*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,
--
Léa Lacroix
Community Engagement Coordinator
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.