*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Mike Peel https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Mike_Peel
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Past: Wikidata in Social Science Classroom - Workshop https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Dubai/Wikidata_in_Social_Studies_Classroom#Add_labels_for_chief_ministers%7C, Dubai, January 21st - Upcoming: Wikibase Community User Group online meeting https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibase_Community_User_Group/Meetings/February_2020 (date to be decided, you can vote here https://framadate.org/l74qKfBWnVbLag3m) - Upcoming: OSM TW x Wikidata Taiwan meetup https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/Wikidata_Taiwan/2020, February 10th, Taipei
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- A newbie's guide to querying Wikidata https://markhneedham.com/blog/2020/01/29/newbie-guide-querying-wikidata/, by Mark Needham
Tool of the week
- VizQuery https://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/vizquery/ allows you to use the Wikidata Query Service without having to know SPARQL. Simply use a couple of autocomplete input boxes and you can do most basic queries.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Bruno https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Bruno771 and Denny https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Denny present how to use Lexical Masks https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexical_Masks in ShEx to validate lexemes, including a first set of example schemata. They also invite everyone to work on more languages, and will keep adding more ShEx schema over time. - 2020 report on Property constraints https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:2020_report_on_Property_constraints by user:Abián https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Abi%C3%A1n - Wikimedia Hackathon in Tirana https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2020: scholarship requests and registration for people needing visa support are open until February 9th. - Mismatched reference: first version to be deployed this week https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-February/013786.html - OpenRefine 3.3 https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases/tag/3.3 was released
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: category for maps https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7867, number of reviews/ratings https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7887, merged into https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7888, 8-bits.info ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7890 - External identifiers: CoBiS author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7865, marterl.at ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7866, NPDRIM record ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7868, Analysis & Policy Observatory node ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7869, Analysis & Policy Observatory term ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7870, PCBdB game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7871, Diccionari del cinema a Catalunya ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7872, EFIS film festival ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7873, EFIS person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7874, Eurogamer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7875, FlashScore.com team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7876, GameStar ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7877, Soccerdonna team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7878, The Video Games Museum game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7879, Voetbal International player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7880, Games Database game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7881, ft.dk politician identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7882, Historical Marker Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7883, Joconde Inscription ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7884, Joconde time period ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7885, Media Art Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7886, Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7889, EFIS filmfirm ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7891, EFIS film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7892, Ciência ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7893, Swedish School Registry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7894, Whaling History ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7895 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: hierarchy switch https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/hierarchy_switch, Wikipedia infobox field https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikipedia_infobox_field, ontological level of Wikidata item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ontological_level_of_Wikidata_item, status of mortal remains https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/status_of_mortal_remains, TheTVDB person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TheTVDB_person_ID, fails compliance with https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/fails_compliance_with - External identifiers: Gamekult company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gamekult_company_ID, Gamekult franchise ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gamekult_franchise_ID, CNGB project ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CNGB_project_ID, Gamekult platform ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gamekult_platform_ID, Adelsvapen ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Adelsvapen_ID, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bibliotheca_Hagiographica_Latina_ID, Clavis Clavium ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Clavis_Clavium_ID, FEMA number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FEMA_number, SerialStation game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SerialStation_game_ID, GBAtemp game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GBAtemp_game_ID, AnimalBase ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AnimalBase_ID, RPGamer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RPGamer_ID, Denkmalatlas Niedersachsen Objekt-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Denkmalatlas_Niedersachsen_Objekt-ID, DR music artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DR_music_artist_ID, Jurisdiction List Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Jurisdiction_List_Number, Médias 19 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/M%C3%A9dias_19_ID, ArchiWebture ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ArchiWebture_ID, MOCAGH ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MOCAGH_ID - Query examples: - Number of cases coronavirus reported per country https://w.wiki/GTg - Release date of albums from before 1980 by artists of the EDM genre https://w.wiki/GZs (source https://twitter.com/LearningSPARQL/status/1223669161966080001) - Books related to LGBTI+ topics https://w.wiki/GZt (source https://twitter.com/jsamwrites/status/1224053275458265092) - Map of medical facilities in Kalimpong district, India, color-coded by type https://w.wiki/GZw (source https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1222406520400297984)
Development
- Enable the first version of tainted/mismatched references on wikidata.org - Work on adding a button to hide the notification (phab:T234789 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T234789) - Show the icon after canceling editing if the icon was shown before ( phab:T234790 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T234790) - More work on Wikidata Bridge (restrict editing based on user rights or data types) - More work on wb_terms migration
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 - Suggested and open tasks https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contribute/Suggested_and_open_tasks ! - 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