*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: SORSE - Wikidata as a research tool for data modelling and
integration in the humanities (replay on YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_a8DEZz2uI>)
- Past: Open Data Day Taiwan 2021
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/Wikidata_Taiwan/OpenDataDay_Taiwan_2021>
2021-03-06 , Taipei (Q1867) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1867>, Taichung
(Q245023) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q245023>, Tainan (Q140631)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140631> and online stream (FB
<https://www.facebook.com/WikidataTW> and Youtube
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDQF9ZTA1NjpOAq7NtkO8hQ>)
- Upcoming: OSM TW x Wikidata Taiwan Taipei (Q1867)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1867> Meetup 2021-03-08 Mozilla
Community Space Taipei (Q61752245)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61752245>
- Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls>
call: OCLC Research’s CONTENTdm Wikibase data model for pilot project to
improve collection discoverability, Tuesday, March 9th.[1]
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PySajs8UGZgpJevzv21J6-5WR54kEb-c71GoVEb4DZw/edit?usp=sharing>
- Upcoming: SPARQL queries <https://www.twitch.tv/belett> live on Twitch
and in French by Vigneron, March 9 at 18:00 CET
- Upcoming: LIVE Wikidata editing #35 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDMhcxCBA9o>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2907430509542107/>,
March 13
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #53
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#53>,
March 14
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogs
- "Giving knowledge back to Wikipedia
<https://www.dbpedia.org/blog/giving-knowledge-back-to-wikipedia/>:
Towards a Systematic Approach to Sync Factual Data across Wikipedia,
Wikidata and External Data Sources" (by DBPedia)
- Papers
- Open Natural Products Research: Curation and Dissemination of
Biological Occurrences of Chemical Structures through Wikidata
<https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.28.433265>
- A paper describing COVIWD <https://www.coviwd.org/>: COVIWD:
COVID-19 Wikidata Dashboard
<https://dx.doi.org/10.21609/jiki.v14i1.941>
- Videos
- Wikidata and Abstract Wikipedia by Denny Vrandečić - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL9Cc2Mockw>
- Working hour on items of bibliographic interest in Wikidata (in
Italian) -YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYyiPjZeRls>
- Open Data Day Taiwan 2021 -Youtube Live
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68vkGWWu1Ck>
- LIVE Wikidata editing #34 Open Data Day - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoUfkQ0mVe8>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2902104563408035/>
Tool of the week
- Panoviewer.js
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by/Panoviewer.js>
inserts an iframe from the Panoviewer <https://panoviewer.toolforge.org/>
tool to photosphere image (P4640)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4640> statements.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata has now items about nine million people: 99,991,000,000 to do
(project chat
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Nine_million_people>
)
- A new browser for Wikidata is available: the SLING knowledge base
browser <https://ringgaard.com/kb/Q195> by User:Mringgaard
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mringgaard>. It is lightning fast
and entirely based on modern Web components.
- Help choose focus languages for improvements to the lexicographic
extension of Wikidata and Abstract Wikipedia
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexicographical_data/Focus_languages>.
Nominations should be submitted by April 7, and the decision will be made
by April 14 by the teams taking your comments into account.
- Help to choose a design concept for the logo of the new Wikifunctions
wiki
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Wikifunctions_logo_concept/Vote>.
Voting ends before Monday March 15th 23:59 UTC.
- PetScan can now generate KML map overlay data
<https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/1368939368250040322>. E.g.
University
towns in Germany <https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=18591379&format=kml>.
(Map view
<https://wikidata-todo.toolforge.org/render_kml.html?kml=https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=18591379%26format=kml>
)
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: supplement to
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9234>, seismic classification
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9235>, reissue of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9237>, staking percentage
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9238>, affiliated worker
organisation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9239>, demographics
of topic <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9241>, assessment
outcome <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9259>, notation
writer <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9260>
- External identifiers: Archivo Linz de la Transición Española ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9231>, Obituaries Australia
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9232>, XXXBios female
performer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9233>, RDA
value vocabularies ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9236>, Encyclopedia
of Seventh-day Adventists ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9240>, Whiskybase distillery
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9242>, NParks Flora &
Fauna Web ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9243>, Women
Australia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9244>, Labour
Australia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9245>, Indigenous
Australia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9246>, Pontifical
University of Salamanca ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9247>, EEVA author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9248>, Nauvoo Community
Project ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9249>, Cyprus
Library ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9250>, Cyprus
University of Technology ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9251>, Amathus ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9252>, European University
Cyprus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9253>, Museo
Nacional de la Estampa ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9254>, Resident Advisor club
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9255>, Diccionari de la
traducció catalana ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9256>, CPC-PR
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9257>, Austrian
Newspapers Online ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9258>, Oklahoma's
NRHP ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9261>, ChemRxiv ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9262>, Provence-Alpes-Côte
d'Azur Inventory ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9263>, FFF
player ID (new scheme) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9264>,
Physics Magazine author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9265>, Ligue 1 player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9266>, ANPI person numeric ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9267>, Science Magazine
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9268>, Odnoklassniki
user numeric ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9269>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: verbal ability
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/verbal_ability>,
易玩應用程序標識符
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%E6%98%93%E7%8E%A9%E6%87%89%E7%94%A8%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E6%A8%99%E8%AD%98%E7%AC%A6>,
earned run average
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/earned_run_average>,
named place on map
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/named_place_on_map>,
inhabitants of topic
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/inhabitants_of_topic>,
consequence of text
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/consequence_of_text>,
writing style
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/writing_style>,
applicant
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/applicant>,
co-applicant
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/co-applicant>,
Cantonese romanisation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cantonese_romanisation>,
repairability
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/repairability>
- External identifiers: MeSH qualifier ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MeSH_qualifier_ID>,
Encyclopedia of Ostrava person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Ostrava_person_ID>,
Encyclopedia of Plzeň person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Plze%C5%88_person_ID>,
Stadtlexikon Karlsruhe
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Stadtlexikon_Karlsruhe>,
Museum of the jewish people ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museum_of_the_jewish_people_ID>,
Encyclopaedia Herder concept ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopaedia_Herder_concept_ID>,
Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Greater_Philadelphia_ID>,
Biblioteca Capitolare di Verona author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblioteca_Capitolare_di_Verona_author_ID>,
Enciclopedia de Puerto Rico
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_de_Puerto_Rico>,
PorcelanaBrasil ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PorcelanaBrasil_ID>,
Eesti entsüklopeedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eesti_ents%C3%BCklopeedia_ID>,
Encyclopedia of Melbourne ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Melbourne_ID>,
Cyprus Bibliography ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cyprus_Bibliography_ID>,
JaneladaHistoria ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JaneladaHistoria_ID>,
OsobnostiRegionu.cz ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OsobnostiRegionu.cz_ID>,
Encyclopedia of French Cultural Heritage in North America ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_French_Cultural_Heritage_in_North_America_ID>,
Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l'Amérique française ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/_Encyclop%C3%A9die_du_patrimoine_culturel_de_l%27Am%C3%A9rique_fran%C3%A7aise_ID>,
Inforegister ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Inforegister_ID>,
Terezín Memorial Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Terez%C3%ADn_Memorial_Database_ID>,
AWB lemma ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AWB_lemma_ID>,
MWB lemma ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MWB_lemma_ID>,
MHDBDB lemma ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MHDBDB_lemma_ID>,
Woerterbuchnetz.de IDs for Middle High German
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Woerterbuchnetz.de_IDs_for_Middle_High_German>,
Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/L%C3%ABtzebuerger_Online_Dictionnaire_ID>,
Woerterbuchnetz.de IDs for modern German
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Woerterbuchnetz.de_IDs_for_modern_German>,
Das wissenschaftliche Bibellexikon im Internet ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Das_wissenschaftliche_Bibellexikon_im_Internet_ID>
- Query examples:
- Deceased people with verified Twitter accounts <https://w.wiki/34Mo>
(source <https://twitter.com/grafst/status/1367309410020786181>)
- members of *Ludlamshöhle*, a society in Vienna (1819-1826)
<https://w.wiki/34k8> (source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Austria#Ludlamshöhle>
)
- Things discovered or invented by women <https://w.wiki/34Js> (Source
<https://twitter.com/mlpoulter/status/1368888720380866564>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
- Wikidata:WikiProject Early Modern England and Wales
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Early_Modern_England_and_Wales>
(WD:WP EMEW <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WP_EMEW>)
- Newest database reports:
- Gadget usage statistics
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Gadget_usage_statistics>
- Includes gadgets enabled in preferences or common.js
Development
- Fixed an issue where the Property selector is not falling back from
language variant to major language (phab:T272712
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272712>)
- Working on support for editing statements on Senses on Lexemes via
wbeditentity (phab:T199896 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T199896>)
- Continuing to work on the Query Builder
<https://query-builder-test.toolforge.org/> and making it possible to
query for quantities and dates with it.
- Putting finishing touches on a small tool that lets you get the
average ORES quality score for a list of Items as well as the individual
scores for each of the Items
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