Wikidata November 2021

wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org

15 participants
22 discussions

The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

by Eben Mlay

Greetings, We hope this email finds you well. It is already the middle of the contest and we are really excited about the Months of African Contest 2021 [1] achievements so far! We want to extend our sincere gratitude for the time and energy you have invested. If you have not yet participated in the contest, it is not too late to do it. Please list your username as a participant on the contest’s main page. [2] Please remember to list the articles you have improved or created on the article achievements section of the contest page [3] so they can be tracked. In order to win prizes, be sure to also list your article on the Users By Articles page.[4] Please note that your articles must be present in both the article achievement section on the main contest page, as well as on the Users By Articles page for you to qualify for a prize. Thank you once again for your valued participation! Regards, Ebenezer Mlay Community Liaison – Afrocine project 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri… 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri… 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri… 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…

2 years, 6 months

Weekly Summary #492

by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai

*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*Discussions - New request for comments: handling of data objects for pages in the project namespace <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/handling_of_dat…> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Upcoming: - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…> call: Sam Oyeyele will join us to discuss the AfroCine project <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject%20AfroCine/Months%20of%…>. doc <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Slztz7F9jGkfcv66LAd4F26d_MHatYtDMjEtOc-…>, Nov. 2nd. - Upcoming Search Platform Office Hours—November 3rd, 2021 <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/th…>. Time: 16:00-17:00 GMT / 09:00-10:00 PDT / 12:00-13:00 EDT / 17:00-18:00 CET & WAT. Come and ask anything related to Wikimedia search, Wikidata Query Service, Wikimedia Commons Query Service, etc.! - Ongoing: - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #14, COP26 <https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=14> - Past: - WikidataCon 2021 happened \o/ - Documentation of the sessions are currently ongoing. It may take a few weeks to publish all 80 hours of content but you can already watch some of them (linked from each session's Etherpad <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021/Documentation/List_…> ). - Wikidatapink pony session <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WikidataCon2021-Wikidatapinkponysession> (a meetup where participants shared wishes and feature requests about Wikidata to the development team) - List of birthday presents <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Ninth_Birthday/Presents> - WikidataComplete gadget <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataComplete> by Dhairya3124 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Dhairya3124> - Wikidata Subgraph Analysis <https://tanny411.github.io/Wikidata-WDQS-Analysis/> by Aisha Khatun <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Aisha_Khatun> - UseAsRef 2.0 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Bargioni/UseAsRef> by Epìdosis (A) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ep%C3%ACdosis> - KGTK project <https://kgtk.isi.edu/iswc/browser/Q11424> by Pedro Szekely - Wikidata Map <https://wmde.github.io/wikidata-map/dist/index.html> (series of updates of the all-coordinates-on-wikidata, made available at commons:Wikidata map <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata_map>) by Addshore <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Addshore> - Special episode of Wikipediapodden with an interview with Denny about Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions <http://wikipediapodden.se/episode-154-abstract-wikipedia-and-wikifunctions/> by Ainali <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ainali> - Lua access for Lexemes on beta <https://en.wiktionary.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/cat> by LydiaPintscher <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:LydiaPintscher> - Editathon documentation page <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pDKC64nItE> by bunch of lovely glam professionals - Learn wikidata course <https://www.learnwikidata.net/app/?en> by Clifford Anderson <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Clifford_Anderson> and co - Wikxhibit <https://wikxhibit.org/> by Tarfah Alrashed - Integraality updates <https://integraality.toolforge.org/> by Jean-Frédéric <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jean-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric> - iNaturalist BioBlitz <https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/wikidatacon-2021-bioblitz> by Pigsonthewing <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pigsonthewing> Press, articles, blog posts, videos <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Blog post - Challenge A to Z 2021 <https://www.daieux-et-dailleurs.fr/blog-genealogique/challenge-de-a-a-z/84-…> (in French) - Papers - Complex Portal 2022: new curation frontiers <https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab991> about the Complex Portal (Q47196990) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47196990> <> Wikidata connection - (fr) Les libellés francophones genrés dans Wikidata <https://observablehq.com/@pac02/les-libelles-francophones-genres-dans-wikid…> (notebook Observablehq) - Videos - Working hour on preferences and common.js Wikidata (in Italian) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7W2V_dPXJ4> - Semantic web tutorial # 3 | What is Wikidata? (in French) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Miv9bCQjA> - SPARQL queries around Boyer collection of the Clermont Auvergne Métropole heritage library (in French) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Miv9bCQjA> - New Item creation (in Japanese) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXDLj5cLBZQ> - Research projects - Creating and evolving knowledge graphs at scale for explainable AI <https://safeandtrustedai.org/project/creating-and-evolving-knowledge-graphs…> Tool of the week - Cemeteries.wiki <http://www.cemeteries.wiki/> by Yamen <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Yamen> is a project to display Dataviz and statistics about cemeteries all over the world. (2021-11-01) - ... and remember you can propose a new tool or gadget <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/Proposals>! Other Noteworthy Stuff - Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Graph Consultant to help migrate the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service> from Blazegraph to a different RDF store. Apply here! <https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/3546920> Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: term in higher taxon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10019>, official forum <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10027> - External identifiers: NatureScot Sitelink ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10015>, Refuges.info ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10016>, Dizionario delle Scienze Fisiche ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10017>, George Eastman Museum people ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10018>, Parliament of Australia MP ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10020>, UAE University Libraries ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10021>, Dizionario di Medicina ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10022>, Museu da Pessoa person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10023>, Indigenous Corporation Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10024>, Toolhub ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10025>, Research Data Australia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10026> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: date of recording <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/date_of_recording>, Candidate position <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Candidate_position>, MTBdata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MTBdata> - External identifiers: Vokrug.tv person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vokrug.tv_person_ID>, Standing Waters Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Standing_Waters_Da…>, State Duma person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/State_Duma_person_…>, Federation Council person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Federation_Council…>, Enciclopedia della Scienza e della Tecnica ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_della…>, FRACS profile ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FRACS_profile_ID>, NER portfolio ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NER_portfolio_ID>, Triple J Unearthed artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Triple_J_Unearthed…>, SEEK company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SEEK_company_ID>, Levels.fyi company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Levels.fyi_company…>, romaq.org ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/romaq.org_ID>, NWT Species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NWT_Species_ID>, IRIS UNISA author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_UNISA_author_…>, Nederlandse Voornamenbank ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nederlandse_Voorna…>, IRIS Verona author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_Verona_author…>, IRIS UNIMI author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_UNIMI_author_…>, IRIS UNIURB author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_UNIURB_author…>, Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Register Charity ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Australian_Chariti…>, IRIS UNIBO author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_UNIBO_author_…>, Québec Enterprise Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Qu%C3%A9bec_Enterp…>, Douyin User ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Douyin_User_ID>, ACE Repertory publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ACE_Repertory_publ…>, ACE Repertory writer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ACE_Repertory_writ…>, Indonesian Hospital ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indonesian_Hospita…> - Query examples: - Map of French bridges and tunnels carrying an high-speed railway line <https://w.wiki/4DWD> - List of Wikidata item's labels which are same as male form and different from female form in French (ie using the generic as male form) <https://w.wiki/4JWy> (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:PAC2/Gender_neutral_labels>) - List of Wikidata item's labels which are same as male form and different from female form in English (ie using the generic as male form) <https://w.wiki/4JX4>(source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:PAC2/Gender_neutral_labels>) - consorts of Selim III <https://w.wiki/4K5K> (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P26#Sultan's_consorts>) - Coordinates of the birthplaces of people with family name Autrique <https://w.wiki/4KLz> (Source <https://twitter.com/daieuxdailleurs/status/1455096919013924869>) - Coordinates of battles <https://w.wiki/4KBW> (Source <https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1454879113207033858>) - Geographical distribution of votive boats historic monuments in France <https://w.wiki/4Je2> (Source <https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1454149939676786691>) - Relationship among accepted NFDI consortia <https://w.wiki/4JJ6> ( Source <https://twitter.com/inablu/status/1453765653287120899>) - Newest database reports: top missing property by number of identifiers: spouse (P26) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/top_missing_propert…> Development - WikidataCon! \o/ - Continued the work on the first version of the Mismatch Finder. We are getting closer to the polishing phase now and will have something ready in the next weeks. - Lua access for Lexemes is now ready to test on English Beta Wiktionary. - Concluded work on the improved behind-the-scenes system for notifying Wikipedias and co about Wikidata edits that affect them. Nothing should have changed for you. - Started working on a new implementation of the search box to be ready for the upcoming skin changes the WMF is working on. 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/?filt…>. 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> -- Mohammed Sadat *Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase* Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0 https://wikimedia.de Keep up to date! Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia, Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our newsletter (in German): Subscribe now <https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/>. Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision! https://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland – Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.

2 years, 6 months

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

Wikidata November 2021