*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>
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