Dear colleagues,
We wanted to inform you about an article we have just published where we analyze the
ontologies of Wikidata and the taxonomy of Wikipedia. We hope it is of interest to you:
Centelles, M. and Ferran-Ferrer, N. (2024), "Assessing knowledge organization systems
from a gender perspective: Wikipedia taxonomy and Wikidata ontologies", Journal of
Documentation, Vol. 80 No. 7, pp. 124-147.
https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-11-2023-0230
Additionally, we would like to share an event we have organized for June 5th on GLAM WIKI
and gender:
https://www.ub.edu/wikiwomen/2024/04/10/ii-international-convention-on-glam…
Best regards,
Núria Ferran Ferrer
Professora de la Facultat d'Informació i Mitjans Audiovisuals (FIMA)
Coordinadora del Programa de Doctorat en Informació i Comunicació
Delegada del rector per a la Direcció de la Unitat d'Igualtat
Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
🕑 Les nostres jornades laborals poden no coincidir. No sentiu l'obligació d’atendre
aquest correu si arriba fora del vostre horari.
________________________________
De: Mohammed Sadat Abdulai <mohammed.abdulai(a)wikimedia.de>
Enviat el: dilluns, 8 d’abril de 2024 18:00
Per a: Discussion list for the Wikidata project <wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Tema: [Wikidata] Wikidata weekly summary #623
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last
week. This is the Wikidata summary of the week before 2024-04-08.
Translations<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:S…
are available.
Events<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events&…
* Did you manage to see the first weekend and sessions of the Leveling Up Days
2024<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Leveling_Up_Days_2024…24>, well fret
not as there is another weekend of Wikidata-related sessions to come. Day 4 begins Friday
April 12, join via Jitsi<https://meet.jit.si/WikidataLevelingUpDays2024> - see you
there!
* Wikidata - collect and use open
data<https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-wikidata-raccogliere-e-utilizzare-dati-aperti-876029867917>
(Italian) - April 19 at the University of Catania, Léa Lacroix
(
Staff)<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lea_Lacroix_(WMDE)> and Luca Martinelli
(WMIT) will give an overview of Wikidata's use for sharing data, querying data and
some of its main applications.
* Build Open Data through Wikidata: a database integration
model<https://www.beclass.com/rid=284d815660fc41c711f3> (Taiwanese) - April 9 19:00
- 20:00. Wang Wenyue (WMTW) will lead this discussion on how Wikidata can re-connect and
index a topic that may be documented in multiple various places online.
* Wikimania 2024: Submission deadline extended to April 10, 12:00 UTC! Get your
Wikidata submissions
in<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimed…U/>.
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
* Blogs: Told Cities: Unveiling the Heritage and Chronicles of UNESCO World Heritage
Cities<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/03/28/told-cities-unveiling-the-h…
- initiated by Wiki World Heritage, this project aims to comprehensively document UNESCO
World Heritage Cities using Wikimedia projects like Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia
Commons.
* Videos
* Wikidata editing #113<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTZGSNkNP70>
(English) at Wikidata Leveling Up Days.
Ainali<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ainali> and
Abbe98<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Abbe98> do some live editing on
biographies of climate scientists and glaciologists.
* Panel: 10 years of FAIR
principle<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPIUpN25ak0> - Lydia Pintscher
(
Staff)<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lydia_Pintscher_(WMDE)> joins a panel to
talk about implementation of FAIR principles and how Wikidata and Wikibase can
contribute.
Tool of the week
* Anti-Pattern Analyzer<http://atilioa.me/WikidataAntiPatternAnalyzer/Wikidata>
is a static website capable of checking the existence of 'anti-pattern 1' (AP1)
occurrences given an entity from Wikidata. It can also check if a new statement would
introduce new violations.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
* Only 13 more days to
go<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1713735900>00>! The
deadline to submit your project proposal to Wikimedia Deutschland's Open Call for
Software
Contributions<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Software_Collaboration_for…
is coming closer and closer. With this call, Wikimedia Deutschland aims to support
projects that make Wikidata's data more accessible and usable for a wider audience.
Newest
properties<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties> and property
proposals<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Prop…
to review
* Newest General datatypes:
* nanopublication
identifier<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12545>
(RDF-based publication, with references and history)
* media
modality<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12548> (which media
modalities are present in a creative work, particularly in digital, multimodal works such
as electronic literature)
* height of
letters<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12549> (height of
the letters of an inscription)
* Imagehash difference
hash<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12563>
(hash which tells whether two images look nearly identical)
* image of
construction<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12565> (image
showing the building/object/work under construction)
* base
units<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12571> (property that
lists the different units that a unit is derived from, would be useful to add a qualifier
for the exponent of each unit)
* International Classification of Nonprofit
Organizations<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12574> (industry
classification for nonprofit organization created by the Johns Hopkins University and
adapted by the United Nations)
* RTE substation
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12583>
(identifier of electrical substations operated by RTE in France)
* Newest External identifiers: OSL
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12535>35>, Combine OverWiki
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12536>36>, EJAtlas
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12537>37>, Galician Authors in the BUSC
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12538>38>, Premier League player
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12539>39>, Ludzie Nauki ID
(
new)<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12541>41>, WhatsApp channel
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12542>42>, Portal Wiki
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12543>43>, RatingGraph TV show
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12544>44>, Instagram account numeric
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12546>46>, Doom Wiki
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12547>47>, DWDS sense
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12550>50>, 11v11 player
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12551>51>, Hyatt hotel
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12552>52>, ECF rating
code<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12553>53>, CalPhotos taxon
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12554>54>, TMDB season
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12558>58>, TMDB episode
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12559>59>, ASM Mammal Diversity Database
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12560>60>, SteamGridDB
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12561>61>, Amazon Luna game
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12562>62>, Triton Poker player
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12564>64>, Traineras rower
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12566>66>, StatMuse Premier League player
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12567>67>, AllSkaters person
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12568>68>, DoblajeVideojuegos dub actor
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12569>69>, IsThereAnyDeal
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12570>70>, Algerian National Library
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12572>72>, Lisaan Masry Egyptian Arabic
Dictionary
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12573>73>, Encyclopaedia of the
Qur'ān
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12575>75>, Brazilian Football
Confederation player
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12576>76>, BeSoccer
player
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12577>77>, A New Nation Votes
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12578>78>, istina.msu.ru person
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12579>79>, KupiGolos game
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12580>80>, Oskar Schindler Archive agent
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12581>81>, Oxford Reference overview
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12582>82>, Theatrical Index company
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12584>84>, Touhou Wiki
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12585>85>, Traineras club
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12586>86>, Traineras competition
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12587>87>, Slovenian organization
number<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12588>88>, Featherbase
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12589>89>, TUESPWiki
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12590>90>, Theatrical Index theatre
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12591>91>, Supreme Court of Canada case
number<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12592>92>, SNS Info
Saúde<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12593>93>, OSHA Occupational Chemical
Database
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12594>94>, National Library of
Uruguay authority
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12595>95>, museum-digital
tag
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12596>96>, museum-digital person
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12597>97>, government.ru person
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12598>98>, arch2.iofe.center person
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12599>99>, Digital Athenaeus Catalog author
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12600>00>, China Ministry of Industry and
Information Technology
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12601>01>, BFO class
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12602>02>, identifiant
Sculpturo<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12603>03>, Michigan Historical Marker
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12604>
* New General datatypes property proposals to review:
* official
gazette<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/officia…
(periodical publication authorised to publish public or legal notices for that
administrative entity or governmental institution)
* follows spelling
paradigm<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/follow…
(spelling rule, pattern or paradigm followed by this form)
* WEM facility
code<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WEM_facili…
()
* API formatter
URL<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/API_formatt… (URI
template from which "$1" can automatically be replaced with the effective
property value on items; for API access and other machine-readable data)
* Type of
representation<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/…
(Property to indicate the '''type of representation''' as a
qualifier for Wikimedia Commons SDC Depicts statements of such Wikidata items, indicating
the media type of the media file as can be derived from its registered property in
Wikidata, being different from P18 (image).)
* New External identifier property proposals to review: Zentrum für Dramatik
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Zentrum_f%C3…ID>,
RERO+
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RERO%2B_ID&g…ID>,
Peertube Channel
Address<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Peertub…ss>,
BSWW team
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BSWW_team_ID…ID>,
Quran.com
entry<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Quran.com…ry>, ID
of member of the Chambre des
députés<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ID_of_m…9s>,
TMDB award
IDs<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TMDB_award_…Ds>,
Algerian National Assembly
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Algerian_Nat…ID>,
Barry Hugman's Footballers player
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Barry_Hugman…ID>,
ffspb.org player
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ffspb.org_pl…ID>,
az.lib.ru author
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/az.lib.ru_au…ID>,
Droitne
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Droitne_ID&g…ID>,
WildTangent Games
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WildTangent_…ID>,
The Spriters Resource game
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Spriters…ID>,
Zillow
zpid<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Zillow_zpi…id>,
Cemu Wiki article
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cemu_Wiki_ar…ID>,
Algerian National Statistics Office
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Algerian_Nat…ID>,
Algerian Government
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Algerian_Gov…ID>,
Génération Nintendo game
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/G%C3%A9n%C3%…ID>,
Oxford Reference subject
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oxford_Refer…ID>,
Dictionary of Qur'anic Usage
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionary_o…ID>,
British Comedy Guide person
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_Come…ID>,
mosff.ru staff
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/mosff.ru_sta…ID>,
Hanslick Online person
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hanslick_Onl…
You can comment on all open property
proposals<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overv…ew>!
Did you know?
* Query examples:
* Tolkien-style plurals<https://w.wiki/9hdE>
(
source<https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1776651392888758645>)
* Top album languages found on Wikidata right now<https://w.wiki/6TNS>
(source<https://wikis.world/@moebeus@mastodon.online/112223387850016286>)
* Lexemes with a Sense related to a geolocated Item<https://w.wiki/6Tzi>
* Map of all places related to persons with layers by property of the
place<https://w.wiki/9hdp>
(
source<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Map_of_all…)
* Newest
WikiProjects<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:W…ts>:
* Hijri
Calendar<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Hijri_Calend… - aims
to create and improve Items for Hijri Calendar dates such as 1 Ramadan
(
Q4886009)<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4886009>09>.
* MLA Linked Data Working
Group<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_MLA_Linked_Data…
- The Linked Data Working
Group<https://cmc.wp.musiclibraryassoc.org/mla-linked-data-working-group… (LDWG) is
a Music Library Association (
MLA)<https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/> working group
convened by the MLA Cataloging and Metadata Committee
(
CMC)<https://cmc.wp.musiclibraryassoc.org/>g/>. Members are music catalogers and other
library metadata workers exploring linked data topics through Wikidata projects,
discussion of BIBFRAME and linked data cataloging, and other areas of interest.
* Newest database
reports<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>ts>: birthdays
today<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/birthday_t… -
People born this day of the year (primarily currently living people)
* Showcase
Items<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>ms>: John
Cale (
Q45909)<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45909> - Welsh composer,
singer-songwriter and record producer
* Showcase
Lexemes<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>es>:
armastuskolmnurk (
L415173)<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L415173> - Estonian
noun, translated "love triangle"
Development
* REST API:
* We continued the work on the endpoint for creating an Item via POST
/entities/items (
phab:T342990<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342990>)
* We continued the work on the endpoint for modifying data of a Property via PATCH
/entities/properties/{property_id} (]]phab:T347394]])
* EntitySchemas: Work on making it possible to link to EntitySchemas in statements is
continuing.
* mul language code: We are fixing remaining issues uncovered during testing.
(
phab:T355059<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T355059>59>,
phab:T356200<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T356200>00>,
phab:T135871<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T135871>71>,
phab:T356201<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T356201>)
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata
here<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R&g…#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/zfiRg…iority>.
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_…ew>.
* Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme
above<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you…w?>.
* Participate in this week's Lexeme
challenge<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php>hp>:
* Summarize your WikiProject's ongoing
activities<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Di…
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>
--
Mohammed S. Abdulai
Community Communications Manager, Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 30 577 116 2466
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