*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>
- Upcoming video: LIVE Wikidata editing #30 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBumtc9Adsc>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/3620310794683392/>,
6 February
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #48
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#48>,
7 February
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Paper: A Review of the Semantic Web Field
<https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2021/2/250085-a-review-of-the-semantic-web-field/fulltext>
- Paper: Towards a Systematic Approach to Sync FactualData across
Wikipedia, Wikidata and ExternalData Sources
<https://svn.aksw.org/papers/2020/qurator_gfs/public.pdf>
- Video: LIVE Wikidata editing #29 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHGcXLP4BTU>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2877179819233843/>
- Video: Set preferences and common.js (in Italian) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw0MXWXvHig>
- Video: Entity Linking and Neural Semantic Parsing - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j4hkP_JwSc>
- Video: Persistent identifiers as the basis for multilingual and
human-machine collaboration - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5VCr--Q1Ig>
Tool of the week
- Labelcleaner
<https://github.com/generalist/wikidata-misc/blob/master/labelcleaner.sh>
is a script by Andrew Gray
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Andrew_Gray> used to clean up
Wikidata labels/aliases/descriptions for a given language on a set of items.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- OpenRefine has got a new user manual <https://docs.openrefine.org/>
and your feedback is welcome
<https://openrefine.org/blog/2021/01/26/announcing-our-new-user-manual.html>
;
- A new tool, Ranker <https://iw.toolforge.org/ranker> (documentation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lucas_Werkmeister/Ranker>, announcement
tweet <https://twitter.com/LucasWerkmeistr/status/1355554819478532102>
and video
<https://twitter.com/LucasWerkmeistr/status/1355554982544744453>), lets
you edit the ranks of multiple statements at once.
- The SPARQL endpoint for linguaLibre is now available
<https://lingualibre.org/bigdata/#query> (Source
<https://twitter.com/belett/status/1356242871700123648>)
- New Wikidata property GitHub topic (P9100)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9100> announced at the GITHUB
community
<https://github.community/t/wikidata-property-p9100-created-for-github-topics/158508>
- Wikimedia Foundation is hiring a Wikidata Query Service(WDQS) Data
Analyst Consultant. Apply today
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2612414?gh_src=8f11c2f91us>!
- Clean-up tasks to experiment with bots or other tools
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Bot_requests>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: BAMID film rating
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9086>
- External identifiers: Akademická encyklopedie českých dějin ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9082>, 45cat 7" release ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9083>, ABC News topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9084>, Aracne author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9085>, Econlib person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9087>, KBR Catalogue ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9088>, Songlexikon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9089>, Swiss Games Showcase
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9090>, MNBAQ ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9091>, Art in the Christian
Tradition ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9092>, Australian
Lichen ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9093>, Pantone
color ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9094>, Kunstmuseum
Basel ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9095>, Malpedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9096>, AAR ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9097>, BiblioLMC ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9098>, Cultural heritage ID
in Lower Saxony <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9099>, GitHub
topic <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9100>, Discord username
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9101>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: represented in sport by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/represented_in_sport_by>,
photographer of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/photographer_of>,
reissue
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/reissue>,
master's
thesis
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/master%27s_thesis>,
service status information URL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/service_status_information_URL>,
unusualness
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/unusualness>,
Debian Package Tracker ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Debian_Package_Tracker_ID>,
Seismic classification
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Seismic_classification>
- External identifiers: Dictionnaire des journalistes ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionnaire_des_journalistes_ID>,
EMS ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EMS_ID>,
FloGrappling
ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FloGrappling_ID>,
SOUNZ contributor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SOUNZ_contributor_ID>,
Wolfram language WordData word ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wolfram_language_WordData_word_ID>,
Mathematica Italiana person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mathematica_Italiana_person_ID>,
Musica Brasilis score ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Musica_Brasilis_score_ID>,
Finna ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Finna_ID>,
LexML
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LexML_ID>,
Swedish Literature Bank placeID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swedish_Literature_Bank_placeID>,
BVFE author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BVFE_author_ID>,
Union Catalog of Armenian Continuing Resources authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Union_Catalog_of_Armenian_Continuing_Resources_authority_ID>,
playDB play ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/playDB_play_ID>,
playDB artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/playDB_artist_ID>,
DicoPolHiS ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DicoPolHiS_ID>,
Pandektis ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pandektis_ID>,
NHS Organisation Data Service ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NHS_Organisation_Data_Service_ID>,
Bayerischer Denkmal-Atlas Objekt-ID (Baudenkmal)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bayerischer_Denkmal-Atlas_Objekt-ID_(Baudenkmal)>,
Bayerischer Denkmal-Atlas Objekt-ID (Bodendenkmal)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bayerischer_Denkmal-Atlas_Objekt-ID_(Bodendenkmal)>,
Whiskybase distillery ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Whiskybase_distillery_ID>
- Query examples:
- Basque lexemes and their attestations in a 1745 Spanish-Basque
dictionary, with links to dictionary entries in Wikisource
<https://w.wiki/wiD>
- Lexemes describing a color <https://w.wiki/wss> (Source
<https://twitter.com/alexabruck/status/1354848003228651520>)
- Danish-Hebrew Lexeme pairs <https://w.wiki/w6s> (Source
<https://twitter.com/fnielsen/status/1354422451158003712>)
- Lexemes in Swedish with usage example that demonstrates both a form
and a sense and a reference <https://w.wiki/xA6> (Source
<https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1356228927052767232>)
- Episodes of the TV series "The Mentalist" <https://w.wiki/wMw>
- Nationality of authors publishing papers relevant to the Australian
fauna <https://w.wiki/6PX> (Source
<https://twitter.com/rdmpage/status/1354462764933074949>)
- Number of musicians on Wikidata by country <https://w.wiki/w4F> (
Source <https://twitter.com/mrlogix/status/1354295682895515658>)
- Map of ISO 3166-2 codes <https://w.wiki/wPE> (Source
<https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1354937354209914885>)
- Map films that have been filmed in Mexico <https://w.wiki/tzp> (
Source <https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1354236888136224775>)
- Map of Githubtopics on Wikidata <https://w.wiki/x99> (Source
<https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1356191659772571653>)
- Eye color distribution of the people on Wikidata
<https://w.wiki/vjv> (Source
<https://twitter.com/wikimediaid/status/1354042976985518081>)
- Timeline with the start date of the Summer Olympics
<https://w.wiki/w2S> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1355946779179683843>)
- Newest database reports: Czech given names
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Names/reports/given_names/Czech>
Development
- Continuing development on the first version of the Query Builder. It's
starting to be able to do the first really meaningful queries now. Latest
addition was the ability to negate conditions. Up next is the ability to
connect conditions with OR instead of only AND as well as querying for
quantities and ranges. You can follow along on the test system
<https://query-builder-test.toolforge.org/>.
- Exploring possible solutions for how to compare Wikidata's data
against other databases to find and highlight mismatches automatically.
- Added lexicographical data codes for a few languages: rkt, ctg (
phab:T271589 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T271589>), and az-cyrl (
phab:T265906 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T265906>)
- Finished working on the issue of TypeError on a diff of a Wikidata
talk page phab:T271402 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T271402>
- Updated Wikidata unit conversion configuration (phab:T267644
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T267644>)
- Fixed two last places where links in the the Query Service UI were not
using Special:MyLanguage yet to redirect to the documentation page in the
user's language (phab:T267656 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T267656>
)
- Pushing JSON dumps for Lexemes over the finish line (phab:T264883
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T264883>)
- Working on showing an error when trying to save lemmas with invalid
language codes (phab:T265783 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T265783>)
- Wikibase Release Strategy
- Investigated the release of Wikibase suite components not
maintained by Wikimedia (phab:T271193
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T271193>)
- Continued process of adding additional components to the Wikibase
release, including OAuth (phab:T272580
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272580>)
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