*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+Wikibase office hour happened on January 21st. See notes here https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/IRC_office_hour_2021-01-21 (English). - Past: 2021 OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Beginner Teaching Workshop (in Chinese). Replay on YouTube 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C7zg7YglRs, 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3ZWMiIlnio, 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBXYshsvZQg, 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqYY06gaHWs - Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls call: Wikibase, the Integrated Authority File (GND) pilot at the German National Library, and the WikiLibrary Manifesto, 26 January. Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1436bhpcKEPjaLm9ITZ6x35TWgl5MA2TiQjabkQBpwFk/edit?usp=sharing
- Upcoming: SPARQL queries and OpenRefine https://www.twitch.tv/belett live on Twitch and in French by Vigneron, Januray 26 at 18:00 CET - Upcoming video: LIVE Wikidata editing #29 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHGcXLP4BTU, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2877179819233843/, 30 January - Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #47 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#47, 31 January
- Upcoming: The Open Festival of Persistent Identifiers starts from 27 January 2021. See schedule here https://www.pidapalooza.org/schedule.
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blog: Adding New Literature Sources to the Wikidata Integrator https://cthoyt.com/2021/01/23/updating-the-wikidata-integrator.html, by Charles Tapley Hoyt - Blog: Using Wikidata for teaching computer programming using real-world cases http://wikimedia.eus/2021/01/informatikako-programazio-ariketak-wikidatako-datuekin-jolastoki-berria/ (in Basque) - Bog: Wikidata: data for everyone https://publicspaces.net/2021/01/19/wikidata-data-voor-iedereen/ (in Dutch) - Methodology paper: A protocol for adding knowledge to Wikidata: aligning resources on human coronaviruses https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-020-00940-y - Video: Wikidata editing #28 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwXDopevwLM, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2872037973081361/ - Video: Wikidata for research https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKmuCR8UJSo (webinar in French) - YouTube - Video: Let's make sparks with SPARQL tools https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c3L7PZSs6c(in French), by Nicolas Vigneron -YouTube - Video: Wrap up presentation of the SWAT4HCLS hackathon project - Creating subsets from Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmbKu2iED9M - YouTube - Linking the complex portal with other FAIR sources through https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2LDvzYtO7Q - YouTube
Tool of the week
- TAViewer https://conze.pt/explore/Tibia?l=en&t=link&s=true&i=Q178366&u=https%3A%2F%2Fconze.pt%2Fapp%2Ftaviewer%2F%3Fid%3DA02.5.06.001 is a web-based anatomy atlas viewer that cross-references Terminologia Anatomica terms with data from Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Change to how Cloud VPS and Toolforge contact Wikis to go live on 2021-02-08 https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/cloud-announce/2021-January/000361.html. If you are a Cloud VPS user or Toolforge developer, check your tools after that date to make sure they are properly running.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: character type https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9071, derived from organism type https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9072, applicable “stated in” value https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9073, number of aid beneficiaries https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9077 - External identifiers: BABEL author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9062, Base de Dados de Autores Portugueses ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9063, Povos Indígenas no Brasil ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9064, Parabola package https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9065, FL number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9066, Hungarian Film Archive ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9067, IFPI Danmark work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9068, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9069, Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9070, NZ Museums ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9074, StrategyWiki page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9075, Australian Fungi ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9076, Discord invite ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9078, Red Cross FDRS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9079, JAANUS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9080, SEARCH on line catalogue ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9081 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: onscreen participant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/onscreen_participant, catégorie d'établissement sanitaire et social https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cat%C3%A9gorie_d%27%C3%A9tablissement_sanitaire_et_social, code Activité principale exercée https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/code_Activit%C3%A9_principale_exerc%C3%A9e, catégorie d'entreprise https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cat%C3%A9gorie_d%27entreprise, Imagehash perceptual hash https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Imagehash_perceptual_hash - External identifiers: SISSCO ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SISSCO_ID, 45cat release ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/45cat_release_ID, Aracne author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Aracne_author_ID, Malpedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Malpedia_ID, Kulturdenkmal-ID Sachsen-Anhalt https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kulturdenkmal-ID_Sachsen-Anhalt, Swiss Games Showcase ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swiss_Games_Showcase_ID, Baudenkmal-ID Niedersachsen https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Baudenkmal-ID_Niedersachsen, PeriodO ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PeriodO_ID, Pepys Encylopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pepys_Encylopedia_ID, Pantone color ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pantone_color_ID, Family Video Game Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Family_Video_Game_Database_ID, AAR ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AAR_ID, github topic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/github_topic, TeatralRo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TeatralRo_ID, Landshuth ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Landshuth_ID, Patrinum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Patrinum_ID, ChemRxiv ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ChemRxiv_ID, TlF ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TlF_ID, PO ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PO_ID, Jewish Museum Berlin object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Jewish_Museum_Berlin_object_ID, CinefanRo person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CinefanRo_person_ID, CinefanRo film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CinefanRo_film_ID, LombardiaBeniCulturali archive producer IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LombardiaBeniCulturali_archive_producer_IDs, BookBub Author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BookBub_Author_ID, HERIS-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HERIS-ID - Query examples: - Czech religious buildings used also as a fire station https://w.wiki/HFe - Common ingredients to prepare a sandwich https://w.wiki/vWG ( Source https://twitter.com/TrinkerMedia/status/1353075171565834241) - Location of GLAMs with open access policies https://w.wiki/Grc ( Source) https://twitter.com/CultureDoug/status/1352301032651554816 - Mexican presidents who have an image of their signature on Wikidata https://w.wiki/upN (Source https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1352046356102320128) - Timeline of Mexican writers who were born between 1800 and 1900 https://w.wiki/uyo (Source https://twitter.com/espejolento/status/1351760183114928132) - TV-Series in Spain by Decade https://w.wiki/vmq (Source https://twitter.com/victorianoi/status/1353426633764515843) - Diplomats who are also art collectors https://w.wiki/vHB (Source https://twitter.com/OpenLinkArtData/status/1352541529131409408)
Development
- Continued working on the Query Builder: made it possible to limit the number of results in the result set, made it possible to include results from subclasses when querying for Item values, worked on negating queries and started on sharing of queries via URL. As always you can try the current state on the test system https://query-builder-test.toolforge.org/. - Making links in the Query Service redirect to the proper translations of their pages on-wiki by using Special:MyLanguage redirects ( phab:T267656 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T267656) - Working on fixing an issue with displaying large numbers for quantity values (phab:T268456 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268456) - Fixed a case where no error message was shown when trying to save a Lemma with an invalid language code (phab:T265783 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T265783) - Talked to a few more people about checking Wikidata's data against other databases to find potential errors - Continuing the Release Strategy project for Wikibase, with the following progress: - Created a “release pipeline” for Wikibase extension (phab:T267627 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T267627) - Created MediaWiki docker images based off release branches ( phab:T270133 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270133) - Defined format and contents of Wikibase suite components not maintained by Wikimedia Germany (phab:T271194 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T271194)
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