*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Happy birthday, Wikidata!
- Today, on October 29th, it’s Wikidata’s 7th birthday. Time to reflect
and celebrate and to look forward to see where we are going from
here. Message
from the Wikidata development team
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Seventh_Birthday>
- You can also write a birthday message
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Seventh_Birthday/Community_messages>
or add a present to the list
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Seventh_Birthday/Presents>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Past: Several sessions at Wikidata goes Library
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Vienna/2019-10-18>,
Vienna, Vienna Public Library (Q1020347)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1020347> (18 October):
- Wikidata is amazing
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_is_amazing_-_Wikidata_Goes_Libraries,_October_18_2019.pdf>,
talk by Jean-Fréd
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jean-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric>
- Uses of Wikidata and Wikibase in France
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20191018-Wikidata-Wien.pdf>,
talk by Nicolas Vigneron <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:VIGNERON>
- Using Wikidata for Video Game Research
<https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3515882>, talk by Tracy Hoffmann
- Wikidata based extended search queries
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_based_extended_search_queries_-_slides_2019-10-18.pdf>,
talk by Christian Erlinger (Q67173261)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67173261>
- Past: WikidataCon 2019 in Berlin. You can see the videos of the
sessions <https://media.ccc.de/c/wikidatacon2019> and the list of slides
and notes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Documentation>,
also from the program
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Program#Friday,_October_25th>.
Among them, here are few suggestions of sessions to watch:
- Glimpse over Wikidata
<https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-3-glimpse_over_wikidata>
& Wikidata
and languages
<https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-2-wikidata_and_languages>
(Lydia Pintscher)
- Birthday presents demo
<https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-16-birthday_celebration_presents_demo>
(various people presenting new tools and features)
- WikidataCon awards ceremony
<https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-17-wikidatacon_award_ceremony>
(Birgit Müller & Liam Wyatt)
- New usages of Wikidata to support underserved language communities
<https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-1060-new_usages_of_wikidata_to_support_underserved_language_communities>
(Lucie-Aimée Kaffee)
- Overview of the data import process
<https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-1035-data_import_process_overview>
(Navino Evans)
- A lot of interesting tools and projects presented during the two
<https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-18-lightning_talks_1> lightning
talks sessions
<https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-19-lightning_talks_2>
- Upcoming: plenty of events taking place for Wikidata's seventh birthday
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Seventh_Birthday>! In London on
29th
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikidata-birthday-party-in-london-tickets-76951807929>,
in Cape Town on 31st
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Seventh_Birthday/Cape_Town>, a
datathon organized in India
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Wikidata_Seventh_Birthday>,
in Barcelona on November 13th
<https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquiprojecte:Dimecres_de_dataf%C3%ADlia_2019>,
etc.
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Analysis of Urban Information of Colombia on Wikidata
<https://figshare.com/articles/Analysis_of_Urban_Information_of_Colombia_on_Wikidata/10032185>,
2nd CATAÏ Workshop <http://www.catai.fr/catai2019/>, Bogota, Colombia,
23-24 October 2019 (Preprint
<https://easychair.org/publications/preprint/DvhT>)
- Wikidata as a FAIR knowledge graph for the life sciences
<https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/799684v1.full> (preprint in
Biorxiv)
Tool of the week
- MachtSinn <https://tools.wmflabs.org/machtsinn/> is a game to easily
add Senses to Lexemes, based on suggestions from Items labels. It helps
improving the data about languages in Wikidata.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Open request for oversight permission: -revi
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Oversight/-revi>
- OpenRefine 3.3 beta
<https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases/tag/3.3-beta> was
released
- The Community Wishlist Survey 2020
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2020> from
Wikimedia Foundation started. This year, it is focused on small projects
and Wikidata-related wishes will not be included.
- You can help expanding the list
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mix'n'match/Catalogues> of databases,
encyclopedias, etc. which could be added to Mix'n'match
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match>. Can be used for property
creation too.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: graph diameter
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7462>, orientation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7469>, URN formatter
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7470>, iFixit Repairability
Score <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7478>, key col
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7479>, variety of form
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7481>, source of file
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7482>, grammatical aspect
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7486>
- External identifiers:
CanadaSoccer.com person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7459>,
FlashScore.com match
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7460>, Publons
journals/conferences ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7461>,
Eu-football.info coach ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7463>, Genetics Home
Reference Conditions ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7464>,
Soccerbase referee ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7465>, Edvard
Munch's correspondance person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7466>, Broadway Photographs
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7467>, MOHW HospID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7468>, iNaturalist place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7471>, National Marine
Biological Library authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7472>, Neliti Journal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7473>, Online Cenotaph ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7474>, dp.ru person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7475>, ifixit ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7476>, ICP license ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7477>, Brazilian federal
deputy ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7480>, CinemaRx
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7483>, Kinematoscope
- Film director <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7484>,
Kinematoscope
- Writer <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7485>, Kinematoscope
- Literary work <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7487>, BDFutbol
team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7488>, Stathletics ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7489>, teams.by team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7490>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: religion or world view
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/religion_or_world_view>,
Comorbidity
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Comorbidity>,
CMF identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CMF_identifier>,
masculine form
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/masculine_form>,
feminine form
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/feminine_form>,
XML namespace
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/XML_namespace>,
Commons category for the interior of the item
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Commons_category_for_the_interior_of_the_item>,
statement is regarded as spoiler for
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/statement_is_regarded_as_spoiler_for>,
menu items
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/menu_items>
- External identifiers: Austrian Parliament 1848 – 1918 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Austrian_Parliament_1848_%E2%80%93_1918_ID>,
Eu-football.info match ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eu-football.info_match_ID>,
playmarkerstats.com match ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/playmarkerstats.com_match_ID>,
Soccerway match ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Soccerway_match_ID>,
Jeugdliteratuur ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Jeugdliteratuur_ID>,
Fussballdaten.de team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fussballdaten.de_team_ID>,
Van Wijngaarden quarry ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Van_Wijngaarden_quarry_ID>,
NZPCN ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NZPCN_ID>,
Women
Film Pioneers ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Women_Film_Pioneers_ID>,
ACL Anthology article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ACL_Anthology_article_ID>,
Ovrtur Biography ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ovrtur_Biography_ID>,
Golden ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Golden_ID>, Ben
Yehuda author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ben_Yehuda_author_ID>,
Estonian biographical database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Estonian_biographical_database_ID>,
startrek.com Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/startrek.com_Database_ID>,
Chinese Professional Baseball League player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chinese_Professional_Baseball_League_player_ID>,
Software Preservation Society game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Software_Preservation_Society_game_ID>
- Query examples:
- Tree map of members of the 16th Lok Sabha, grouped by state
represented <https://w.wiki/AyX> (source
<https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1189066836316475392>)
- Pictures of animals with female grammatical gender in German but
male grammatical gender in French
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20pictures%20of%20animals%20with%20female%20grammatical%20gender%20in%20German%20but%20male%20grammatical%20gender%20in%20French%0A%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fanimal%20%3FdeLemmas%20%3FfrLemmas%20%3Fimage%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fanimal%20%28STRLANG%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3FdeLemma%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2F%22%29%2C%20%22de%22%29%20AS%20%3FdeLemmas%29%20%28STRLANG%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3FfrLemma%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2F%22%29%2C%20%22fr%22%29%20AS%20%3FfrLemmas%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fde%20dct%3Alanguage%20wd%3AQ188%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AlexicalCategory%20wd%3AQ1084%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Alemma%20%3FdeLemma%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP5185%20wd%3AQ1775415%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ontolex%3Asense%20%5B%20wdt%3AP5137%20%3Fanimal%20%5D.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ffr%20dct%3Alanguage%20wd%3AQ150%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AlexicalCategory%20wd%3AQ1084%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Alemma%20%3FfrLemma%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP5185%20wd%3AQ499327%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ontolex%3Asense%20%5B%20wdt%3AP5137%20%3Fanimal%20%5D.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fanimal%20wdt%3AP279%2B%20wd%3AQ729.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fanimal%0A%7D%20AS%20%25animals%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fanimal%20%3FanimalLabel%20%3FdeLemmas%20%3FfrLemmas%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25animals.%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25animalsWithLabels%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25animalsWithLabels.%0A%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28%22haswbstatement%3AP180%3D%22%2C%20STRAFTER%28STR%28%3Fanimal%29%2C%20STR%28wd%3A%29%29%29%20AS%20%3Fsearch%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Amwapi%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Aapi%20%22Search%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Aendpoint%20%22commons.wikimedia.org%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Asrsearch%20%3Fsearch%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Asrnamespace%20%226%22%3B%20%23%20NS_FILE%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Asrlimit%20%22max%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ftitle%20wikibase%3AapiOutput%20mwapi%3Atitle.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28IRI%28CONCAT%28%22http%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecial%3AFilePath%2F%22%2C%20STRAFTER%28%3Ftitle%2C%20%22File%3A%22%29%29%29%20AS%20%3Fimage%29%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1188954285616353280>
)
- Map of bus stops in Biscay <https://w.wiki/AyZ> (source
<https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1188529112320745472>)
- Tree graph of doctoral advisors going backward from Abhijit Banerjee
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0APREFIX%20gas%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bigdata.com%2Frdf%2Fgas%23%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fimage%20%3FlinkTo%20WHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20SERVICE%20gas%3Aservice%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3Aprogram%20gas%3AgasClass%20%22com.bigdata.rdf.graph.analytics.SSSP%22%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3Ain%20wd%3AQ320578%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3AtraversalDirection%20%22Forward%22%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3Aout%20%3Fitem%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3Aout1%20%3Fdepth%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3AmaxIterations%2010%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3AlinkType%20wdt%3AP184%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP184%20%3FlinkTo%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7Bbd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0A%0A%23>
(source <https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1186892509114519553>
)
Development
- Wikidata Bridge: Create progressive disabled version of save button (
phab:T235055 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235055>)
- Save original revision data in store (phab:T235052
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235052>)
- Add interface for tracking/logging (phab:T236233
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T236233>)
- Make app change button attributes depending on state of store (
phab:T235056 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235056>)
- More work on reducing the resource loader modules
- More work on tainted references
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>
- Suggested and open tasks
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contribute/Suggested_and_open_tasks>
!
- 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.