Hi,
I got interested in subclass of (P279) and instance of (P31) statements
recently. I was surprised by two things:
(1) There are quite a lot of subclass of statements: tenth of thousands.
(2) Many of them make a lot of sense, and (in particular) are not
(obvious) copies of Wikipedia categories.
My big question is: who is creating all these statements and how is this
done? It seems too much data to be created manually, but I don't see
obvious automated approaches either (and there are usually no references
given).
I also found some rare issues. "A subclass of B" should be read as
"Every A is also a B". For example, we have "Every piano (Q5994) is also
a keyboard instrument (Q52954)". Overall, the great majority of cases I
looked at had remarkably sane modelling (which reinforces my big question).
But there are still cases where "subclass of" is mixed up with "instance
of". For example, Wikidata also says "Every 'House of Staufen' (Q130875)
is also a dynasty (Q164950)". This is dubious -- how many instances of
'House of Staufen' are there? I guess we really want to say that "The
House of Staufen is a(n instance of) dynasty." Is this a singular error
or a systematic issue?
I guess there is already a group of people who deal with such issues --
or it would be a miracle that things are in such a good shape already
:-) I have read the talk page for subclass of, but that does not seem to
explain the original of all the data we have already. Pointers?
Cheers,
Markus
Hoi,
Apparently I selected the wrong mailing list..
Thanks,
GerardM
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From: Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
Date: 23 May 2014 11:27
Subject: Requested languages and Wikidata
To: Languages discussion and Wikimedia Indigenous Languages <
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Hoi,
The language policy has it that any eligible language may be enabled for
Wikidata. Several of the languages in the Incubator are functional in
Wikidata already others are not.
This list shows all the requested languages and it shows an indicator when
the language can be used on Wikidata (only for eligible languages).
Please have a look and let me know when you have any comments. The idea is
that we will ask in a week for languages that are eligible to be enabled.
Thanks,
GerardM
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/171gBmi4nCeVHkTt6xPWZsmUg9mkhlpZ-1zW…
Hoi,
Amir Ladsgroup has developed reports that show differences between the date
of birth and the date of death as known in the English Wikipedia and
Wikidata.
Such differences may be wrong in either Wikidata or Wikipedia. They are the
ones that need attention, they are the ones where sources makes a real
difference.
At this stage Amir is finalising the code. Given that this software can run
repeatedly, the results will change when the software l earns about changes
in either Wikidata or Wikipedia.
One practical question is where should these reports be located. It can be
in both Wikipedia and Wikidata. It is likely that many similar reports
reporting on different statements will become available.
Thanks,
GerardM
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ladsgroup/Birth_date_report/Conflict_wit…https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ladsgroup/Death_date_report/Conflict_wit…http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2014/05/wikipedia-vs-wikidata-qualitativ…
Hey everyone :)
I'll be doing another Wikidata office hour on IRC. It will take place
on May 19th at 5PM UTC in #wikimedia-office. For your timezone please
see http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Wikidata+office+ho…
I'll be giving a status update and then answer whatever
Wikidata-related questions you have. Hope to see many of you there.
Cheers
Lydia
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Hi,
the PropertySuggester is still in review, but we would like to collect some feedback on the quality of the suggestions for our bachelor thesis.
It would be great if you could take a few minutes to evaluate some suggestions on this site:
http://suggester.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:PropertySuggester
Thank your very much,
Virginia
for the PropertySuggester Team
Hi all, please have a look at this, and give your feedback on the talk
page.
Thank you.
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Date: Wed, May 14, 2014 at 8:30 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian Parliamentarians' Label-a-thon
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Hi all,
As everyone is aware, Results of general elections are going to be
announced on 16th of this month.
In this regard, we are planning for a Wikidata labelathon for Indian
parliamentarians who are declared win - constituency wise in these
elections.
This will involve creating label for each parliamentarian and a description
that says which constituency, state and party that politician is from.
This will ensure that each language has at least a single line about each
of the elected public representatives.
Those who are interested, please fill in your names in the event page here
:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/Indian_Par…
This project would run for 2 month period, and ensure that this labeling
happens in all Indian languages.
For any other help, please feel free to contact.
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Hi,
During the Zürich Hackathon I met several people that looked for solutions
about how to integrate external open datasets into our projects (mainly
Wikipedia, Wikidata). Since Wikidata is not the right tool to manage them
(reasons explained in the RFC as discussed during the Wikidata session), I
have felt convenient to centralize the discussion about potential
requirements, needs, and how to approach this new changing landscape that
didn't exist a few years ago.
You will find more details here
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/How_to_deal_with_open_…
Your comments, thoughts and ideas are appreciated!
Cheers,
Micru