*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
- Registration for the Wikimedia Hackathon https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2020/Register in Tirana (May 9-11) opened - Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call: getting started in Wikidata, labels, and aliases, 14 January. Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/19mZWIe_x3IAgBrOmt_InhZofjoCNflW_enKQ76ATGWU/edit?usp=sharing
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Report of Wiki Techstorm 2019 by Jsamwrites https://medium.com/@jsamwrites/wiki-techstorm-2019-a996d69c60a5 - Aberdeen Plaques – Part Two: Visualisations, calculations, and analysis using wikidata https://codethecity.org/2020/01/13/aberdeen-plaques-part-two/ by Ian Watt https://twitter.com/watty62/status/1216657514445647872 - Overview of Wikidata gadgets and user scripts https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_Gadgets_slides_from_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group_Meetings_Dec2019.pdf - slides from LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Meetings - *Wikipedia Rolls Out Our Research on Providing Semantic Information for Mathematical Formulae https://dke.uni-wuppertal.de/en/news/view/artikel/2020/01/10/1558-wikipedia-rolls-out-our-research-on-providing-semantic-information-for-mathematical-formulae.html* - this feature uses Wikidata
Tool of the week
- Tabernacle https://tools.wmflabs.org/tabernacle/#/ creates a tabular view of a set of data items from a SPARQL query, PagePile list, or manual list of items. You can select which languages and properties to display. The tool lets you drag-and-drop statements from one item to another, and manually add or edit statements without leaving the page. Tabernacle is great for harmonizing a set of related items or identifying items that need their labels and descriptions translated.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- You can test a new feature highlighting mismatched references https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mismatched_reference_notification_input
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: exonerated of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7781, Commons category for ship name https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7782, heading https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7787, filename in archive https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7793 - External identifiers: Russian PFL player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7780, J-GLOBAL ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7783, LaunchBox Games Database developer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7784, LaunchBox Games Database game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7785, Époques ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7786, openSUSE package https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7788, Ten-Bruggencatenummer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7789, DLE RAE ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7790, NTIS accession number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7791, PubAg ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7792, Games Database developer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7794 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Beta Masaheft ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Beta_Masaheft_ID, ordered by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ordered_by, university of the third age https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/university_of_the_third_age, period of lactation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/period_of_lactation, position https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/position, grape variety https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/grape_variety, merged into https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/merged_into, distribution map of taxon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/distribution_map_of_taxon - External identifiers: Ogólnopolska Baza Kolejowa - stacja ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Og%C3%B3lnopolska_Baza_Kolejowa_-_stacja_ID, Livelib.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Livelib.ru_person_ID, ScummVM wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ScummVM_wiki_ID, Instituto Moreira Salles ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Instituto_Moreira_Salles_ID, Arcade PCB database game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arcade_PCB_database_game_ID, Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cambridge_Encyclopedia_of_Anthropology_ID, eu-football team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eu-football_team_ID, Museen in OÖ ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museen_in_O%C3%96_ID, Voetbal International player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Voetbal_International_player_ID, Museums in Salzburg (AT) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museums_in_Salzburg_(AT)_ID, C64.COM ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/C64.COM_ID, Museen in Burgenland (AT) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museen_in_Burgenland_(AT)_ID, FlashScore.com team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FlashScore.com_team_ID, Soccerdonna team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Soccerdonna_team_ID, c64games.de ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/c64games.de_ID, Museums in Austria Code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museums_in_Austria_Code, Canmore thesaurus ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Canmore_thesaurus_ID, The Cutting Room Floor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Cutting_Room_Floor_ID, NPDRIM record ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NPDRIM_record_ID, EFIS person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EFIS_person_ID, coinop.org game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/coinop.org_game_ID, EFIS film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EFIS_film_ID, EFIS filmmaker ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EFIS_filmmaker_ID, EFIS film festival ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EFIS_film_festival_ID, WeChangEd ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WeChangEd_ID, marterl.at ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/marterl.at_ID - Query examples: - Locations depicted on album covers https://w.wiki/F2h - Forts and heritage-scheduled sections of the Antonine Wall in Scotland https://w.wiki/F9m (source https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1214692311558479874) - Number of Lexemes including recordings from Lingua Libre by language https://w.wiki/FRz (source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1215586598294892544)
Development
- More work on finishing the migration of wb_terms table - Don’t check constraints on “Wikidata property example for media” statements (phab:T227865 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227865) - Warn users that they're not logged-in before performing restore or undo (phab:T234430 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T234430, thanks to Matěj Suchánek) - Remove edit link from Special:NewPages if page is not directly editable (phab:T240561 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240561, thanks to Matěj Suchánek) - Introduce MwEraParser and improve i18n of dates BCE (phab:T140541 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T140541, thanks to Matěj Suchánek) - Bridge: show error dialog if the user isn't allowed to edit Wikidata ( phab:T235154 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235154) - Bridge: ask the user if the change is a fix or an update (phab:T237333 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T237333) - Enabled tainted references on test.wikidata.org
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