*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
- Past: Wikidata - HackaLOD Online sessions (replay in Dutch https://hackalod.com/index.php/2021/03/26/terugkijken-de-wikidata-hackalod-online-sessie/ ) - Upcoming: SPARQL queries https://www.twitch.tv/belett live on Twitch and in French by Vigneron, April 20 at 18:00 CEST - Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Linked_Data_for_Production#LD4-Wikidata_Affinity_Group call: Alexandra Wong https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Utl_awong on experiences and workflows for linking archival collections to Wikidata. There will also be a recap of insights from the recent Canadian archivists’ panel on Wikidata https://www.archivists.ca/event-4213205 by the University and College Archives Special Interest Section (UCASIS) of the Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA). Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-4kf6iQj6Jeiz3978pN5Z6g-246l9sUXnLgxFSMpZPI/edit?usp=sharing, April 20 - Upcoming: Wikipedia Weekley Network - Biodiversity edition: iNaturalist place ID YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fKP-oKh0b8, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/3838856909495445/, April 23 - Upcoming: LIVE Wikidata editing #41 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We-aKmOYPKA, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2938997133052111/, April 24 - Upcoming: 25 April - WikidataDays Sessions II https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikidataDays_Sessions_II, an online editing session dedicated to democracy and political parties, coinciding with the celebration of Freedom Day https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193245. - Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #59 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#59, April 25
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - Wikibase: the Software for Open Data projects https://tech-news.wikimedia.de/en/2021/04/14/wikibase-the-software-for-open-data-projects/ - Videos - Structured Data on Commons explained, with Andrew Lih, John Cummings and Pharos (Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLFReHgDpWo) - Discovering history's notable people https://voxeu.org/vox-talks/discovering-historys-notable-people (audio). Using Wikidata and Wikipedia as the backbone, this project "construct[s] a new dataset of more than seven million notable individuals across recorded human history". - LIVE Wikidata editing #40 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tp1yeIJ9F4, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2938247909793700/ - Adding information through EntitySchemas to Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE1ZF02-yI0?t=1877 Andra Waagmeester and Jose Labra - SPARQL query requests around lexicography mapping] by VIGNERON https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:VIGNERON - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClbB3f2PX6k - Fast Linking of Mathematical Wikidata Entities in Wikipedia Articles Using Annotation Recommendation - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdCgbxOSQA8 - Wiki2Prop: A Multimodal Approach for Predicting Wikidata Properties from Wikipedia - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wr1hkO-bDo&t=4s - Wikidata Lab XXVII: WikiProject Brazilian Laws - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWeJ0wlezyw - Librarians and Wikidata. A short tour - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbvFzpZOkHg
Tool of the week
- User:So9q/Gadget-CreateNewEntity.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:So9q/Gadget-CreateNewEntity.js is a userscript to add a "create new item" link in the dropdown menu for when you want to * add an item to a property, but the item does not exist. (recently modified to support lexemes).
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Humaniki March Update: Public Launch of Alpha Release https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/03/15/humaniki-march-update-public-launch-of-alpha-release/ - Another history of Denelezh https://www.lehir.net/another-history-of-denelezh/
- Wikidata Lexeme Forms no longer automatically redirects you to login, so you can now use edit mode to view the forms of a lexeme in the “right” order. Here is an example https://lexeme-forms.toolforge.org/template/english-noun/edit/L5517.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: pH value https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9440, introduced on https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9448, ALA-LC romanization for Ukrainian https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9453 - External identifiers: Generals of World War II ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9426, La Réunion des Livres ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9427, Humanitāro zinātņu virtuālā enciklopēdija concept ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9428, Humanitāro zinātņu virtuālā enciklopēdija person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9429, Encyclopedia of Jewish Women ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9430, Urban Archive ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9431, GCD publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9432, Letecká badatelna accident ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9433, Proveana ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9434, KATOTTH ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9435, La Fenice Theatre in Venice person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9436, Politiklexikon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9437, Europalexikon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9438, National Inventory of Dams ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9439, Wissens-Aggregator Mittelalter und Frühe Neuzeit ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9441, Indigenous Lands in Brazil ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9442, Virginia House of Delegates ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9443, CAOI person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9444, Encyklopedie antropologie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9445, Our Campaigns race ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9446, Olympedia affiliations ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9447, ANPI place numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9449, National Provider Identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9450, Dicionário Histórico-Biográfico Brasileiro ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9451, Brapci author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9452, Wikiroute ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9454, Biographia Benedictina ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9455, Periodical ID in a database of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9456, National Database of Laws and Regulations ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9457, Russians of Latvia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9458, Rekhta author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9459, Washington Rare Plant Field Guide ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9460, DzygaMDB film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9461 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: translator name string https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/translator_name_string, scope note https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/scope_note, LIMA media artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LIMA_media_artist_ID, CofE archives ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CofE_archives_ID, CofE archives name ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CofE_archives_name_ID, CofE archives place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CofE_archives_place_ID, has artist file in https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_artist_file_in, term in higher taxon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/term_in_higher_taxon, accessibility statement URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/accessibility_statement_URL, Hotel des Causses https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hotel_des_Causses - External identifiers: Dialnet thesis ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dialnet_thesis_ID, IAU member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IAU_member_ID, MileSplit ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MileSplit_ID, Australian Thesaurus of Education Descriptors ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Australian_Thesaurus_of_Education_Descriptors_ID, Malaysian school code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Malaysian_school_code, synonymer.se Swedish synonym ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/synonymer.se_Swedish_synonym_ID, Prague City Gallery inventory number in Art for the City https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Prague_City_Gallery_inventory_number_in_Art_for_the_City, Yukon Archives authority record ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Yukon_Archives_authority_record_ID, Cimiterium ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cimiterium_ID, Encyclopedia of Korean Culture ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Korean_Culture_ID, HERO-tunniste https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HERO-tunniste, Smithsonian Ark ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Smithsonian_Ark_ID, Oregon Poetic Voices poet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oregon_Poetic_Voices_poet_ID, J! Archive player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/J!_Archive_player_ID, Gender Glossar ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gender_Glossar_ID, Beirut Arab University's Libraries Title ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Beirut_Arab_University%27s_Libraries_Title_ID, music austria ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/music_austria_ID, identifiant Localisation - Joconde du Service des musées de France https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Localisation_-_Joconde_du_Service_des_mus%C3%A9es_de_France, identifiant techniques - Joconde du Service des musées de France https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_techniques_-_Joconde_du_Service_des_mus%C3%A9es_de_France, identifiant utilisation - Joconde du Service des musées de France https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_utilisation_-_Joconde_du_Service_des_mus%C3%A9es_de_France, identifiant représentation - Joconde du Service des musées de France https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_repr%C3%A9sentation_-_Joconde_du_Service_des_mus%C3%A9es_de_France, NC Highway Historical Marker Program ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NC_Highway_Historical_Marker_Program_ID - Query examples: - Artists on Spotify that lack a Spotify Artist ID (P1902) on Wikidata https://w.wiki/3CKq (Source https://twitter.com/exmusica/status/1383234852141506561) - Timeline of the discovery of elements in the periodic table https://w.wiki/399S (Source https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1382072946211106821) - 19th-century depictions of sunflowers https://w.wiki/3Bb8 (Source https://twitter.com/alastairdunning/status/1382038980062019585) - Czech art collections by size https://w.wiki/3BLN (Source https://twitter.com/medi_cago/status/1381668966209355779) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Cyprus https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Cyprus
Development
- Finished work on the support for editing statements on Senses on Lexemes via the API (phab:T199896 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T199896) - Got all feature work done on the first version of the Query Builder. It is now awaiting security review. - Statements linking to deleted Lexemes now indicate this similar to statements linking to deleted Items (phab:T277089 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T277089) - Fixing a bug with misaligned grammatical features after an OOUI update (phab:T278522 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T278522) - Finished work on the small tools to get the number of constraints violations and ORES scores for a list of Items. Will publish soon. - Did interviews with a few people about how they work around lexicographical data - Selected focus languages https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexicographical_data/Focus_languages for continued work on lexicographical data and Abstract Wikipedia together with Abstract Wikipedia team. The selected ones are Hausa, Igbo, Bengali, Malayalam and Dagbani. You can read more about it in the Abstract Wikipedia newsletter https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-04-15. - Gave input to WMF search platform team for a survey draft around the query service in order to better understand how to move forward with improvements
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