*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Open request for adminship: koavf 3 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/koavf_3 (RfP scheduled to end after 8 July 2023 13:16 UTC) - Closed request for adminship: Wolverène https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Wolver%C3%A8ne Welcome onboard \o/ - New requests for permissions/Bot: UrbanBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/UrbanBot (Task: UrbanBot's task is to mass-add English descriptions to items that don't have one) - Closed request for permissions/Bot: RomesfulImporterBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/RomesfulImporterBot (Task: Creating and updating Russian Lexemes by transferring information from the Russian Wiktionary https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/wikt:%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C:%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0 )
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming - The third iteration of the WikiWomenCamp will be hosted in New Delhi, India, from the 20th to the 22nd of October 2023. Scholarship applications are now open https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WWC2023/Scholarship. - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Working Hour July 7, 2023: Let's collaborate to upgrade our community infrastructure! We'll transfer notes and content from Google Docs to our WikiProject subpages. We'll be practicing our Wiki markup skills and learning to manage Wikidata Project pages Event page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikidata_Working_Hours/2023-July-7_Wikidata_Working_Hour - Ongoing: Weekly Lexemes Challenge #99, Breast milk https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=99 (Challenge started on 2023-07-03 12:01:21) - Past: The “Games & Literature” conference https://www.dla-marbach.de/kalender/detail/529/ took place June 28th-30th at German Literature Archive Marbach (Q1205813) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1205813, several sessions mentioned Wikidata (see for example Why we thought it was a good idea to build a DACH games database https://zenodo.org/record/8103375).
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Videos - EduWiki 2023 Wikidata for Education - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdsbh64LwhQ - EduWiki 2023 Wikidata in Secondary School Classrooms - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo_WIhA8btI - Notebooks - Visualizing all Tour de France's yellow jersey wearers https://observablehq.com/@pac02/all-tour-de-frances-yellow-jersey-wearers. See also, all notebooks about the Tour de France https://observablehq.com/tag/tourdefrance.
Tool of the week
- m:User:Base/Scripts/HaveWikibaseLabelLowercased.js https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Base/Scripts/HaveWikibaseLabelLowercased.js - is a Userscript that adds an arrow next to the main label (page title) which upon double click (a tap and a confirmation on touch devices) automatically makes the label's first letter lowercase for the current interface language. If there was already a matching alias it gets removed.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The WikidataCon 2023 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2023 call for proposals is running until July 31st. If you have questions or need advice before sending a program proposal, join the program team during one of the office hour sessions (online or in Taiwan, in Chinese or in English). More information https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikidataCon_2023#Wikidatacon_Calling_for_Proposals_Office_Hours_Wikidatacon_徵稿說明會！ - Scholia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Scholia has a new aspect dedicated to profiling WikiProjects, e.g. toolforge:scholia/wikiproject/Q56241615 https://iw.toolforge.org/scholia/wikiproject/Q56241615 for WikiProject Invasion biology https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Invasion_biology. Using it revealed inconsistencies across WikiProjects in terms of which properties they use (and how) to associate a page with a WikiProject, as discussed here https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProjects#Consistency_in_tagging_WikiProjects_via_P5008_and/_or_P6104 . - Introducing Wikibase World https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibaseug@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/Z73WCYFGNK6AOENKERGOYUCDQWWU433G/. The Wikibase registry has moved. Add an entry for your Wikibase if it's accessible over the open internet.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: - first performance by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11849 (performer or performing group for the first performance of a work) - record of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11851 (signal over time this object is a physical representation of) - orchestration https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11862 (the instruments used in a musical composition or arrangement described using score notation) - type of document(s) held https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11868 (used to specify the type of document(s) contained in an archival collection or documentation file) - External identifiers: French sports venue number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11840, Challenges billionaire ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11841, Intangible cultural heritage ID by the Austrian UNESCO commission https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11842, mosff.ru player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11843, Austadiums ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11845, Akadem organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11846, Zeneszöveg.hu international artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11847, Azerbaijani National Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11848, Encyclopedia.com ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11850, QLIT ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11852, Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Kartvelologists of Georgia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11853, Politique pappers identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11854, altesdresden.de object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11855, BFM.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11856, beachsoccer.com player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11857, National Science Foundation award https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11858, BIBFRAME Hub ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11859, elibrary.ru article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11860, Clavis Historicorum Antiquitatis Posterioris work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11861, Radiomuseum company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11863, BSDB player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11865, NBC Olympics athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11866, Law Insider Legal Dictionary entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11867, VMI Historical Rosters Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11869 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: - elected on https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/elected_on (Date when a person was elected to a {{P|P39}}, in difference to {{P|P580}} (= {{Q|Q28530236}}). {{P|P2715}} cannot always be applied.) - collage combines images https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/collage_combines_images (collage composed of images) - Nigerian registered company (RC) id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nigerian_registered_company_(RC)_id (RC number (Registration Number), identifier assigned to a business by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in Nigeria) - Cent cols https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cent_cols (A property to link Wikidata entries to the dedicated pages of each pass by the Cent Cols) - Phonographic copyright https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Phonographic_copyright (identifier for phonographic copyright) - External identifiers: myjewishitaly.it ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/myjewishitaly.it_ID, Rostocker Matrikelportal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rostocker_Matrikelportal_ID, Lemmy community identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lemmy_community_identifier, Mythoskop ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mythoskop_ID, Archivio digitale Fondo Edifici di Culto ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archivio_digitale_Fondo_Edifici_di_Culto_ID, British Institute at Ankara person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_Institute_at_Ankara_person_ID, British Institute at Ankara settlement ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_Institute_at_Ankara_settlement_ID, LFG player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LFG_player_ID, Flashpoint database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Flashpoint_database_ID, Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Woordenlijst_Nederlandse_Taal, World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Geographical_Scheme_for_Recording_Plant_Distributions_ID, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Istituto_Italiano_di_Tecnologia_author_ID, Wikibase World identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikibase_World_identifier, Biblioteca centrale Cappuccini authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblioteca_centrale_Cappuccini_authority_ID, National Library of Colombia authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Library_of_Colombia_authority_ID, CNR ExploRA author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CNR_ExploRA_author_ID - Query examples: - Subject areas of journals that have published papers about the replication crisis https://w.wiki/6tP5 (by User:Zeromonk and User:MartinPoulter) - Count of games published in ROM format per platform per year, 1995-1997 https://w.wiki/6x5L (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Properly_formatted_years_as_x-axis_for_a_bar_chart ) - Countries with similar populations https://w.wiki/6x5p - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects:
- WikiProject Conflation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Conflation aims to identify and untangle conflated items. - WikiProject Scotland's Accused Witches https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Scotland%27s_Accused_Witches aims at producing structured data documenting witchhunts, and prosecuted Scotland's accused witches on Wikidata using the University of Edinburgh's landmark Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database (1563 to 1736).
Development
- Wikibase REST API: - We finished the GetProperty endpoint with fields filter and Conditional headers (phab:T338141 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T338141, phab:T338138 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T338138) - We started working on the endpoints for reading statement data of Properties (both a single statement, and a list of all of a Property’s statement) (phab:T339356 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T339356), phab:T338383 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T338383) - Ontology issue survey: We put together an overview of solutions for the various types of issues and will share them this week. - mul language code: We are continuing to work through the language fallback issues that were uncovered.
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