*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: - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls call: Wikidata Edit-a-thons highlighting Boston Rock City Edit-a-thon, Wikidata Comics Edit-a-thon, and Wiki-Relays [1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/14wazqg7XJM3Asqq4kFcNHCVgBOGODRp0U8yFc-22WM8/edit?usp=sharing, Aug 10th. - LD4 Wikibase Working Hour - Next steps after installing a Wikibase instance -- creating users, items, and properties. Friday, August 27th, 2021 / 1PM (time zone converter https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210827T170000&p1=1440&p2=tz_et&p3=tz_cest&p4=tz_pt). Registration: Please fill in ZOOM Registration Link https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJErc-ihqjstHNcQUUinbJh3uf8_Lq-8tcRn to register - Wikimania 2021 https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Wikimania, August 13 to 17, online event. On this page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimania_2021 you can find a summary of sessions and community gatherings related to Wikidata and Wikibase. - Past: - JOSS2021 National Diet Library-sponsored session "Linked Data, Wikidata, GLAM" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei1fx2BT4JI (in Japanese)
Tool of the week
- Template:Generic queries for musicians https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Generic_queries_for_musicians new wikidata template to explore the work of a musician.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- User:So9q/duplicate item.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:So9q/duplicate_item.js is a userscript that can duplicate the current item, minus sitelinks and descriptions (not allowed by Wikidata). - Collection of Wikidata:Weekly summary query examples https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Weekly_query_examples/2021 (2015-2021) by MKar https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:MKar
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: edition/version https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9767, open source software policy URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9771 - External identifiers: Great Ukrainian Encyclopedia Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9765, FIBA 3x3 player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9766, Women Also Know History ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9768, Marmiton ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9769, Knesset member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9770, The New Yorker contributor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9772, Kielitoimiston sanakirja ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9773, BNM bibliographic record ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9774, Treccani's Lessico del XXI Secolo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9775, e-Rad researcher number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9776, Rock Paper Shotgun game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9777, Looted Cultural Assets Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9778, abART term ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9779, The Women's Print History Project person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9780, FANZA AV actress ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9781, Tax Identification Number (Belarus) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9782, IFFR filmmaker ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9783, Index Theologicus ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9784, IrishTheatre.ie company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9785, Joods Biografisch Woordenboek ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9786, Smartify artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9787 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: FLOSS development policy URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FLOSS_development_policy_URL, Umění pro město ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Um%C4%9Bn%C3%AD_pro_m%C4%9Bsto_ID, broadcast of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/broadcast_of, dissertation program https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/dissertation_program, DDB-Person-Nummer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DDB-Person-Nummer - External identifiers: GSSO ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GSSO_ID, COD ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/COD_ID, ARTEINFORMADO Person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ARTEINFORMADO_Person_ID, CDAEM Person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CDAEM_Person_ID, ASE person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ASE_person_ID, Kalliope-Verbund ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kalliope-Verbund_ID, UCLA Space Inventory LocID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UCLA_Space_Inventory_LocID, Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_dell%27Arte_Antica_ID, SNK ID (2) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SNK_ID_(2), CREPČ IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CREP%C4%8C_IDs, IRIS Pisa IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_Pisa_IDs, Spotify podcast episode ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Spotify_podcast_episode_ID, Fontaines de France ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fontaines_de_France_ID, Center for Turkish Cinema Studies film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Center_for_Turkish_Cinema_Studies_film_ID, Center for Turkish Cinema Studies person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Center_for_Turkish_Cinema_Studies_person_ID, Shironet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Shironet_ID, Paleobotany ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Paleobotany_ID, arheologi.ro ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/arheologi.ro_ID, CDDA designationTypeCode https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CDDA_designationTypeCode, WiiG game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WiiG_game_ID - Query examples: - Map of Welsh lakes and reservoirs https://w.wiki/3n5k (Source https://twitter.com/WICI_LLGC/status/1422569346900152325) - Gender statistics about featured articles in fr.wikipedia.org https://w.wiki/3pYE - Statistics about featured articles in fr.wikipedia.org by their value of instance of property https://w.wiki/3pYM - Place of birth of Swedish 1912 Summer Olympics participants https://w.wiki/3ngq (Source https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1423610715240341508) - Interactive map with all Olympic Games medalists by place of birth https://www.europeandatajournalism.eu/eng/News/Data-news/An-interactive-map-of-all-Tokyo-medalists-birth-places (Source https://twitter.com/giocomai/status/1423238399629070338)
Development
- Mismatch Finder: Finishing work on importing mismatches and moved on to building the API for retrieving mismatches from the mismatch store. - Added tags for all edits done through the UI to more easily distinguish them from edits made through tools and other means ( phab:T236893 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T236893) - Moved regular expression checking for constraints from the SPARQL endpoint to a dedicated service to make it faster and put less stress on the SPARQL endpoint (phab:T176312 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T176312)
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 deploy Template:Item documentation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Item_documentation in the talk page of each item. - Help write the next summary! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next