*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming - Live about SPARQL queries https://www.twitch.tv/belett on Twitch and in French, by Vigneron, November 9 at 18:00 CET - LIVE Wikidata editing #61 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--pS3UB0uFg, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/3098329280452228/, November 13 at 19:00 UTC - Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #86 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#86, November 14 at 13.00 UTC - Wikidata webinar at the Goethe Institute in Athens (Greek). Nov 8, 2021 17:00 UTC+1 https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WmX73SA_R5C-nd87ytV4aw?timezone_id=Europe%2FBerlin - Next installment of the LD4 Wikibase Working Hour https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikibase_and_WBStack_Working_Hours! Monday 15 November 2021, 3PM - 4PM Eastern (Time zone converter https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20211115T200000&p1=tz_et&p2=tz_ct&p3=tz_mt&p4=tz_pt&p5=tz_gmt&p6=tz_cet). Registration: Zoom registration link https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtc-CoqTgpGtBjZC0uPQ7qA_in15Qzer6e - Ongoing - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #15, COP26 (2/2) https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=15 - Past - Documentation of the WikidataCon 2021 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 (from each session's Etherpad https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021/Documentation/List_of_sessionslinked ) - Wikidata SPARQL tutorial around the Saint-Brieuc museum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE6hw2pu6K0 (in French)
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Media - User:Theklan https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Theklan at Radio Euskadi (Q3100760) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3100760: Wikidata: una base de datos editable, multilingüe, libre y con datos de todo conocimiento https://www.eitb.eus/es/radio/radio-euskadi/programas/hagase-la-luz/detalle/8435228/wikidata-base-de-datos-editable-multilingue-libre-y-con-datos-de-todo-conocimiento-con-galder-gonzalez/ (Spanish) - Blogs - TIB at WikidataCon: Part 1 https://blogs.tib.eu/wp/tib/2021/11/05/tib-at-wikidatacon-part-1/ , Part 2 https://blogs.tib.eu/wp/tib/2021/11/05/tib-at-wikidatacon-part-2/ - With help of their prof, U of T students go from being Wikidata novices to international conference presenters https://www.utoronto.ca/news/help-their-prof-u-t-students-go-being-wikidata-novices-international-conference-presenters - Crowdsourcing the Scene at the Boston Rock City Edit-a-Thon https://staff.library.harvard.edu/blog/boston-rock-city - Videos - Basic tutorial on how to improve Wikidata items (in Italian) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR-90s_uZCQ - Metadata of cultural institutes: import strategies on Wikidata in the case of the Tuscany Region (in Italian) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=154u0HvMkyQ - Wikidata for 5-star Linked Open Databases: a case study of PanglaoDB - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvjMoaOr68k - Using Wikidata entities and properties in schema.org markup and linked data - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3HSI6zLyo
Tool of the week
- are occupation labels gender neutral? https://observablehq.com/@pac02/gendered-labels-in-wikidata a tool to explore gender neutrality of labels in different languages. - RAWGraphs https://app.rawgraphs.io/, a dataviz tool which allows SPARQL queries (source https://twitter.com/rawgraphs/status/1455530965749673984?t=bkvv8yg8lwIgmcyWK6HTSw&s=19 )
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- New strategies for Wikidata and the Wikibase Ecosystem published and waiting for your feedback https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/3VJ5ZW3MO3CMCVWW4JDWSWDLXLX4XAEU/. Add your comments https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/LinkedOpenData/Strategy2021! - OpenRefine 3.5.0 https://openrefine.org/download.html was released
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: Museu da Pessoa History https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10032, Conway polyhedron notation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10038 - External identifiers: Tennis Abstract player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10028, Women in the Legislature ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10029, StopGame ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10030, Enciclopedia di Roma person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10031, Biografija.ru ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10033, Derrieux agency person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10034, Kola Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10035, Penza Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10036, Enciclopedia della Scienza e della Tecnica ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10037, Musées Nationaux Recuperation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10039, Lithuanian Heritage Registry code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10040, Nynorskordboka-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10041, Bokmålsordboka-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10042, Indonesian parliament candidate ID 2019 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10043, Trove work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10044, Vokrug.tv show ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10045, Apple maps ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10046, Federation Council person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10047, Meetup group id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10048, Glitchwave genre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10049 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: original catalog description https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/original_catalog_description, Kanobu ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kanobu_ID, Yandex.Question person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Yandex.Question_person_ID, 発車メロディ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%E7%99%BA%E8%BB%8A%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AD%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3 - External identifiers: Listen Notes podcast ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Listen_Notes_podcast_ID, WhatsApp number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WhatsApp_number, CNKI Journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CNKI_Journal_ID, Baidu Scholar Journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Baidu_Scholar_Journal_ID, AllHomes research location ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AllHomes_research_location_ID, Domain suburb profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Domain_suburb_profile_ID, Coles Online product ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Coles_Online_product_ID, Woolworths product ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Woolworths_product_ID, Maritime Business Directory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Maritime_Business_Directory_ID, Oslo Byleksikon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oslo_Byleksikon_ID, NVE Bre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NVE_Bre_ID, Databáze-her.cz ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Datab%C3%A1ze-her.cz_ID, FederalPress Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FederalPress_Encyclopedia_ID, babesdirectory https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/babesdirectory, DHAC ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DHAC_ID, Naver TV ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Naver_TV_ID, IJF competition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IJF_competition_ID, JudoInside competition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JudoInside_competition_ID, live.ijf competition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/live.ijf_competition_ID, FAOLEX No https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FAOLEX_No, EJU competition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EJU_competition_ID, The-Sports.org competition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The-Sports.org_competition_ID, StarHit ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/StarHit_ID, Nasha Versia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nasha_Versia_ID, LocalWiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LocalWiki_ID, ESPN MMA fighter ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ESPN_MMA_fighter_ID, Comparably company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Comparably_company_ID, Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Spanish_Cultural_Heritage_thesauri_ID, Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases Chemical ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dr._Duke%27s_Phytochemical_and_Ethnobotanical_Databases_Chemical_ID - Query examples: - Number of virtual twins (pair with the same dates of birth and death) in Wikidata https://w.wiki/4LKf (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Virtual_Twins#Number_of_virtual_twins_at_a_given_milestone ) - People recently buried in a cemetery nearby without an image of the grave (P1442) on Wikidata https://w.wiki/4LPV (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P1442#People_recently_buried_in_a_cemetery_nearby_without_an_image_of_the_grave_(P1442)_on_Wikidata ) - List of lexemes in French associated with occupation items https://w.wiki/4L5o (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:PAC2/Gender_neutral_labels) - Towns with less than 1000 people that have a cathedral https://w.wiki/4LuG (Source https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1457053245663113216) - Musical works based on literary works https://w.wiki/4Lkt (Source https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1456785592436641794) - Main surnames of people born in the Puy-de-Dôme, France https://w.wiki/4Kwq (Source https://twitter.com/daieuxdailleurs/status/1455861015187496962) - Members of the Ukrainian national sports team https://w.wiki/4Kox (Source https://twitter.com/fed4ev/status/1455657383313788932)
Development
- Mismatch Finder: We finished adding “next steps” dialog and a “more info” dialog to tell users more about the import a mismatch was added in. - We had discussions about how to best make the SearchBox WVUI component for the new Vector skin work well for Wikidata (phab:T275251 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T275251) - We have put a version of WBStack https://www.wbstack.com/ on wikibase.dev. We will start work to deploy to wikibase.cloud in the coming weeks.
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/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority.
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