*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- New request for comments: A meta item namespace (Mxxx) for structured
data about Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/A_meta_item_namespace_(Mxxx)_for_structured_data_about_Wikidata>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Competition for the International Museum Day is about improving data
about museums in Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland on
Wikidata, from 3 May 2020 to 18 May 2020, more information on Museum Day
2020/Wikidata Competition
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia/Museum_Day_2020/Wikidata_Competition>
- Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
call: Alex Jung on Wikidata and Wikipedia Infoboxes, 05 May. Agenda
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xSuAWN01FVfOIvSML2_7Hzfn0PVoGHgARyGB1tcL6No/edit?usp=sharing>
- Upcoming: live SPARQL queries in French by Vigneron
<https://www.twitch.tv/belett>, Tuesday May 5 at 20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing: YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzHFniHzNwQ>
- Art+Feminism Office Hours: Introduction to Editing Wikidata: YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYgPg0dNSvQ>
- Webinar on why and how to contribute to Wikipedia and Wikidata? (in
French): YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgH4Vhm45OA>
Tool of the week
- ProWD <https://prowd-prototype.herokuapp.com/> explores completeness
for entities and classes.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- MachtSinn <https://machtsinn.toolforge.org/>, a tool that allows you
to easily add Senses to Lexemes, has lately been improved significantly
- 33,000 values of British Museum person or institution ID (P1711)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1711> now have a useful target
again. After their being mostly inoperative for several years, the new
British Museum website now has information pages matching these values,
with links to related objects. (Example
<https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG43386>). To work
around bug T112081 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T112081>, a script
by Andrew Gray is going through the items making null edits to update the
relevant URLs.
- Outdated copy of wb_terms has been dropped on April 29th
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-tech/2020-April/001539.html>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: none
- External identifiers: COVIDWHO ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8150>, Sicilian Regional
Assembly ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8151>, Sicilian
Regional Assembly numeric ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8152>, Accademia delle
Scienze di Torino ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8153>, Republic
of Korea Parliamentarian Society ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8155>, NKAA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8156>, MémorialGenWeb
monument ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8157>, History
Colorado ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8158>, SciProfiles
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8159>, Bibliotheca
Augustana author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8160>, CONI
honoured ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8161>, DGHS
facility code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8162>, Diels-Kranz
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8163>, DPVweb ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8164>, Maryland's National
Register Properties ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8165>,
Encyclopaedia Metallum label ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8166>, WhatDoTheyKnow
organisation ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8167>, FactGrid
item ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8168>, Heritage
Gateway ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8169>, RPPS ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8170>, Priset of
Archidiecezja Gdańska ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8171>, Sejm-Wielki.pl
profile ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8172>, Extratime.ie
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8173>, Slovak
Registration ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8174>, Infames
Romani ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8175>, Itch.io
developer profile <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8176>, Oregon
Historic Sites Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8177>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: Ex-libris
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ex-libris>,
tabular
case data
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/tabular_case_data>,
Geneanet URL(s)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Geneanet_URL(s)>,
transitivity
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/transitivity>,
Compatible with
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Compatible_with>
- External identifiers: DPE school code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DPE_school_code>,
identifiant Prix de Lausanne
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Prix_de_Lausanne>,
CDAPNC author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CDAPNC_author_ID>,
identificativo Giunta regionale della Sicilia
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identificativo_Giunta_regionale_della_Sicilia>,
Goodreads work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Goodreads_work_ID>,
Wikilengua
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikilengua>,
BeWeb cultural institution ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BeWeb_cultural_institution_ID>,
Anagrafe Istituti Culturali Ecclesiastici ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anagrafe_Istituti_Culturali_Ecclesiastici_ID>,
Group Properties wiki ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Group_Properties_wiki_ID>,
House Divided ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/House_Divided_ID>,
Southwest Harbor Public Library item
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Southwest_Harbor_Public_Library_item>,
Gitabitan.net ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gitabitan.net_ID>,
The Conversation author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Conversation_author_ID>
- Query examples:
- Map of countries receiving the Nobel peace prize
<https://w.wiki/Pra> (Source
<https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1257202780768473088>)
- Map of geolocated Argentine libraries <https://w.wiki/PCY> (Source
<https://twitter.com/diegoarielvega/status/1254742476671287296>)
- Recipes that include garlic <https://w.wiki/Ppa> (Source
<https://twitter.com/jjmerelo/status/1254852765140029441>)
- Images of postcards from the catalog of the Regional bibliography
of Saxony <https://w.wiki/PVq> (Source
<https://twitter.com/saxorum/status/1255883883285020674>)
- French municipalities which have the property "archived by" (P485)
for the departmental archives of Bouches-du-Rhône <https://w.wiki/PbX>
(Source <https://twitter.com/belett/status/1256151372485009409>)
- Municipalities with less than 5,000 inhabitants in the Basque
Country <https://w.wiki/PdJ> (Source
<https://twitter.com/euwikipedia/status/1256250043922817031>)
- People born in Wales who became head of government in Wales or
overseas <https://w.wiki/Pg6> (Source
<https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1256542169483091975>)
- Average stardate of Star Trek episodes <https://w.wiki/Ppy> (Source
<https://twitter.com/alexparsons/status/1256900026787381250>)
- Municipalities in mainland France with more than 50,000 inhabitants
<https://w.wiki/Pnt> (Source
<https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1257012641660354561>)
- Graph showing direct ancestral lines linking Boris Johnson and
George I, and Jesus and Abraham <https://w.wiki/Ngv> (Source
<https://twitter.com/piecesofuk/status/1252902711596429312>)
- Photos by Carlton Watkins with their collection <https://w.wiki/NhZ>
(Source <https://twitter.com/WIKI_NLW/status/1252946158235922433>)
- Works from Louvre Museum whose inventory number begins with an S
<https://w.wiki/Nj7> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Pyb75/status/1253013032646606849>)
- Works from the Islamic arts department of Louvre Museum
<https://w.wiki/NqA> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Pyb75/status/1253380857013952512>)
- Map of artists with place of their birth on Wikidata
<https://w.wiki/Nxd> (Source
<https://twitter.com/b3d2c/status/1253793105930838018>)
- Location and image of the cathedrals of Paris <https://w.wiki/NxH> (
Source
<https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1253755105075134472>)
- Jewish art collectors and dealers who were murdered in Nazi
concentration camps
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23With%20pictures%0A%0A%23died%20in%20Treblinka%20Q152010%20%28none%29%0A%23died%20in%20Sobibor%20Q152658%20%28none%29%0A%23died%20in%20Auschwitz-Birkenau%20Q7341%0A%23died%20in%20Theresienstadt%20%0A%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fpic%20%3Fdatedied%20%3FplacediedLabel%20%3Fplacedied%20%3Fchild%20%3FchildLabel%20%3Fownedby%20%3FownedbyLabel%20%3Fdepicts%20%3FdepictsLabel%20%3Fdepictedby%20%3FdepictedbyLabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Fownerof%20%3FownerofLabel%20%3Fspouse%20%3Femployer%20%3FemployerLabel%20%3FspouseLabel%20%3Fmother%20%3FmotherLabel%20%3Ffather%20%3FfatherLabel%20%3Fsibling%20%3FsiblingLabel%20%3Finvestby%20%3FinvestbyLabel%20%3Fsigperson%20%3FsigpersonLabel%20%3Fparty%20%3FpartyLabel%20%3Fpartner%20%3FpartnerLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ1792450.%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ1007870.%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ173950.%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP921%20wd%3AQ328376.%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ10732476.%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ446966.%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ22132694.%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ674426.%7D%0A%0A%0ASERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP20%20wd%3AQ7341.%7D%20UNION%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP20%20wd%3AQ160175.%7D%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fpic.%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP127%20%3Fownedby.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdatedied.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP20%20%3Fplacedied.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP180%20%3Fdepicts.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP921%20%3Fplunder.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1830%20%3Fownerof.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP108%20%3Femployer.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fbirth.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP40%20%3Fchild.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP214%20%3FVIAF_ID.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fplace_birth.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP244%20%3FLibrary_of_Congress_authority_ID.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP227%20%3FGND_ID.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP245%20%3FULAN_ID.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP26%20%3Fspouse.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP27%20%3Fcountry.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP3342%20%3Fsigperson.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP102%20%3Fparty.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1327%20%3Fpartner.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1840%20%3Finvestby.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP25%20%3Fmother.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP22%20%3Ffather.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP3373%20%3Fsibling.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1299%20%3Fdepictedby.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP39%20%3Fposition.%20%7D%0A%23%20FILTER%20%28YEAR%28%3Fbirth%29%20%3D%201860%20%26amp%3B%26amp%3B%20YEAR%28%3Fbirth%29%20%26lt%3B%3D%201990%29%0AFILTER%20%28YEAR%28%3Fdatedied%29%20%3E%3D%201933%20%29%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%2020000>
(Source
<https://twitter.com/OpenLinkArtData/status/1254634722006835200>)
- Newest database reports: Notable descedents of *Mayflower* passengers
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Genealogy/Mayflower_descedents>
Development
- Add monolingual language codes rm-rumgr, rm-surmiran, rm-sursilv,
rm-sutsilv, rm-vallader, rm-puter (phab:T222426
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T222426>)
- More work on the test system for federated properties
- More work on displaying statements with federated properties (
phab:T246606 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T246606>)
- Bridge: more work on generic error screens (phab:T241126
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T241126>)
- Bridge: warn the user that they are about to edit anonymously (
phab:T246676 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T246676>)
- Work on a Wikidata distributed game for automated finding of references
- Automated finding references: build a scraper, simple value matching,
item analyzer
- Have the focus on field when adding new element on Sense (phab:T203461
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T203461>)
- Add more properties to the PageImages list (phab:T249811
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T249811>)
- Use strict types everywhere in Wikibase (phab:T251382
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T251382>)
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>
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.