*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: Wikidata Zurich Training
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Zurich_Training2019>
in Zurich <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72> on the weekend of November
2-3. There will be presentations and hands-on sessions on editing, querying
and coding for Wikidata.
- Upcoming: Wikidata Zurich Hackathon
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Zurich_Hackathon2019>
in Zurich <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72> on the weekend of November
23-24.
- Upcoming: Wikidata as a hub for the Linked Data cloud
<https://www.dublincore.org/conferences/2019/abstracts/#29_a> - tutorial
(full day) at Dublin Core Metadata Initiative 2019 conference, Seoul, on
September 25.
- Past: OpenStreetMap and Wikidata - Awesome Together during State of
the Map 2019 (slides of part one
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OpenStreetMap_and_Wikidata_-_Awesome_Together_(part1)_(State_of_the_Map_2019).pdf>
)
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- *Wikidata ist für alle (Bibliotheken) offen
<https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3406623>*. Presentation at 34. Austrian
Librarian conference 2019 (Q67368932)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67368932>, September 11th. (in German)
- Opening up the linked data world of Wikidata to new editors
<https://wikiedu.org/blog/2019/09/17/opening-up-the-linked-data-world-of-wikidata-to-new-editors/>,
by Will Kent (WikiEdu)
Tool of the week
- Namescript <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Namescript> fills
in labels, descriptions and aliases of items about names, making it easier
to create such items (you only need to provide a few statements).
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Structured Data on Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data>: Please
help to build a basic data model for describing Wikimedia Commons file with
structured data! Your help is welcome to solve different modeling
challenges
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Modeling>,
including how to model dates
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Modeling/Date>,
sources
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Modeling/Source>
and authors
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Modeling/Author>.
You can also look at current Wikimedia Commons infobox templates
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Templates>
and discuss how the information in wikitext can be translated to structured
data.
- Structured Data on Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data>: the team
is going to develop computer-aided tagging for depicts statements on
Commons. You can read the project page
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Computer-aided_tagging>
and participate on the talk page.
- Your comments on the vision and strategy papers
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Vision_and_strategy_papers> are still
welcome on the associated talk page.
- WikidataCon Award 2019
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Program/WikidataCon_Award>:
you can nominate your favorite Wikidata or Wikibase project or tool! 🏆
Participation open until October 7th
- Wikidata passed 8B triples on the 19th September (grafana
<https://grafana.wikimedia.org/d/000000489/wikidata-query-service?orgId=1&panelId=7&fullscreen&from=1568800306000&to=1569059506359>
)
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: IP Code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7315>, number of decimal
digits <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7316>, OFLC
classification <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7327>, amount
cataloged <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7328>, Hardware
Version Identification Number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7330>
- External identifiers: Aozora Bunko author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7311>, Aozora Bunko work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7312>, Rate Your Music label
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7313>, TDV İslam
Ansiklopedisi ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7314>,
iHeartRadio
artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7317>, Behind The
Voice Actors short ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7318>, ExplorePaTrails
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7319>, Labelcode
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7320>, Trail Finder ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7321>, Marine Regions
Geographic IDentifier (MRGID)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7322>, Archnet site ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7323>, iHeartRadio podcast ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7324>, DANE code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7325>, MobyGames genre ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7326>, ICD-11 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7329>,
Letteraturaitaliana.net
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7331>, NMM artist
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7332>, Pathway Ontology ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7333>, Vudu video ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7334>, Mixer game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7335>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: Peer review location
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Peer_review_location>,
fineness
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/fineness>,
regnal
ordinal
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/regnal_ordinal>,
Wikinews coverage
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikinews_coverage>,
educational stage
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/educational_stage>,
faculty
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/faculty>,
Kivid.info
ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kivid.info_ID>,
Fossiilid.info ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fossiilid.info_ID>,
CITES Appendix
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CITES_Appendix>,
Content descriptor
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Content_descriptor>
- External identifiers: Wi-Fi Certification ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wi-Fi_Certification_ID>,
GCF Reference
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GCF_Reference>,
Rivals.com ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rivals.com_ID>,
sixpackfilmdata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sixpackfilmdata>,
Dirección General de Bibliotecas ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Direcci%C3%B3n_General_de_Bibliotecas_ID>,
Elitefootball player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Elitefootball_player_ID>,
The Wind Power ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Wind_Power_ID>,
IGNrando ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IGNrando_ID>,
ISSN-L
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISSN-L>,
Skiddle
artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Skiddle_artist_ID>,
Juno Download album ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Juno_Download_album_ID>,
See Tickets artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/See_Tickets_artist_ID>,
Ticketmaster artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ticketmaster_artist_ID>
- Query examples:
- Library systems in California <https://w.wiki/8WU>
- Waterfalls without a drainage basin yet <https://w.wiki/8dH>
- Works of art depicting kisses <https://w.wiki/8m4> (source
<https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1174844824618446848>)
- Longest English word without a repeated letter <https://w.wiki/8m6>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1174053415447666689>
)
- Longest alphabetically sorted words in English <https://w.wiki/8m7>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1174087986016935936>
)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
Q68235346 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Q68235346>
Development
- Wikidata Bridge: add an edit tag parameter when saving (phab:T227003
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227003>)
- Adapt buttons' texts to UI language (phab:T228259
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T228259>)
- More work on setting up the technical background to work on tainted
references
- More work on reducing the resources needed to load pages
- Create a dependency graph of existing RessourceLoader modules (
phab:T232728 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T232728>)
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>
- Suggested and open tasks
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contribute/Suggested_and_open_tasks>
!
- 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>
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
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Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.