*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
- Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group call: Lightning talks on WikiProject Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery, Wikidata use for a site-specific archaeological case study (Dura-Europos, Syria), and round tripping Wikidata into Alma using Alma Refine. Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bP08VUYC3nPWOay31s7pyZHrykawVQpwlOUxBrkeac8/edit?usp=sharing, Dec. 14th.
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - Enriching Claim Reviews - Sharing Experience From Factchecking http://blog.schema.org/2021/12/enriching-claim-reviews-sharing.html (schema.org/ Full Fact) - Most liked Wikidata tweets https://addshore.com/2021/12/most-liked-wikidata-tweets/ (addshore) - Updates on the Wikidata map in 2021 https://addshore.com/2021/12/wikidata-map-in-2021/ (addshore) - Papers - Lukas Schmelzeisen, Corina Dima, Steffen Staab: "Wikidated 1.0: An Evolving Knowledge Graph Dataset of Wikidata's Revision History", https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.05003v1 - "ARTchives: a Linked Open Data native catalogue of art historians’ archive" crowdsourcing curated information on notable art historians’ archives (including Wikidata) - paper http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3019/LinkedArchives_2021_paper_10.pdf, tool http://artchives.fondazionezeri.unibo.it/about
Tool of the week
- Explore gender diversity in a single Wikipedia article using Wikidata's API and SPARQL https://observablehq.com/@pac02/explore-gender-diversity-in-a-single-wikipedia-article?collection=@pac02/gender-diversity-in-wikipedia-articles - embeds.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lectrician1/embeds.js: This script shows embeds on external identifier statements such as YouTube videos, Twitter tweets, Spotify playlists, Genius lyrics, and more!
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Blazegraph failure playbook https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/Blazegraph_failure_playbook now available - Initial version of Lua access to Lexemes to be deployed on Bengali and Basque Wiktionaries https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/SHWAELL327NNOJEELAYPBQCDCCNFLLNS/ - When creating new Wikidata statements in QuickStatements, you can now create multiple “reference groups” (documentation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:QuickStatements#Add_statement_with_sources )
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: IMA Mineral Symbol https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10113, protective marking https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10129, recording date https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10135 - External identifiers: Natural History Museum (London) person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10114, Indonesian Hospital ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10115, Music of Armenia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10116, New Index of Middle English Verse ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10117, World of Shakespeare ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10118, AllHomes research location ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10119, Australian Trade Mark Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10120, Harvard Art Museums ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10121, BookDepository publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10122, Catalog of arthistoricum.net ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10123, Database of Czech librarians ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10124, German Newspaper Portal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10125, Enciclopedia d'arte italiana ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10126, Dissernet journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10127, Dissernet person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10128, centrasia.org person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10130, The Parliamentary Newspaper ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10131, Saint Petersburg Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10132, Russian Academy of Sciences person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10133, Place Names of New Brunswick ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10134, Pandora track ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10136, Nintendo64EVER ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10137 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: alphabetical index https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/alphabetical_index , International Standard Content Number ISCN https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/International_Standard_Content_Number_ISCN , Number of likes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Number_of_likes , homophone form https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/homophone_form , Roovet Sound https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Roovet_Sound - External identifiers: National Library of Ireland ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Library_of_Ireland_ID , Famitsu game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Famitsu_game_ID , JSTOR artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JSTOR_artwork_ID , NYPL Copyright Entries https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NYPL_Copyright_Entries , Kinomania.ru film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kinomania.ru_film_ID , Kinomania.ru actor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kinomania.ru_actor_ID , Homosaurus ID (V3) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Homosaurus_ID_(V3) , Irish Times Profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Irish_Times_Profile_ID , All About Birds ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/All_About_Birds_ID , Slovak Theatre Virtual Database https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Slovak_Theatre_Virtual_Database , Digital Mechanism and Gear Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digital_Mechanism_and_Gear_Library_ID , f6s id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/f6s_id, IRIS Marche IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_Marche_IDs , Viber group ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Viber_group_ID , Parque de la Memoria ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Parque_de_la_Memoria_ID , AAGM Artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AAGM_Artwork_ID , Muz-TV ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Muz-TV_ID, MTV Russia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MTV_Russia_ID - Query examples: - French departments with more population than all their neighbour departements https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fdepartement%20%3FdepartementLabel%20%3Fform%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fdepartement%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ6465%20%7D%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fdepartement%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ22923920%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fdepartement%20wdt%3AP1082%20%3Fpopulation%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP3896%20%3Fform%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP47%20%3Fx%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fdepartement%20wdt%3AP47%20%3Fvoisin%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fvoisin%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ6465%20%7D%20UNION%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fvoisin%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ22923920%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fvoisin%20wdt%3AP1082%20%3Fpopulation_voisin%20.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20(%3Fpopulation_voisin%20%3E%20%3Fpopulation)%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FdepartementLabel (source https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1468634283824848905?t=wj3SsLQF35joU6e723vjrA&s=19 ) - Map of places names after horses https://w.wiki/4YVG (source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1470374814972059655) - Latvian citizens by occupation https://w.wiki/4YVH (source https://twitter.com/LArtour/status/1470309158503301126) - Map of the mass graves from the Spanish Civil War https://w.wiki/4YVK (source https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1469312604418064391) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects : Cities https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Cities
Development
- Mismatch Finder https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mismatch_Finder: Developed a user script to show a notification on an Item if the Mismatch Finder has an unreviewed mismatch for it. - Preparing for Lexeme Lua access to be enabled on the first wikis. ( phab:T294637 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T294637, phab:T294159 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T294159) - Continuing work on migrating the termbox to vue3 (phab:T296202 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T296202)
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
Cheers,