*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - Mbchbot 3 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Mbchbot_3 (Task/s: Adding missing YouTube channel ID (P2397) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2397 statements to YouTube handle (P11245) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11245 claims that are missing that mandatory qualifier) - MidleadingBot 4 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/MidleadingBot_4 (Task/s: Add social media followers (P8687) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8687 statements for Baidu Tieba name (P11196)) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11196 - Biondibot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/LucaDrBiondi@Biondibot (Task/s: Import us patent from a csv file) - bitbotje https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/bitbotje (Task/s: Property MovieMeter film ID (P1970) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1970 has a suggested constraint that the item should have a Dutch ('nl') label. The MovieMeter website has suitable labels and provides an API for structured data access. I have a script that reads the relevant section in Wikidata:Database reports/Constraint violations/P1970 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Constraint_violations/P1970 and for each listed item does an API call to moviemeter.nl and adds a label.) - Closed request for permissions/Bot: - DoggoBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/DoggoBot (Task/s: Fix constraint violations of arXiv classification (P820) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P820)
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group call March 7, 2023: Lydia Pintscher and Silvan Heintze will tell us about the new Wikidata REST API and Silvan will demonstrate some of its aspects. Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PV7-IA8SgAOvPG4fTKU3gzcKzzZyKCOXLetvZjQ3334/edit# - Do you want to present at Wikimania 2023? Program submissions are open now until the end of day Tuesday 28 March https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/YQJPAFAWYEDGGCZEBIAAJETAVRSXZQC2/ . - Wiki Workshop 2023 Call for Papers https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/CBMKDICCEVXRRKMQCHDRMV6BG4YDDSWU/. The call is for extended abstracts (2 pages) of ongoing or completed work. The deadline is March 23. - Wikimedia Hackathon 2023: Call for projects & sessions is now open https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2023/Program! The deadline to submit sessions is April 4th. The final schedule will be made public on April 15th. - Bug Triage Hour on dates input https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Wikidata_bug_triage_hour, March 13th: Following up on an issue on date parsing in the Czech language ( T221097 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221097), fixed earlier in February, we would like to look at the changes induced by this fix together, check how the date input parsing works in your language, and identify some possibly remaining issues. - Wikidata Lab XXXVI: Participatory Machine Learning in Wikimedia: ORES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl-Ygy7eoao - 8 March 2023, on YouTube
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Blogs - This app places on a world map all the places that have their Wikipedia page https://www.begeek.fr/cette-app-place-sur-une-carte-du-monde-tous-les-endroits-qui-ont-leur-page-wikipedia-379035 - Wikidata and the sum of all video games − 2022 edition https://commonists.wordpress.com/2023/03/01/wikidata-and-the-sum-of-all-video-games-2022-edition/ - WikiData on Video Games https://setsideb.com/wikidata-on-video-games/ - Be part of the Wikimania 2023 program! https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/02/28/be-part-of-the-wikimania-2023-program/?fbclid=IwAR25JmUcryt4LnBXxJtwnur3jCZS1nB4Vk9-U6tPC_c4KA0Tnvpwg_wN1Aw - Papers - Two years of explicit CiTO annotations (Q116676168) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116676168, include how Wikidata and Scholia visualize citation typing annotations explain why research is cited - Videos - Open Data Day Taiwan 2023 recorded livestreams: Day 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm6JmCU0sm8; Day 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc8kUfUX1to - Wikidata for History of Science projects, by Martin Poulter - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZwCD08TuIc - How to add Wikidata properties using PetScan in Finnish Wikipedia via categories - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jvh87s-tIQ - How to add Wikidata properties using PetScan in Finnish Wikipedia 2 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYPpU9LFzgg - LD4P3 - Browsing Across Music With Obtainable Wikidata - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih2hH-x5hsQ - Extracting political data & relations from Wikidata - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XohhHVbTi7c - Operation of Wikidata and its centralized management of metadata linked to multiple databases (in French) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwtJkHgS3VY - Wikidata and higher education and research libraries (in French) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AE-wWR3kRo - Wikidata supporting open student research projects in plant chemistry - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvvc6sAZ7pM
Tool of the week
- wikidata-todo https://wikidata-todo.toolforge.org/images_in_categories_used_on_commons.php?category=Statues+in+Greece&depth=5&zero_only=1 is a tool that helps you find Commons categories with files, where none of the files are used on Wikidata.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The WMDE Wikibase.Cloud team is currently seeking individuals who are interested in participating in interviews regarding the pressing issue of data modeling. Please reach out if you'd like to participate https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibase-cloud@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/IUDZ4HAGEMDI5OLTUUNZWZDYYBFL36LU/ .
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: - Lighthouse Directory page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11627 (group string for the item in The Lighthouse Directory) - colocated with https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11633 (event sharing location, facility or organization with another, typically larger event) - External identifiers: NCI Drug Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11623, HAA member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11624, Spotify user ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11625, Vintage Fashion Guild label https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11626, Biographical Dictionary of Emigrants of Georgia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11628, Fréjus et Toulon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11629, Swiss Games Garden game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11630, ERA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11631, Sky News topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11632, Russian Second League player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11634 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: FLOW ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FLOW_ID, Electrodoc person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Electrodoc_person_ID, electrocd artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/electrocd_artist_ID, Wattpad username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wattpad_username, Virksomme ord ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Virksomme_ord_ID, Identifier for an item in the norwegian database for political adresses ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifier_for_an_item_in_the_norwegian_database_for_political_adresses_ID, Kinoglaz film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kinoglaz_film_ID, DBpia article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DBpia_article_ID - Query examples: - Railway bridges in Germany and Austria https://w.wiki/6Phs (source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1630940979367747585) - Number of deaths in train wrecks per country https://w.wiki/6PbF ( source https://twitter.com/manchurian/status/1630856632694349830) - Pairs of people who both have an English #Wikipedia article and are married to one another https://w.wiki/6PuL (source https://wikis.world/@generalising@mastodon.flooey.org/109955704804734079 )
Development
- Wikibase REST API: - The statements endpoint now supports filtering by Property ID like ?property=P123 (phab:T309021 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T309021) - We started working on GET /entities/items/{item_id}/aliases ( phab:T327882 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T327882) - We started working on including sitelink URLs in GET /entities/items/{item_id} (phab:T330252 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T330252) - Community Wishlist Survey: We reviewed the results https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2023/Results and what we can do to address some of the wishes. - Query Builder: - We continued work on the language selector to make it possible to switch the UI language (phab:T328764 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T328764) - We have added support for the datatypes for Form (phab:T329205 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T329205) and Property ( phab:T329207 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T329207) - Search: We are looking deeper into how we can make it possible to search for Properties, Lexemes and EntitySchemas in the search box, not just Items (phab:T321543 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T321543)
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