*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New request for comments: Clarify Wikidata: Account creators abilities and where to request https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Clarify_Wikidata:Account_creators_abilities_and_where_to_request from S8321414 (A) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:S8321414. (RfC started 23-11-20)
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: - UNLP: the first Wikiarchivists Day is coming https://www.0221.com.ar/universidad/unlp-se-viene-la-primera-jornada-wikiarchivistas-n83513 < 04.12.23 at the UNLP Public Library, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Organised by WM Argentina. - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group call November 28, 2023: As a satellite event for Data Modeling Days, we will facilitate community discussion around data modeling in Wikidata for library collections in a variety of formats, including people, books, serials, scholarly articles, rare materials, music, media, and realia. Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d05ei7DqED9XmkRdGpY9ihcziS1d2wKSuoOWfSo1he4/edit?usp=sharing - Data Modelling Days https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Modelling_Days_2023, November 30-December 2, online. 3 days of discussions, presentations and workshops to discuss our challenges related to data modelling and improve the structure of Wikidata's data together. Check out the program https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Modelling_Days_2023#Sessions, add yourself as a participant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Modelling_Days_2023/Participants . - Wikidata editathon to add Arabic labels & descriptions to Islamic art objects https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=175627665631874&id=100095539233937, hosted by Wikimedians of the Islamic Civilization User Group, 2 December 17:00-19:00 UTC
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Blogs - 23 Linked Data Things https://minitex.umn.edu/services/digital-initiatives-metadata/23-linked-data-things - Querying for labels https://www.bobdc.com/blog/wikibaselabel/: The normal way and the wikibase:label service way, by Bob DuCharme. - Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 is Here: Mark Your Calendar 🎉 https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2023/11/22/wikimedia-hackathon-2024-is-here-mark-your-calendar-%f0%9f%8e%89/ for May 3rd – 5th, 2024, and register to attend - What is Wikidata? Your Guide to the World’s Largest Free Knowledge Base https://www.tycoonstory.com/what-is-wikidata-your-guide-to-the-worlds-largest-free-knowledge-base/ - Papers - Using Wikidata to identify the gender gap in Ibero-American public art (Q123470669) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123470669 - The study, using Wikidata, reveals gender disparities in public art in Madrid and Buenos Aires, emphasizing the need for more works created by women and increased visibility of female artists. - Understanding Structured Knowledge Production (Q123561334) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123561334 - A Case Study of Wikidata’s Representation Injustice. This paper seeks to explore the sources of epistemic injustice and biases from Wikidata's peer-production data model. - Paying it forward: Crowdsourcing the harmonisation and linking of taxon names and biodiversity identifiers (Q123561640) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123561640 - highlights the use of Wikidata as an asset when linking taxa in different databases. - Videos: Individual Sessions from Wikimania Singapore 2023 - Exploring Wikidata as a learning platform https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2wxPLuvJl0 < Shani Evenstein Sigalov presents this Wikimania Singapore session on her 5-year PhD journey - Data use and reuse: Unlocking Potential of Frictionless Data for Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8ypNbkUsm8 < Sara Petti, Shashi Gharti & Carol Matos of the Open Knowledge Foundation host this session. - Using Wikibase and Wikidata for Community Archives by My Community https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riEgkJFjc_U < a non-profit organisation using Wikibase and Wikidata to digitise and preserve Singaporean cultural artefacts and stories. - Wikidata Basics with SPARQL access to analyse data from Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3fhpi6nqUs < Asaf Bartov https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Asaf_(WMF) hosts this workshop for Wikidata newbies. Gain some foundational skills and learn how you can contribute to the biggest Knowledge Graph! - How to use Wikidata to build web tools for the social good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMSPHo2A4oE < Csisc https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Csisc & Yamen https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Yamen present Sawtpedia https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/10/10/sawtpedia-giving-a-voice-to-wikipedia-using-qr-codes/ & (github) https://github.com/csisc/MedCYN%7CMedCYN, 2 tools built using Wikidata and will show you how you can build your own. - Linked Open Data and Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23vap71iFmA < Alan Ang (WMDE) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Alan_Ang_(WMDE) talks about the importance of Linked Open Data and forming mutually beneficial partnerships between the Foundation and Institutions. - Notebooks - Explore new ways of visualising your data with a Circular Dendrogam https://observablehq.com/d/eb27005ee4e2918b, illustrated here with Association Football players broken down by Country and Team.
Tool of the week
- Harvest Templates https://pltools.toolforge.org/harvesttemplates/ - is a tool that helps transfer data from Wikimedia projects to Wikidata. - User:MichaelSchoenitzer/Updown https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:MichaelSchoenitzer/Updown - is a userscript used for faster navigation. If there are a lot of values for one property it will add arrows that allow you to jump to the first/last value.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- WMDE is researching ways to improve the editing experience in different languages and would love to hear your feedback. We would like to talk to a few of you in online interviews to learn about your experiences, expectations, and concerns. Please let us know in this sign-up form if you are interested in taking part https://wikimedia.sslsurvey.de/Wikidata_research_sign_up. - The Research team at WMF is running a second labeling campaign to evaluate the Revert Risk model for Wikidata. This is part of ongoing work on creating a new generation of Machine Learning models to support patrolling work on Wikimedia projects. Please help by going to this link https://annotool.toolforge.org/, and labeling each revision in one of these three categories: Keep, Not Sure, Revert. Notice that "Not Sure" should be used in all cases where the Keep or Revert labels are not clear to you. - Wikibase Suite: Wikibase 1.40.1 – major release compatible with MediaWiki 1.40, based on MediaWiki 1.40.1 https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibaseug@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/L2ZK2RSSZUNUY4DHOPQX63MC3JSXJOGW/ - Is there a Wikidata item (about you)? Consider providing a voice-clip pronouncing your name in this Voice-intro project https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Voice_intro_project
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: - Torino scale https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12168 (the Torino scale level for the astronomical object) - External identifiers: ‎Star Citizen Tools Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12165, Gale publication ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12166, Emerald network site ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12167, Museo Nacional de Arte artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12169, GeoLOD ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12170, Catalogo Nazionale Dati ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12171, Klingon Word Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12172, Newman Numismatics Portal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12173, tribal council number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12174, EDItEUR Thema ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12175, Propylaeum-VITAE ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12176 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: - COR SEM https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/COR_SEM (The Danish central word registry identifier) - UPOC https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UPOC ({{TranslateThis | de = Ist eine eindeutige id zur Identifizierung von Organisationen/Sendungen/... zu einem Dienstleister. <!-- | xx = Beschreibungen in anderen Sprachen --> }}) - উইঙ্ক অ্যালবাম আইডি https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF () - Europeana record ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Europeana_record_ID (unique Europeana record identifier for photos, objectes etc.) - ISU ranking position https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISU_ranking_position (Skater's position in the ranking of the International skating union) - old image https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/old_image (image of this thing taken long ago) - Montana Plant Life URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Montana_Plant_Life_URL (URL for a plant family, genus, or species on the Montana Plant Life website) - External identifiers: Japan Search ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Japan_Search_ID, NIWA article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NIWA_article_ID, WikiIndex ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WikiIndex_ID, Wiktionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wiktionary_ID, Moviebuff ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Moviebuff_ID, Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Coin_Hoards_of_the_Roman_Empire_ID, Flightradar24 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Flightradar24_ID, identifiant du musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_du_mus%C3%A9e_des_Beaux-Arts_de_Rennes, Baidu Baike page numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Baidu_Baike_page_numeric_ID, Parliament of Victoria ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Parliament_of_Victoria_ID, m3db.com lyrics ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/m3db.com_lyrics_ID, ELMCIP ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ELMCIP_ID, The Plant List ID (Arizona Native Plant Society) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Plant_List_ID_(Arizona_Native_Plant_Society), TracesOfWar award ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TracesOfWar_award_ID, Babelio serial ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Babelio_serial_ID - Query examples: - Rail link between Narvik and Singapore https://w.wiki/4Fx5 (source https://wikis.world/@librerli@openbiblio.social/111426394639852081) - Week 47, 2023: Top album languages found on Wikidata right now https://w.wiki/6TNS (source https://wikis.world/@moebeus@mastodon.online/111471961111041367) - Gender representation of Scottish witches https://w.wiki/8Hmg ( source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Specifiying_colours_for_a_gender_representation_of_Scottish_witches ) - Most popular names in Ghana among Ghanaians on Wikidata https://w.wiki/8HoD (source https://t.me/c/1348693063/3625) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects:
- WikiProject Heritage Collections https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Heritage_Collections - The aim of the present project is to create the world’s most comprehensive high quality database of archival fonds and heritage collections (including contemporary scientific collections or documentation holdings) and to ensure the interlinking of respective catalogues, finding aids, or collection databases with Wikidata. - WikiProject Roman Provinces https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Roman_Provinces - WikiProject Events and Role Frames https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Events_and_Role_Frames - The primary aims of WikiProject Events and Role Frames is to define a set of properties that consistently model event occurrences and their participants; to fill gaps in Wikidata regarding items for events and actions; and to encourage use of the proposed model and newly introduced items across Wikidata. - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Wikidata:Database reports/badged items without claims https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/badged_items_without_claims - This is a list of badged items (i.e. items for feature or good articles in somewiki) without claims. Ideally it should be empty. - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items: Nelson Mandela (Q8023) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8023 - First President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013) - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: gepard https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L5573 - Polish noun for cheetah with many forms
Development
- We are preparing for the Data Modelling Days happening later this week - Language codes: - We are making some small remaining changes before the next testing round of the new language code (phab:T345750 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T345750, phab:T345751 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T345751, phab:T345083 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T345083) - We continued to make a lot more language codes available ( phab:341409 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/341409) - EntitySchemas: We are experimenting with how to work around some technical blockers for the new datatype - Wikibase REST API: We've been working on the ability to remove an Item's label in a specific language and modify the descriptions on a Property (phab:T342981 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342981, phab:T342981 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342981)
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