*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- New request for comments: General semi protection for all property
pages
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/General_semi_protection_for_all_property_pages>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming: The First Wikidata Workshop: Second Call for Papers
<https://wikidataworkshop.github.io/>. Papers due: August 10, 2020 |
Workshop date: October 29, 2020
- Upcoming: next Wikidata office hour, July 21st at 16:00 UTC (18:00
CEST) in the Wikidata Telegram group
<https://t.me/joinchat/AZriqUj5UagVMHXYzfZFvA>. Query Service special
with guests from WMF Search Team.
- Upcoming: Wikidata Lab XXIV: Posicionamento digital relativo
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_portugu%C3%AAs/Wikidata_Lab_XXIV>
with Ederporto <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ederporto> - July 23
17:00 UTC (14:00 BRT). In this technical training, we'll study the
possibilities and functionalities of relative digital positioning in images
and do practical activities on this topic using historical photographs of
the city of São Paulo. The event will be held in Portuguese. Join us!
- Upcoming video: July 21 - Wikipedia Weekly Network - Entity Schemas
and Shape Expressions (ShEx) Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/3070432199671257/>
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM8kXuZM3lQ>
- Upcoming video: July 25 - Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata
editing #13 Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/3068304126550731/>
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__1jNt3K-6w>
- Upcoming: Kidok-Workshop
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Kidok-Workshop>, online workshop
about church building data. In German, non-native users welcome. Currently
looking for a date in the upcoming week and people to help!
- Upcoming video: Beyond Wikipedia - Knowledge that even a computer can
understand
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Talks#Episode_5:_Beyond_Wikipedia_-_Knowledge_that_even_a_computer_can_understand>.
July 22, 2020 at 17:00 UTC. In this talk, Zbyszko Papierski will present
Wikidata Query Service as one way that developers can interact with
Wikidata.
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities botany pilot
<https://services.bgbm.org/botanypilot/person/q/Q1349394> using Wikidata
QIDs
- Video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #11 Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/3051148598266284/>,
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Btvs8POzUk>
- Video: Wikispore Day <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q75Fv7Snc_w>,
including an interview of Denny Vrandečić about Abstract Wikipedia
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia> at 34'00
- Video: Merging elements on Wikidata (in Italian) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8RpzrsG6rQ>
- Video: Wikibase Ecosystem - taking Wikidata further (by Lydia
Pintscher), YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uuNU3ohkXo>
Tool of the week
- User:Frettie/consistency_check_add.js
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Frettie/consistency_check_add.js>
check consistency and add missing relations of a Wikidata object like
father/son...
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Breaking change: removing special pageterms behavior on repo wikis,
use entityterms instead
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-tech/2020-July/001569.html>
(relevant for people using pageterms submodule of the query API module on
Wikibase repository wikis)
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: version control system
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8423>, interactive elements
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8428>, course
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8431>, peak bagging
classification <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8450>, public
transport stop <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8453>,
descriptive
solubility <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8459>, applies if
regular expression matches
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8460>, energy consumption
per transaction <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8461>, content
partnership category <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8464>, Van
Der Waals Constant a <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8465>, Van
Der Waals Constant b <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8466>
- External identifiers: Spanish Olympic Committee athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8421>, EHESS ID of a French
commune <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8422>, OpenHistoricalMap
relation ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8424>, IAPH code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8425>, Knot Atlas identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8426>, Knotinfo identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8427>, Swiss Tunnel ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8429>, Wien Kulturgut:
Kunstwerke im öffentlichen Raum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8430>, Österreichisches
Musiklexikon Online ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8432>,
Swedish Riksdag document ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8433>, Artprice artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8434>, AnyDecentMusic album
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8435>, SAH Archipedia
architect ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8439>,
Personendatenbank
Germania Sacra ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8440>, Cistercian
Biography Online ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8441>, Digital
Library of the Caribbean ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8442>, Homebrew formula name
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8443>, Our Campaigns
candidate ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8445>, UK
Research and Innovation person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8446>, Unique Street
Reference Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8447>, Benerail
station ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8448>, Churches
in Limburg <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8449>, Vmusic.bg
artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8454>, US
Quaternary Fault ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8455>, ASCRG
2016 ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8456>, ANZSOC 2011 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8457>, ANZSCO 2013 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8458>, Political Graveyard
politician ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8462>, SAH
Archipedia building ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8463>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: BTI Status Index
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BTI_Status_Index>,
BTI Governance Index
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BTI_Governance_Index>,
lyricsmule
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/lyricsmule>,
number of majors offered
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_majors_offered>,
nationality (cultural identity)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/nationality_(cultural_identity)>,
image of view
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/image_of_view>,
web interface software
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/web_interface_software>
- External identifiers: Native Plants Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Native_Plants_Database_ID>,
Český hudební slovník osob a institucí ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%C4%8Cesk%C3%BD_hudebn%C3%AD_slovn%C3%ADk_osob_a_instituc%C3%AD_ID>,
OpenCritic critic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenCritic_critic_ID>,
DATAtourisme ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DATAtourisme_ID>,
ASCCEG 2019 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ASCCEG_2019_ID>,
AHECC 2017 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AHECC_2017_ID>,
ANZSIC 2006 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ANZSIC_2006_ID>,
Unsplash User ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Unsplash_User_ID>,
South Africa EMIS code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/South_Africa_EMIS_code>,
Denkmaldatenbank Thurgau ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Denkmaldatenbank_Thurgau_ID>,
HLTV Player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HLTV_Player_ID>,
HLTV Team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HLTV_Team_ID>,
SÚKL code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/S%C3%9AKL_code>,
Nomenclature de tous les noms de rosiers
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nomenclature_de_tous_les_noms_de_rosiers>,
Science Fiction Awards Database author id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Science_Fiction_Awards_Database_author_id>,
Fototeka person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fototeka_person_ID>,
Henrik Ibsen skrifter ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Henrik_Ibsen_skrifter_ID>
- Query examples:
- Painters in Wikidata with the surname Ruiz <https://w.wiki/Wvv> (
Source <https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1283163269725814786>)
- Cities with female mayor <https://w.wiki/3ev> (Source
<https://twitter.com/_pablog/status/1283370859927920642>)
- MPs in the current UK parliament with identified mythical ancestors
<https://w.wiki/XBC> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1284180929800556552>)
- Indian subcontinent rail lines <https://w.wiki/Jp6> (Source
<https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1284255744326545408>)
- List of countries by age of the head of government
<https://w.wiki/XFS> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Mr_Shark/status/1284573644249878529>)
- Cities of the United States between 100,000 and 600,000 inhabitants
with the counties and states they are located in <https://w.wiki/XJQ>
(Source <https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/1284878719111311360>)
- Newest database reports: list of 1000
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Random/1000>, 2000
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Random/2000>
(without statements) and 10000
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Random/10000>
(filtered) random items
Development
- More work on the consistent design system
- More work on decoupling the different Wikibase extensions from each
other to make development easier:
- load WikibaseClient through the JSON file (phab:T257435
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T257435>),
- decoupling Client from Lib/Repo in the JavaScript code (phab:T256054
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T256054>),
- reduce the uses of Repo classes (phab:T255885
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255885>, phab:T255882
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255882>)
- Move all the special pages (phab:T257444
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T257444>), API modules (
phab:T257443 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T257443>) and hooks (
phab:T257445 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T257445>) from the
PHP entry point to the JSON file
- Merge the registration of WikibaseLib into the Repo and Client
extensions (phab:T257432 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T257432>)
and merge WikibaseView into Repo (phab:T258043
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T258043>)
- Prepare the first development phase for the Simple Query Builder
- Reference game: run a scraper, work on a dashboard that will gives an
overview of the potential references that have already been judged in the
game
- Fix a bug related to maximum limit of search results (phab:T256885
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T256885>)
- Resolve some configuration issues regarding Entity Sources (
phab:T254315 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T254315>)
- Federated Properties:
- Changes to special pages that interact with both items/properties
when federation is enabled (phab:T246886
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T246886>)
- Changes to Special:ListDatatypes when federation is enabled (
phab:T255581 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255581>)
- Add new monolingual language codes: mic (Miꞌkmaq), gil (Kiribati)
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>
--
Mohammed Sadat
*Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase*
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de