*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
- The next Wikibase live session
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2022.03.31> is 15:00 UTC on
Thursday 31st March 2022 (17:00 Berlin time). What are you working on
around Wikibase? You're welcome to come and share your project with the
community.
- Live Wikidata editing on Twitch <https://www.twitch.tv/belett> and
in French by Vigneron, March 29 at 19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
- ArtandFeminism 2022 editathon by Achiri Bitamsimli
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Achiri_Bitamsimli>. Theme: Add
Dagbani labels and descriptions of female lawyers in West Africa. Date:
April 1st, 2022 - March 8th, 2022. Location: Tamale College of Education,
Ghana. Time: 9:00am — 9:00pm UTC. Register
<https://artandfeminism.org/edit_a_thon/artandfeminism-2022-in-ghana-notable-female-lawyers-in-west-africa/>
.
- LIVE Wikidata editing #77 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9CqmS9jzEo>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/3206229169662238/>,
April 2nd at 18:00 UTC
- Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #102
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#102>,
April 3rd at 12.00 UTC
- Cultural Venues Datathon
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Cultural_venues/Datathon>:
April 25 - May 2, 2022. This online editing event is organized by the
Canadian Association for the Performing Arts, LaCogency and many
partners,
with support from Wikimedia Foundation Alliances Fund. Guided editing
sessions will be facilitated in English
<https://linkeddigitalfuture.ca/cultural-venues-datathon/> and in
French
<https://linkeddigitalfuture.ca/fr/datathon-des-lieux-culturels/>.
- The Celtic Knot Conference
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2022>,
dedicated to underrepresented languages on the Wikimedia projects, with a
focus on Wikidata, will take place online and onsite on July 1-2, 2022.
- Ongoing:
- Wikimedia Indonesia's *Datathon* program under 2022 Wiki Women's
Month
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Indonesia/Bulan_Wiki_Perempuan_2022>
started on March 18th 18:00 UTC+7 and will last until March 25th 23:59
UTC+7. 70+ users enrolled. Page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Indonesia/Kegiatan/Datathon>
.
- Weekly Lexemes Challenge #35, Water
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=35>
- Past:
- Two Wikidata Training (*Kelas Wikidata*) on 2022 Wiki Women's Month
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Indonesia/Bulan_Wiki_Perempuan_2022>
were held online on March 12th and 13th.
- Data Reuse Days
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Reuse_Days_2022>.
For a recap of the event:
- a selection of sessions are recorded, you can find the videos
here
<https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLduaHBu_3ejNaZk15ybdHNWY8z-FyunRm>
or below
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2022_03_28#Press,_articles,_blog_posts,_videos>
- speakers will progressively add their slides in this Commons
category
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Data_Reuse_Days_2022_presentations>
- all notes and Q&A of sessions are archived here:
Wikidata:Events/Data
Reuse Days 2022/Outcomes/notes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Reuse_Days_2022/Outcomes/notes>
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogs
- Lexicographical Data for Language Learners: The Wikidata-based App
Scribe
<https://tech-news.wikimedia.de/en/2022/03/18/lexicographical-data-for-language-learners-the-wikidata-based-app-scribe/>
- Inaugural Wikidata Fellows announced, Wikimedia Australia
<https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Inaugural_Wikidata_Fellows_announced>
- Wikidata’s lexemes sparked this librarian’s interest
<https://wikiedu.org/blog/2022/03/22/wikidatas-lexemes-sparked-this-librarians-interest/>
- Actress-singers and actor-singers: do actresses become singers and
singers become actors?
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/actress-singers-and-actor-singers-do-actresses-become-sing>
fact checking an intuition using Wikidata
- Building a Web of Knowledge Through Wikidata
<https://americanart.si.edu/blog/wikidata-artists>
- Presentations
- LOTUS, Beyond drug discovery: Breaking the boundaries of natural
products information <https://www.bjonnh.net/share/20220320_acs/>, at
the American Chemical Society (Q247556)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q247556> Spring 2022 meeting
- Papers
- "Exploratory Methods for Relation Discovery in Archival Data"
<https://arxiv.org/pdf/2202.11361.pdf> - a holistic approach to
discover relations in art historical communities and enrich historians’
biographies and archival descriptions, based on Wikidata
- Videos
- DataReuseDays 2022 concluded. (see past events above
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2022_03_28#Events>
for a full list of the recorded sessions
<https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLduaHBu_3ejNaZk15ybdHNWY8z-FyunRm>
)
- A simple demonstration of search using QAnswer software for the
disability wikibase knowledge graph - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgCgEje-kiM>
- FAIR and Open multilingual clinical trials in Wikidata - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yRhCENeezQ>
- Using Mix'n'match (in Italian) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ53x5GcfmE>
- A Triangular Connection Libraries' Wikidata projects on names,
collections and users - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqDgZJaVj20>
Tool of the week
- Scribe
<https://apps.apple.com/app/scribe-language-keyboards/id1596613886> is a
keyboard extension based on lexicographical data that can help users
remember grammar rules (see blogpost above
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2022_03_28#Press,_articles,_blog_posts,_videos>
).
- WorldlEH <https://worldleh.talaios.coop/> is a wordle clone in Basque.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Status update about what was achieved for each of the Wikibase related
2021 development goals has been published: Wikidata:Development
plan/archive2021/status updates
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Development_plan/archive2021/status_updates>
- Call for Mentors: Wiki Mentor Africa
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wiki_Mentor_Africa> is a
mentorship project for tool creators/contributors. Interested to become a
mentor (experienced tool creators/contributors), please visit this page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wiki_Mentor_Africa/Mentor%27s_Room>
!
- Wikidata now has over 1,600,000,000 edits! The milestone edit was made
by Ruky Wunpini <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ruky_Wunpini>.
- The Dutch National Library has a new website with more info on their
use of the Wikimedia Projects including their work with Wikidata
<https://www.kb.nl/over-ons/projecten/wikipedia-wikimedia>.
- 2 months paid internship vacancy is available for Wikimedia Indonesia
technology division. Registration is open until March 27th. Announcement
<https://twitter.com/wikidataid/status/1506113550460530691>.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: documentation files at
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10527>
- External identifiers: SINGULART artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10516>, eBru ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10517>, ICCROM authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10518>, Legal entity
registered by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10519>, Rekhta book ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10520>, ILO code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10521>, reddoorz hotel ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10522>, Naver VIBE video ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10523>, SberZvuk artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10524>, Italian Women
Writers ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10525>, RBC
company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10526>, Madrean
Discovery Expeditions Flora Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10528>, Madrean Discovery
Expeditions Fauna Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10529>, Encyclopedia of
Transbaikalia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10530>, Encyclopedia
of Transbaikalia person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10531>,
Booking.com numeric
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10532>, Agoda hotel
numeric ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10533>, Australian
Reptile Online Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10534>, RSPA modern authors
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10535>, RSPA ancient
authors ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10536>,
1905.com
film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10537>, Leafsnap ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10538>, ImagesDéfense ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10539>, TASS Encyclopedia
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10540>, TASS
Encyclopedia country ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10541>, TASS Encyclopedia
tag ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10542>, WIPO Pearl
term ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10543>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: maintains consistent linking to
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/maintains_consistent_linking_to>,
ocupante de / occupant of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ocupante_de_/_occupant_of>
- External identifiers: World of Waterfalls ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_of_Waterfalls_ID>,
New IDU properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/New_IDU_properties>,
My World(a)Mail.Ru ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/My_World@Mail.Ru_ID>,
BillionGraves grave ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BillionGraves_grave_ID>,
Archivio Storico Intesa Sanpaolo
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archivio_Storico_Intesa_Sanpaolo>,
GEMET ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GEMET_ID>,
Enciclopedia
del Novecento ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_del_Novecento_ID>,
Trovo ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Trovo_ID>,
Invasive.org
species ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Invasive.org_species_ID>,
ihg Hotel ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ihg_Hotel_ID>,
Monoskop article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Monoskop_article_ID>,
Le Monde journalist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Le_Monde_journalist_ID>,
Libération journalist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lib%C3%A9ration_journalist_ID>,
Le Parisien journalist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Le_Parisien_journalist_ID>,
Les Échos journalist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Les_%C3%89chos_journalist_ID>,
L'Humanité journalist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/L%27Humanit%C3%A9_journalist_ID>,
L'Opinion journalist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/L%27Opinion_journalist_ID>,
Le Figaro journalist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Le_Figaro_journalist_ID>,
Présent author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pr%C3%A9sent_author_ID>,
Aldiwan poet ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Aldiwan_poet_ID>,
Aldiwan poem ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Aldiwan_poem_ID>,
International Jewish Cemetery Project ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/International_Jewish_Cemetery_Project_ID>
- Query examples:
- Wikidata knowledge graph of Elizabeth Keckley, dressmaker to U.S.
First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln <https://w.wiki/4JHa> (source
<https://twitter.com/fuzheado/status/1506380715985887241>)
- Women who served as defense ministers in various countries
<https://w.wiki/4yJM> (source
<https://twitter.com/wikimediaid/status/1506212109381644292>)
- UK MPs who had paired names (e.g. Owen Thomas / Thomas Owen)
<https://w.wiki/4zVn> (source
<https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1507443437200678918>)
- List of properties associated with items that are class/subclass of
File Format <https://w.wiki/4yr2> (source
<https://twitter.com/beet_keeper/status/1506625658490871819>)
- Table frequency of properties used in instances of public libraries
<https://w.wiki/4zGb>
Development
- [Significant Change]: wbsearchentities changed to explicitly return
display terms and matched term
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/3LA6FDOZGSK6HSQY73XCFNT4BTYWOY64/>
- Lexicographical data: Working on the lookup for language and lexical
category and displaying potential errors during Lexeme creation
- Improved the API response of the wbsearchentities endpoint by adding
the language to the labels and descriptions in the API response (
phab:T104344 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T104344>)
- Data Reuse Days: Second and final week - organized, attended and held
a few sessions incl. bug triage hour and pink pony session
- REST API: Continuing work on getting the the data of an Item, we
almost have filtering of the data returned by the API and basic error
handling is in place. Next up: not returning the data if the client already
has the most recent data, and authentication
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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