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Weekly Summary #514
by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai 04 Apr '22

04 Apr '22

*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions - New requests for permissions/Bot: APSbot 4 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/APSbot_4>: Task/s: Regularly create organizations from the Research Organization Registry (ROR - https://ror.org/) that are missing in Wikidata. 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_Linked_Data_for_Producti…> call: Adam Schiff (University of Washington), Tyler Rogers (San Diego State University), Julia Gilmore (University of Toronto) on documenting buildings on academic campuses. Agenda with call link <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hSlr8GTlk_Q-bE5n1oCxXBncuCPHnqESWMR0oQc…>, April 5. - Wikimedia Research Office Hours April 5, 2022 <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/th…> - Wikidata items about theatre and dance productions <https://linkeddigitalfuture.ca/event/atelier-pratique-wikidata-produire-un-…>, April 6 (in French). The same workshop will be offered in English <https://linkeddigitalfuture.ca/wikidata-workshops-season-2/> on May 4. - Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service Team—April 6th, 2022. Date: Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 Time: 15:00-16:00 GMT / 08:00-09:00 PDT / 11:00-12:00 EDT / 16:00-17:00 WAT / 17:00-18:00 CEST Etherpad <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Search_Platform_Office_Hours> - Art+Feminism Community Hours. Theme: Add your Event Data to Wikidata <https://artandfeminism.org/panel/community-hours-af-event-metrics/>. April 9 at 2pm UTC! - Ongoing: Weekly Lexemes Challenge #36, Family <https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=36> - Past: Wikibase live session (March 2022) log <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2022.03.31> Press, articles, blog posts, videos <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Blogs - Property exploration: How do I learn more about properties on Wikidata? <https://wikiedu.org/blog/2022/03/30/property-exploration-how-do-i-learn-mor…> - UCSC Ph.D. students dive deep into engineering open-domain dialogue AI with the support of industry partners <https://news.ucsc.edu/2022/03/nlp-liveperson-fellowships.html>. "...*aims to develop a better system for entity linking, the connection of entities like “Lebron James” or “the Earth” to their various meanings in an existing database of knowledge – in this case, Wikidata*..." - Highlighting linked data projects <https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2022/03/highlighting-linked-data-projects/>. "...*Cornell University Library, Stanford Libraries, and the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Iowa are engaging in the grant-funded Linked Data for Production project. Broadly, the project uses linked data to show patrons information from outside sources (such as Wikidata) and build longer, more nuanced links between resources* ". - Videos - The Share-VDE project and its relationship with Wikidata (in Italian) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVpHdphLvCU> - Create a Wikidata page from scratch (in French) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHed6VZBVFI> - Clinical Trials, Wikidata and Systems Biology (in Portuguese) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsYr0PGCW0M> - New WikidataCon 2021 videos uploaded on YouTube - Your favorite interface gadgets on Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK5rwhvDj_8> - Wikidata Query Service scaling challenges <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nZxY4r5KQs> - Decolonizing Wikidata: Q&A session <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlUfGhPblGo> - Wikidata et l’écosystème de données ouvertes liées pour les arts de la scène <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDZpdfbFVpk> (in French) - Respectfully representing Indigenous knowledge in Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaPEb_LMHKk> - Other - FAIR cookbook's recipe "How to Register a Dataset with Wikidata <https://faircookbook.elixir-europe.org/content/recipes/findability/register…> " - OpenRefine will soon hold its two-yearly survey again. Who wants to help translate the survey to their language <https://groups.google.com/g/openrefine/c/cBO2EWsCkME>? It will take around 45 minutes. There are already translations underway in Spanish and Dutch. Contact User:SFauconnier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:SFauconnier> if you want to help! Tool of the week - Kyrksok.se is an app about Swedish churches based on Wikidata. - QAnswer <https://wikimedia.qanswer.ai/> is a question answering system based on Wikidata and other projects. *Who was the first to create liquid helium?* Try it! <https://wikimedia.qanswer.ai/qa/full?question=who+was+the+first+to+create+l…> Other Noteworthy Stuff - Wikidata Query Service scaling update, March 2022 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS-scaling-up…> is now available. - WDQS backend alternatives paper <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_al…> with shortlist of options have been published. Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: cantilever sign <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10544>, supports qualifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10551>, APE code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10564> - External identifiers: Australian Reptile Online Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10534>, RSPA modern authors ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10535>, RSPA ancient authors ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10536>, 1905.com film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10537>, Leafsnap ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10538>, ImagesDéfense ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10539>, TASS Encyclopedia person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10540>, TASS Encyclopedia country ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10541>, TASS Encyclopedia tag ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10542>, WIPO Pearl term ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10543>, Arizona State Legislators: Then & Now ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10545>, db.narb.by ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10546>, Kayak hotel ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10547>, Melon music video ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10548>, Evil Angel movie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10549>, ACE Repertory publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10550>, World of Waterfalls ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10552>, IxTheo authority ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10553>, BillionGraves grave ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10554>, eSbírky institution ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10555>, Enciclopedia del Novecento ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10556>, Zotero ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10557>, My World(a)Mail.Ru ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10558>, KSH code (historical) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10559>, traveloka activities ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10560>, Virginia Tech Dendrology Factsheets ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10561>, SPLC group ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10562>, GuideStar India Organisations-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10563>, Encyclopedia of China ID (Third Edition) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10565>, tiket to-do ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10566> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: oeconym <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/oeconym>, ISCED Attainment <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISCED_Attainment>, Per capita income <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Per_capita_income> - External identifiers: Invasive.org species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Invasive.org_speci…>, ihg Hotel ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ihg_Hotel_ID>, Monoskop article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Monoskop_article_ID>, Le Monde journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Le_Monde_journalis…>, Libération journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lib%C3%A9ration_jo…>, Le Parisien journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Le_Parisien_journa…>, Les Échos journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Les_%C3%89chos_jou…>, L'Humanité journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/L%27Humanit%C3%A9_…>, L'Opinion journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/L%27Opinion_journa…>, Le Figaro journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Le_Figaro_journali…>, Présent author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pr%C3%A9sent_autho…>, Aldiwan poet ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Aldiwan_poet_ID>, Aldiwan poem ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Aldiwan_poem_ID>, International Jewish Cemetery Project ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/International_Jewi…>, AccessScience ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AccessScience_ID>, IPU Chamber ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IPU_Chamber_ID>, COL taxon ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/COL_taxon_ID>, deckenmalerei.eu ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/deckenmalerei.eu_ID>, C-SPAN Person Numeric ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/C-SPAN_Person_Nume…>, SRSLY person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SRSLY_person_ID>, 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature Bio ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/100_Years_of_Alask…>, Indiana State Historical Marker Program numeric ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indiana_State_Hist…>, Beatport track ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Beatport_track_ID>, EIA plant ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EIA_plant_ID>, EIA utility ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EIA_utility_ID>, Speleologi del passato ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Speleologi_del_pas…>, HuijiWiki article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HuijiWiki_article_…>, Encyclopedia of Cacti species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Ca…> - Query examples: - Long swedish / german nouns in Wikidata <https://w.wiki/4zhs> ( source <https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1508444534216310786>) - Texts which have Wikisource links in English and French <https://w.wiki/4$Gg> (source <https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1509547358366883841>) Development - Lexicographical data: Continued work on the new Special:NewLexeme page and focused on displaying sensible error messages if an error occurs during Lexeme creation. We're also working on adding a dropdown for the language variant. - REST API: Continued work on conditional requests and authorization - Made use of the new fields added in the wbsearchentities API and added language information to the markup of entity searches that you see when editing a statement or searching with the little searchbox at the top of the page on Wikidata. Now these search results should make a bit more sense to people who use screen readers. 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! 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