*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: OSM TW x Wikidata Taipei Meetup, August 12nd - Facebook event
<https://www.facebook.com/events/2454549144584559/>
- Upcoming: Wikimania, 16-18 August in Stockholm. Full program
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Program>, list of
Wikidata-related sessions
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimania_2019>
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- *Wikidata: From "an" Identifier to "the" Identifier
<https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/10886>*, Theo van
Veen , Information Technology and Libraries, 38(2), 72-81.
- *Opening up Research Data in Film Studies by Using the Structured
Knowledge Base Wikidata
<https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-15200-0_27>',
Adelheid Heftberger et al, in "Digital Cultural Heritage", pp 401-410.*
- *Bridging the gap between linked open data-based recommender systems
and distributed representations
<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306437918302436?via%3Dihub>*,
Pierpaolo Basile, et al, Information Systems, Volume 86, December 2019, pp
1-8.
- OpenRefine Beginners Tutorial
<https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/OpenRefine+Beginners+Tutorial/0_y5bxsswq>,
video tutorial by Emmacarroll3 demonstrating how to import a dataset with
OpenRefine.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- soweego <https://github.com/Wikidata/soweego> version 1.0 is out: a
machine learning system that links Wikidata to large-scale third-party
catalogs
- New data type for EntitySchemas will be available on August 7th
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#New_data_type_for_EntitySchemas>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: location of the point of view
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7108>, opinion joined by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7122>, date of the first one
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7124>, date of the latest one
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7125>, Mac OS type code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7126>, acknowledged
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7137>
- External identifiers: Acharts.co artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7109>, Textile Connect
publication ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7110>, 08euro.Ru
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7111>, CUP2002.RU
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7112>, Euro04.Ru
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7113>, Gazeta.Ru
Euro 2012 person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7114>, WorldCup10.Ru
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7115>, Hiking
Project trail ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7116>, Media
Art Database console games ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7117>, AMPAS collections
film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7118>, AMPAS
collections person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7119>, Douyin
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7120>, School code of the
Ministry of Education, Taiwan
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7121>, AllTrails trail ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7127>, Archives Directory
for the History of Collecting in America ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7128>, PEPC park ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7129>, Vidwan ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7130>, Bureau des longitudes
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7131>, ComingSoon.it film
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7132>, Cleartrip Hotel ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7133>, Mojarto artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7134>, Rijksmonument complex
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7135>, Goibibo Hotel ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7136>, Acharts.co chart ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7138>, ONF forest national ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7139>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: axis
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/axis>,
Principal
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Principal>,
Epigraph
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Epigraph>,
contact
area count
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/contact_area_count>,
Cases consolidated
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cases_consolidated>,
detail of painting
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/detail_of_painting>,
exonerated of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/exonerated_of>,
possibly reproduction of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/possibly_reproduction_of>,
Werke ohne Opuszahl
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Werke_ohne_Opuszahl>,
obituary of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/obituary_of>,
significant place
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/significant_place>
- External identifiers: Poincaré Papers person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Poincar%C3%A9_Papers_person_ID>,
Acharts album ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Acharts_album_ID>,
Rollerstory.net skater ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rollerstory.net_skater_ID>,
CHESNO politician ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CHESNO_politician_ID>,
Nauka Ukrainy scientist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nauka_Ukrainy_scientist_ID>,
OhRanger.com ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OhRanger.com_ID>,
Wynk artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wynk_artist_ID>,
Plus Music artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Plus_Music_artist_ID>,
WP Muzyka artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WP_Muzyka_artist_ID>,
Interia Muzyka artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Interia_Muzyka_artist_ID>,
Empik author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Empik_author_ID>,
merlin.pl author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/merlin.pl_author_ID>,
The Top Tens ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Top_Tens_ID>,
Raptekster.dk ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Raptekster.dk_ID>
- Query examples:
- French female authors whose work is in the public domain
<https://w.wiki/6fP> (source
<https://george2etexte.wordpress.com/2019/07/30/une-carte-de-france-des-autrices-dans-le-domaine-public/>
)
- Timeline of hypertext systems <https://w.wiki/6oo> (source
<https://twitter.com/nichtich/status/1158105666894082048>)
- Megaliths in the Basque Country, color-coded by type
<https://w.wiki/6oq> (source
<https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1157975728060870656>)
- Heavy metal bands from Finland with or without picture and date of
the picture <https://w.wiki/6or> (source
<https://twitter.com/sukkoria/status/1157969988898250752>)
- Types of GLAMs in Wikidata <https://w.wiki/6or> (source
<https://twitter.com/fagerving/status/1157248579330879488>)
Development
- Fix logging for errors on wbcontentlanguages requests (phab:T228888
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T228888>)
- Add request information to request timeout errors (phab:T228885
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T228885>)
- Show an error message when saving fails on mobile termbox (phab:T222884
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T222884>)
- Add editing widget/input to client edit modal (phab:T226998
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226998>)
- Show the current Wikidata value in the Bridge modal (phab:T226997
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226997>)
- EntitySchema datatype (phab:T214884
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214884>)
- Reduce the number of ResourceLoader modules that WikibaseClient
register: (phab:T203696 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T203696>)
- Reduce text returned by EntityContent::getTextForFilters (phab:T226216
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226216>)
- Fixed a bug with PHP Warning (phab:T229482
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229482>)
- Fixing a bug about value pickers being broken (phab:T229604
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229604>)
- Fixed BadMethodCallException wbgetentities when getting Lexeme
subentities (phab:T223995 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223995>)
- Investigate on Graphoid issues (phab:T229236
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229236>)
- Fix issues on Wikidata Tours (phab:T214884
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214884>)
- Make logging warning or info of not finding entity for revision
configurable (phab:T229574 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229574>)
- Fix Grafana Datamodel References dashboard (phab:T214894
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214894>)
- Move "Wikidata item" link outside of "toolbox" sidebar to
"other
projects" sidebar (phab:T66315 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T66315>
)
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.