Hi everyone,
The lexicographical data part of Wikidata is still in need of some love.
Over the last few weeks we have worked on this in 2 areas. The first one
was Lua access to Lexemes. We have rolled this out and all Wikimedia
projects can now access not just Item data but also Lexemes. See the
announcement
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/th…>
for more details. The second one is coming today. We have reworked the
Special:NewLexeme <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:NewLexeme> page.
Lexicographical data is still hard to understand for people not familiar
with lexicography. The new Special:NewLexeme page has a number of tweaks
that we hope will make it more understandable and easier to use. This
includes an information panel that gives a bit of context about what
Lexemes are as well as a lexical category selector that ranks appropriate
Items higher. (Better ranking of the Items in the language selector will
come soon as well.) Additionally we have put the page on a better technical
base.
The information panel on the new special page includes an example Lexeme,
which uses live data of a real Lexeme on Wikidata. That Lexeme is selected
by the wikibaselexeme-newlexeme-info-panel-example-lexeme-id interface
message
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Wikibaselexeme-newlexeme-info-panel…>
in the current user interface language. The idea is that you can override
this message on Wikidata to select suitable example Lexemes for various
languages (e.g., set the German version of the message
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Wikibaselexeme-newlexeme-info-panel…>
to the ID of some suitable German example Lexeme).
Today we’d love for you to test the new page and give feedback.
Test it: Special:NewLexemeAlpha
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:NewLexemeAlpha>
Give feedback: Wikidata talk:Lexicographical data
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Lexicographical_data#New_Lexeme…>
This page will be there in parallel to the current version during this
testing period. It creates proper Lexemes and you can use it for your
regular Lexeme creation work. We currently plan to replace
Special:NewLexeme with this new version on August 3rd. At that point we
also plan to turn off the temporary Special:NewLexemeAlpha page.
If you have feedback or questions please let us know here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Lexicographical_data#New_Lexeme…>.
Additionally Lydia is looking for a few people for some short calls to get
individual feedback from you. If you are up for that please let me know and
we’ll schedule something.
Cheers,
--
Mohammed Sadat
*Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase*
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
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Hello everyone!
Mark your calendars for the Wikimania Hackathon! The Wikimania 2022
Hackathon is a free, online event open to the general public to work
together on technical projects, learn new skills, and meet other technical
contributors. You can find more information about this on the Wikimania page
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2022:Hackathon>, which will continue
to grow over the next few weeks. For more details, read below.
*Schedule: *
The Hackathon will take place virtually in three time blocks:
16- 22 UTC August 12
12-17 UTC August 13
A final showcase on August 14.
*Format:*
At the beginning of the event, anyone can present a technical project they
plan to work on at the Pre-Event Showcase. This session will provide a
space for people to find teams, brainstorm new ideas, and make plans for
what to hack during the Hackathon.
Throughout the following hours, there will be social sessions and training
sessions run by the community, but the majority of the time will be spent
hacking together. Attendees can also attend other Wikimania activities.
At the end of the event, there will be a final showcase to present advances
or new technical projects built during the Hackathon to all of Wikimania.
*Accessibility:*If you have any accessibility or translation requests,
please contact hlepp(a)wikimedia.org.
Looking forward to spending time hacking together!
Cheers,
Haley and the WMF Developer Advocacy Team
*(apologies for cross-posting)*
Hello!
As we move into the summer months, I would like to let you know that
response times from Léa and me to requests and queries may be a bit longer
due to vacations and our current workload.
We are currently in the process of hiring a new team member to help with
Wikibase, and we hope to have them on board by October. In the meantime, we
ask for your patience and understanding.
Thanks,
--
Mohammed Sadat
*Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase*
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 30 577 116 2466
https://wikimedia.de
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Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
*[apologies for cross-posting]*
Hi everyone,
The software development team at Wikimedia Deutschland has open job
positions that I'd like to bring your attention to:
- Junior Product Manager Wikidata
<https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/19886514?utm_campaign=googl…>
- Product Manager Wikibase Suite
<https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/19887130/Product-Manager-Wi…>
Please review the job description and apply if you're interested or share
it with colleagues and friends.
Best,
--
Mohammed Sadat
*Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase*
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 30 577 116 2466
https://wikimedia.de
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Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
The Search Platform Team
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Search_Platform> usually holds an
open meeting on the first Wednesday of each month. Come talk to us about
anything related to Wikimedia search, Wikidata Query Service (WDQS),
Wikimedia Commons Query Service (WCQS), etc.!
Feel free to add your items to the Etherpad Agenda for the next meeting.
Details for our next meeting:
Date: Wednesday, July 6th, 2022
Time: 15:00-16:00 UTC / 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
Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/vgj-bbeb-uyi
Join by phone: https://tel.meet/vgj-bbeb-uyi?pin=8118110806927
Hope to talk to you tomorrow!
—Trey
Trey Jones
Staff Computational Linguist, Search Platform
Wikimedia Foundation
UTC–4 / EDT