Wikidata December 2023

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by Danny Benjafield

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. Discussions - New requests for permissions/Bot: - RudolfoBot <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Rudolfo…> - (Task: import lists of drugs with black box Warnings) - TiagoLubianaBot 4 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/TiagoLu…> - (Task: add drug-drug interactions from (Q123478206) A reference set of clinically relevant adverse drug-drug interactions) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123478206> - LiMrBot <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/LiMrBot> - importing and updating information about asteroids and comets. Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Upcoming: - Wikimedia Hackathon 2024: Register and Apply for Scholarships until January 5th 2024! <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/…> - WikiMania 2024 Scholarships are open <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/11/15/wikimania-2024-scholarships-open-appl…> - You can apply now for paid accommodation, travel and registration of the event! - Next: - Extended Semantic Web Conference 2024 <https://2024.eswc-conferences.org/call-for-contributions-eswc-2024/> < The deadline to submit your Papers is December 7th (23:59 UTC-12)! - Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service team <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Search_Platform_Office_Hours> - the 1st Wednesday of every month, bring your questions on Wikimedia Search, Wikidata Query and Wikimedia Commons Query service. - Past: - Data Modelling Days 2023 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Modelling_Days_2023> - (30 Nov - 2 Dec.) If you missed it, don't worry! We have recordings, slides and notes for each session, available here! <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Modelling_Days_2023#Sess…> Press, articles, blog posts, videos - Press - Around 250 war-threatened architectural monuments documented <https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/kultur-ukraine-rund-250-kriegsbedrohte-b…> (German) - Wikidata, Wikibase and Commons are helping preserve and plan the restoration of culturally-significant Monuments damaged or destroyed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - Blogs - How many properties are created on Wikidata each month? <https://www.lehir.net/how-many-properties-are-created-on-wikidata-each-mont…>, by Envel Le Hir <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Envlh> - Videos - Connecting Archives Connecting People (CACP) Project <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R-oIuGfQmg> A Wikidata Workshop provided by the British Institute at Ankara. - Metaphactory's advanced semantic search with Wikidata KG <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkl2x5psvJs> < shows a new way of building queries with Metaphacts visualised UI. Read more with their latest News Posts <https://metaphacts.com/metaphacts-ontotext-interface-for-wikidata-demo-syst…> ! - Wikibase for GLAM organizations: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1yTuftzQ1o> Collections in the Linked Open Data web by our excellent Partner Manager User:Christos Varvantakis (WMDE) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Christos_Varvantakis_(WMDE)> - Intro to Wikidata and importing bibliographic elements from Zotero <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UDrn-HzO68> < (Italian) An initiative to expand Greek and Latin antiquities in Wikidata for use in humanistic studies. Read more here > Gruppo Wikidata per Musei, Archivi e Biblioteche <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Gruppo_Wikidata_per_Musei,_Archivi_e…> Tool of the week - ZotWb <https://github.com/dlindem/zotwb> < export records in a Zotero <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Zotero#How_to_export_to_QuickStateme…> group library to a custom Wikibase, prepare datasets to send to OpenRefine, feed OpenRefine reconciliaton results back to the Wikibase. Wikidata is envolved in the entity reconciliation. Here's a short explanation and demo video <https://vimeo.com/890641063> Tool is written and provided by David Lindermann with support from WMF Rapid Grant <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Ra…> . Other Noteworthy Stuff - Wikimedia Deutschland job opening: We're looking for a new Product Manager for Wikibase Cloud <https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/38760837?l=en>. Are you interested or do you happen to know someone who might fit this position? - Wikimedia Deutschland will be collaborating with Purdue Students to Find New Mismatches for the Mismatch Finder <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/th…>. We Need Your Help to Suggest External Datasets! - Outreachy Round 27 interns selected, including 1 Wikidata related project <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/…> . - A cool new Obsidian plugin <https://echinopscis.github.io/blog/2023/wikidata-plugin/> for Wikidata is in the works. - Fulltext search <https://pm20-search.toolforge.org> for folders in an external archive <https://pm20.zbw.eu> via text in Wikidata items (more <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_20th_Century_Press_…> ). - Have you tried EntiTree <https://www.entitree.com/> yet? Explore relationship and connections between Wikidata entities with this new visualisation! - Last call for the Wikibase.Cloud 2023 User survey <https://wikimedia.sslsurvey.de/wikibase-cloud-user-survey-Q4-2023>. It only takes 10 minutes and it's fully anonymous so please participate! - The StructuredDiscussions extension <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Regarding_the_future_of…> is being archived but your comments on the Project Chat are wanted. Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: - PAEnflowered taxon URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12180> (URL for a plant taxon found in Pennsylvania on the PAEnflowered website) - External identifiers: Rare Species Guide ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12177>, Minnesota Plant List ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12178>, Flora of the Southeastern United States ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12179>, Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12181>, Go Botany taxon ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12182>, Search System of Japanese Red Data ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12183>, Art Gallery of Ontario object ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12184>, Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae object ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12185>, Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae text ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12186>, Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae thesaurus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12187>, Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae lemma ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12188>, ‎Paradox Wikis article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12189>, Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12190>, Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12191>, SWERIK person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12192>, Team Wales athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12193>, ‎WikiIndex ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12194>, ‎Theapolis person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12195>, TheTVDB movie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12196>, Shanghai Library surname ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12197>, Shanghai Library era ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12198>, Shanghai Library organization ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12199>, Pinakes work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12200>, Hugging Face user or organization ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12201>, COR SEM ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12202> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: - Montana Plant Life URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Montana_Plant_Life…> (URL for a plant family, genus, or species on the Montana Plant Life website) - event role <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/event_role> (item that describes a role in an event class) - role in event <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/role_in_event> (event class for which the item describes a role) - selectional preference <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/selectional_prefer…> ((to be used only with the subclasses of Q_event_role) an item that plays this role in an event instance should descend from this item via a combination of P31 and P279) - event arguments and types <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/event_arguments_an…> (item that plays a role in an event instance; used with a qualifier "argument type") - BnF archives and manuscripts ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BnF_archives_and_m…> (identifier for a manuscript in the archives and manuscripts catalogue of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF). Do not include the initial "cc") - clerked for <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/clerked_for> (this person has held a clerkship with the judge) - battery life <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/battery_life> (the length of time a device can continue to work before it needs its battery to be recharged) - External identifiers: China Animal Scientific Database taxon ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/China_Animal_Scien…>, DIMA ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DIMA_ID>, CoL Taiwan ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CoL_Taiwan_ID>, RFI station ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RFI_station_ID>, BUGZ ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BUGZ_ID>, China Animal Scientific Database dbb ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/China_Animal_Scien…>, turismoroma.it place ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/turismoroma.it_pla…>, Enciclopedia di Roma monument & street IDs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_di_Ro…>, International Hockey Federation competition ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/International_Hock…>, Black Games Archive ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Black_Games_Archiv…>, Al-shamila Book ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Al-shamila_Book_ID>, Akadem person ID (new format) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Akadem_person_ID_(…>, AustrianGames ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AustrianGames_ID>, Atari-8-bit Forever game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Atari-8-bit_Foreve…> - Query examples: - People born somewhere named after them <https://w.wiki/8Chs> (source <https://wikis.world/@edward@octodon.social/111438329806280812>) - Rose cultivars named after screen writers <https://w.wiki/8FKw> source <https://wikis.world/@edward@octodon.social/111460613316548656> ) - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: Events and Role Frames <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Events_and_Role_Frames> - Newest database reports <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>: Symphony No.7 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q260957> composed by Ludwig van Beethoven - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: läsa <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L38412> - 'read' about this Swedish word. Feel free to suggest next week's Showcase Item and Lexeme! Development - Wikibase REST API: - We finished the endpoint for removing an Item's label in a specific language (phab:T335841 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T335841>) and the endpoint for modifying descriptions on a Property ( phab:T342981 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342981>) - We are working on the endpoint for adding aliases in a given language for a Property (phab:T343721 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T343721>) and removing a Property's label in a given language (phab:T342983 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342983>) - Mismatch Finder: We are continuing the work on moving the tool over to the new design system Codex - We adjusted the styling for the values of monolingual text statements to make the language easier to distinguish from the value (phab:T280774 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280774>) - mul language code: We made some final adjustments to get it ready for testing. - Lexemes: We are adding a license note for anon users when editing a Lexeme’s lemma, a Form or Sense (phab:T343999 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T343999>) 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> Anything to add? Please share! :) -- Danny Benjafield COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER Wikimedia Deutschland e. 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MediaWiki in the age of AI - Keynote by Markus Krötzsch

by Bernhard Krabina, KM-A

Dear Wikidata community, we are happy to announce that Markus Krötzsch will be joining us in Paderborn for the keynote talk at SMWCon 2023! In this talk, Markus will provide a personal perspective on the origins and principles of semantic wikis, and some of the key challenges that lie ahead in managing knowledge in the age of A! Don't miss it - you can still attend in person, or follow the conference via YouTube or Zoom. https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/SMWCon_Fall_2023 I you have not already participated in our __community survey__, please do so until this Wednesday. It is important for us to learn more about your SMW usage. Results will be presented next Tuesday. We thank this year's conference sponsors: ArchiXL: http://www.archixl.nl/ Specialists in enterprise architecture, knowledge management, and semantics Hallo Welt!: https://bluespice.com/ The company behind BlueSpice, the open-source enterprise wiki software MyWikis Europe: https://mywikis.eu/ GDPR compliant (Semantic) MediaWiki hosting from the heart of Europe. Wikibase Solutions: https://wikibase-solutions.com/ Specialist in business solutions with MediaWiki As well as the conference organizers MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group: https://mwstake.org/ Advocating the needs of MediaWiki users outside the Wikimedia Foundation KM-A Knowledge Management Associates: https://km-a.net/ KM-A educates and advises Knowledge Managers and connects the KM Community in Austria and the world. Paderborn University: https://www.uni-paderborn.de/en/ While always keeping society's needs in mind, scientists at Paderborn University are working on the technologies of the future. Juggel: https://www.juggel.com/ AI supported Knowledge Management based on MediaWiki and Semantic MediaWiki Best regards, Bernhard, Ad and Tobias

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