*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
- Past: Wikidata et Wiktionnaire https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConvention_francophone/2019/Programme/Wikidata_et_Wiktionnaire_:_retour_sur_un_%C3%A9chec_annonc%C3%A9 session at the French-speaking WikiConvention by Pamputt https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pamputt (slides https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_et_Wiktionnaire_-_retour_sur_un_%C3%A9chec_annonc%C3%A9_Wikiconvention2019.pdf ) - Upcoming: WikidataWednesday in Vienna https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Vienna/WikidataWednesday, September 18th - Upcoming: Wikidata meetup in Paris https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Paris, September 20th - Upcoming: #4 Wikidata tea party/第4回 ウィキデータ茶話会 https://www.facebook.com/events/2456357704647897/, 20 Sep 2019 in Tokyo, Japan - Upcoming: Wikibase Workshop/ウィキベースワークショップ https://peatix.com/event/1301388/, 28 Sep 2019 in Tokyo, Japan
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Wikidata gets wordier https://magazine.multilingual.com/previewissue/sept-oct-2019/wikidata-gets-wordier/, by Christian Lieske and Felix Sasaki on Multilingual - *Non-Parametric Class Completeness Estimators for Collaborative Knowledge Graphs -- The Case of Wikidata https://arxiv.org/pdf/1909.01109.pdf* - Michael Luggen, , et al.
Tool of the week
- Hauki https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Vesihiisi/Hauki lets you browse existing Lexemes, add Senses to them, and easily create new Lexemes for common languages and lexical categories.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- мир (L99999) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L99999 (peace), мир (100000) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L100000 (world/earth) and L166666 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L166666 were created
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: cumulative elevation gain https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7297, climbing route https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7309 - External identifiers: Lower Austrian Museum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7296, Auckland Museum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7298, MUBI film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7299, MUBI person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7300, Al-Jazeera topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7301, Digital Giza ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7302, Grammy Awards artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7303, Highland Historic Environment Record ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7304, Online PWN Encyclopedia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7305, Downdetector ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7306, TOP500 System ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7307, National Wildlife Refuge Trails ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7308, Maine Trail Finder ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7310 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Masters Thesis https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Masters_Thesis, OFLC classification (New Zealand) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OFLC_classification_(New_Zealand), worn by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/worn_by, station type, interchange, status, first, last and so on https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/station_type,_interchange,_status,_first,_last_and_so_on, front and backside https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/front_and_backside - External identifiers: Archnet Site ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archnet_Site_ID, Trail Finder ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Trail_Finder_ID, ExplorePaTrails ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ExplorePaTrails_ID, code DANE https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/code_DANE, ICD-11 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICD-11, SMHI drainage basin ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SMHI_drainage_basin_ID, Letteraturaitaliana.net author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Letteraturaitaliana.net_author_ID, NMM artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NMM_artist_ID, Pathway Ontology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pathway_Ontology_ID, Mixer game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mixer_game_ID, Vudu video ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vudu_video_ID - Query examples: - Number of times a Wikidata item for Carl von Linnaeus was created https://w.wiki/8Tb - Picture of species were the author(s) of the first scientific description is in WD and connected to Uppsala University Alvin database https://w.wiki/8TM - same query but where we miss a picture in Wikidata https://w.wiki/8TQ - Twins with different places of birth https://w.wiki/8TX (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1172905478902505472) - Places in Scottish local government areas https://w.wiki/8TY ( source https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1172506297985654784) - Libraries in Austria https://w.wiki/8Ta (source https://twitter.com/LibrErli/status/1171748646980902912) - Schema examples: - space probe https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E119 - Tsunami https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E115 - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Textile arts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Textile_arts, Dark https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Dark
Development
- Started working on two new projects: improving the resource loader module https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/4268 and tainted references https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/4242 - Wikidata Bridge: save the Wikidata edit when submitting (phab:T226999 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226999) - Show the label for the Property instead of the id (phab:T227759 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227759) - Warn user about blank edit summary on EntitySchema (phab:T230399 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230399)
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