet d'une vénération à
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/fait_l%27objet_d%27une_v%C3%A9n%C3%A9ration_%C3%A0>
- External identifiers: DriveThruComics numeric publisher identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DriveThruComics_numeric_publisher_identifier>,
Hyperion Records person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hyperion_Records_person_ID>,
Arken <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arken>,
AAA hotel ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AAA_hotel_ID>,
AAA restaurant ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AAA_restaurant_ID>,
AAA campground ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AAA_campground_ID>,
AstroGen ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AstroGen_ID>,
Reliwiki page ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Reliwiki_page_ID>,
Sonneveld-index
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sonneveld-index>,
SIL ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SIL_ID>, AniDB
Episode ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AniDB_Episode_ID>,
Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_the_History_of_Ukraine_ID>,
Lumni ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lumni_ID>,
Archives
at Yale Names ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archives_at_Yale_Names_ID>
- Query examples:
- Aberdeen recycling centers and recycling points <https://w.wiki/nMw>
(Source <https://twitter.com/watty62/status/1330154154858262528>)
- Map of Semantic Web in Libraries 2020 participant's institutions
<https://w.wiki/my4> (federated query) (Source
<https://twitter.com/nichtich/status/1329712307967037440>)
- Women who play chess and have a Wikipedia article in Spanish
<https://w.wiki/mYx> (They are 132 while men have 899 entries) (Source
<https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1329540876633317381>)
- Timeline of Dietary Advocates <https://w.wiki/nFz> (Source
<https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/1329472653833482244>)
- Philosophers born between 0 and 500 grouped by the decade where
they lived <https://w.wiki/nag> (Source
<https://twitter.com/inforapid/status/1330435382211727360>)
- Video games from *?country* <https://w.wiki/naJ> (template) (Source
<https://twitter.com/JeanFred/status/1329103807272407043>)
Development
- Query Builder: We're making it possible to switch between querying for
specific values (e.g. all Items with a specific post code) or any value
(all Items with a post code statement regardless of which one it is)
- Correcting the behaviour of what automatically happens on Wikidata
when a page is moved on Wikipedia and co to an excluded namespace with the
"suppress redirect" option (phab:T261275
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T261275>)
- Making language fallback indicators not show up for language variant
fallbacks in a few more places (phab:T267502
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T267502>)
- Adding html language attributes for statements linking to Forms and
Senses (phab:T267023 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T267023>)
- Working on language and lexical category fields turning red on unfocus
even though no changes are made after a change in ooui (phab:T266936
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T266936>)
- Finished building the 1.35 versions of the Wikibase base and bundle
docker images and published to dockerhub
<https://hub.docker.com/r/wikibase/wikibase> (phab:T264538
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T264538>)
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 Sadat
*Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase*
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de