*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:
- Data Quality Days
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Quality_Days_2021>
- a week of all things data quality around Wikidata from
Septempber 8th to
15th. Check the schedule, join sessions and add more if you would like to
facilitate a discussion or workshop!
- Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls>
call: developing Wikidata tools and gadgets with Andrew Lih. [1]
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/11Vk7LQRratQmCDuhPcNeIR-Airyn3S8Ct3cQdCXU_P4/edit?usp=sharing>,
Sep 7th.
- LIVE Wikidata editing #52 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zauw3cK0EaQ>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/3045456092406214/>,
September 11 at 18:00 UTC
- Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #78
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#78>,
September 12
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogs
- A new R package for exploring the wealth of information stored by
Wikidata: tidywikidatar
<https://medium.com/european-data-journalism-network/a-new-r-package-for-exploring-the-wealth-of-information-stored-by-wikidata-fe85e82b6440>
- A global directory of official governmental online accounts and
services <https://www.wikimedia.de/unlock-blog/govdirectory/>, by
Albin Larsson and Jan Ainali
- Papers
- Creating and Querying Personalized Versions of Wikidata on a Laptop
<https://arxiv.org/pdf/2108.07119.pdf>
- Type or Individual? Evidence of Large-Scale Conceptual Disarray in
Wikidata
<https://nemo.inf.ufes.br/wp-content/papercite-data/pdf/type_or_individual_evidence_of_large_scale_conceptual_disarray_in_wikidata_2021.pdf>
- Videos
- LIVE Wikidata editing #51 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ6OfgE7UQc>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/3039673576317799/>
- Wikidata Lab XXXI: Reimagining Wikidata from the margins
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGjag-sX7Ic>
- Other
- Wikipedia Is Trying to Transcend the Limits of Human Language
<https://slate.com/technology/2021/09/wikipedia-human-language-wikifunctions.html>
- Ancient Hellenistic philosophers, visualized as a chain from master
to student <https://projetjourdain.org/network/index.html> (Source
<https://twitter.com/larsyencken/status/1432673324522483713>)
- Generating text with Ninai and Udiron
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-09-03>
(prototyping using Wikidata items and lexemes in text generation)
- Over 3000 landscape paintings 'depict' something with coordinates. You
can now browse them by country
<https://hicsuntleones.nl/paintedplanet/?country=Q145> (Source
<https://twitter.com/mmmenno/status/1434772762325827586>)
Tool of the week
- Template:Generic queries for authors
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Generic_queries_for_authors> :
new generic queries template designed for authors (fiction and
non-fiction). Feedback and translations are welcome.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- User:SuccuBot <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:SuccuBot> has made
its 100.000.000th edit. It is the first user account in Wikidata to reach
this milestone.
- In the frame of a Google Summer of Code
<https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#6482214268698624> project
a new tool, called *WikidataComplete* was created. The tool smoothly
integrates in the Wikidata UI and proposes new statements extracted by
machine learning algorithms. Editors are asked to either approve or reject
them. To activate it check here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/Edit_items#WikidataComplete>
for a short tutorial check here
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju2ExZ_khxQ>. Any feedback is welcome
here <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:Data-Complete-Gadget>.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: none
- External identifiers: National Diet Library persistent work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9836>, Svensk ordbok ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9837>, ECO code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9838>, izeltlabuak.hu ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9839>,
Food.com ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9840>, Jornal do Vôlei ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9841>, MART catalog person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9842>, IRIS UNINA author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9843>, IRIS UNIPV author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9844>, Overnia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9845>, HandiSport Équipes de
France ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9846>, Cinemaitaliano
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9847>, Cinemaitaliano
film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9848>, Mozilla
extension ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9849>, Enciclopedia
dell'Arte Medievale ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9850>,
DC Character ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9851>, Media
Bias/Fact Check ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9852>, Australian
Medical Pioneers Index ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9853>, eAmbrosia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9854>, Edizioni Ares author
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9855>, Al-Jazeera author
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9856>, Center for Turkish
Cinema Studies film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9857>,
Civilisti Italiani member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9858>, Government
Publications Number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9859>, Global
Location Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9860>, Iași
Central University Library ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9861>, Encyclopaedia of
Islam (second edition) ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9862>, Gujarati Vishwakosh
entry <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9863>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: літературний редактор
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80>,
Rotten Tomatoes score
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rotten_Tomatoes_score>
- External identifiers: Eneström Number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enestr%C3%B6m_Number>,
Télé-Loisirs ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/T%C3%A9l%C3%A9-Loisirs_ID>,
PDDikti higher education institution ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PDDikti_higher_education_institution_ID>,
HMS <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HMS>,
Barnivore
ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Barnivore_ID>,
RAWG game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RAWG_game_ID>,
Materials Project material ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Materials_Project_material_ID>,
INAPP IDs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/INAPP_IDs>,
INAPP
Thesaurus ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/INAPP_Thesaurus_ID>,
Fondation du patrimoine ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fondation_du_patrimoine_ID>,
Slangopedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Slangopedia_ID>,
Festivaletteratura person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Festivaletteratura_person_ID>,
Urban Dictionary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Urban_Dictionary_ID>,
Indonesian Museum National Registration System ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indonesian_Museum_National_Registration_System_ID>,
Enciclopedia dello Sport ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_dello_Sport_ID>,
Glitchwave genre ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Glitchwave_genre_ID>,
Endemia.nc animal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Endemia.nc_animal_ID>,
Yiddish Dictionary Online ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Yiddish_Dictionary_Online_ID>,
Casefile ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Casefile_ID>,
Every Noise at Once ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Every_Noise_at_Once_ID>,
museum-digital place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/museum-digital_place_ID>,
EPA Facility Registry Service ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EPA_Facility_Registry_Service_ID>
- Query examples:
- Paintings by Waldmüller in the Belvedere, Vienna - Austria
<https://w.wiki/3$bE> (Source
<https://twitter.com/OpenLinkArtData/status/1434141195807121410>)
- Coauthors of coauthors <https://w.wiki/3$iu> of Birgit Meldal
(Q46168094) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46168094> that have never
directly coauthored a paper with her (Source
<https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1434256879732023302>)
- Country-level citation network in biometrics
<https://scholia.toolforge.org/topic/Q177765> (Scholia) (Source
<https://twitter.com/EvoMRI/status/1431580720061837314>)
- Council Information Systems with <https://w.wiki/3$ku> OParlOrg API
endpoints (Q47450936) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47450936> (
Source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1434157076452884482>)
Development
- Continued work on the Mismatch Finder
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mismatch_Finder>. We are now
working on creating the page where mismatches will be listed for review.
- Worked on support for "separators" parameter for distinct value
constraints (phab:T277855 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T277855>)
- Made it possible to restrict constraints to certain entity types (
phab:T269724 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T269724>)
- Added a new constraint type to ensure that the Item has a label in a
particular language (phab:T195178
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195178>)
- Added a button for the Query Builder to
query.wikidata.org to make the
Query builder discoverable (phab:T276210
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T276210>) - integration in the
example dialog is still in progress (phab:T280229
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280229>)
- We started work on some behind-the-scenes improvements to the way
Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects are notified about a change that
affects their articles. (They need this notification so the article can be
purged and show the latest data from Wikidata again. It is also required
for showing the edit in the watchlist and recent changes on those wikis.
This should have no visible impact for editors but is needed maintenance
work.
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!
- Deploy d:Template:Item documentation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Item_documentation> in the talk
page of each item.
- 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>
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